JUNE 30, 2016 // 3
Drummers, fi reworks on tap for Seaside Fourth
By R.J. MARX
EO MEDIA GROUP
SEASIDE — The drums are
beating for the Fourth of July,
and the brass will sound.
Four world-class bands
will provide rhythmic sup-
port for hundreds of march-
ers and thousands of visitors
this Independence Day.
Presented by the Seaside
Chamber of Commerce,
pyrotechnics specialist Larry
Krieghauser will not only
light up the skies, but serves
as volunteer coordinator for
four drum and bugle corps
— 550 performers in all.
The Oregon Crusad-
ers will be joined by the
Battalion from Salt Lake
City, Utah; the Santa Clara
coast
Vanguard, number four in
the world, from Santa Clara,
California; and the Spokane
Thunder from Spokane,
Washington. The parade
begins at 11 a.m., at which
time bands will join march-
ers; at 2 p.m., a free show
will feature all four drum
corps at Broadway Field.
Kriegshauser was
introduced to drum corps
in 1981, when his son
marched. “We’ve had some
of the top corps,” he said.
“These young people, 15 to
21, they will outperform any
military or marching band.”
Kriegshauser will be
operating with a budget of
$56,000 for transportation
and lodging for musicians,
who perform without fee.
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The Santa Clara Vanguard is one of four bands to perform.
The Seaside Chamber
coordinates meetings with
city staff, public works and
volunteers, Event Coordi-
nator Cyndi Mudge said.
“Our role is to make sure all
the pieces are talking and
working together.”
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. The parade route has
been shortened due Holla-
day Drive roadwork. Parade
participants will line up on
Necanicum Drive from First
Avenue to 12th Avenue,
the opposite direction from
years past.
The parade will turn east
from Necanicum across
the First Avenue Bridge
and then south to Holladay,
west on Broadway, north on
Columbia, and then east on
First Avenue, fi nishing at
Necanicum.
From 1 to 3 p.m. is
the Old-Fashioned Social
at the Seaside Historical
Museum. At 3 p.m. on the
Prom, the Northwest Sky-
liners present a stunt-kite
display.
Fireworks begin at 10
p.m. at the Turnaround.
The show, produced by
Western Display Fire-
works, is called “Fire in the
Sky,” and will feature more
than 9,500 pyrotechnic
shots, all timed to music.
“If you can’t hear the mu-
sic, you’re not hearing the
show,” Kriegshauser said.
Fireworks are launched by
computer, set to synchro-
nize with Elvis Presley,
John Philip Sousa and
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Over-
ture. The sky will light up
rain or shine.
Kriegshauser (and oth-
ers) are hoping they do not
see a repeat of the 2015
extravaganza, at which a
Mylar balloon knocked
out power to the city for
hours. He described it as
“very scary” — 40,000
people with no lights, pits
on the beach and darkness
falling.
On July 5, from 8 to 11
a.m., is the Treasure the
Beach Cleanup. Locations
are The Turnaround, Ave-
nue U and the Prom, and
12th and Prom. Volunteers
at the three locations will
provides trash bags.