Slighty Feral Media: The Raccoon's Cabinet of Curiosities

The System Behind a Million-Dollar Fireworks Show | Pyrotechnics The System: Why a Million-Dollar Fireworks Show Begins with a Piece of Tape Behind the Scenes of the Million Dollar Fireworks Festival and America’s 250th Celebration in Frontenac, Kansas Backstage Pyrotechnics | Camptown Event Center | Frontenac, Kansas Written by: Alethea F. Mehdipour- Slightly Feral Media Most people who attended the Million Dollar Fireworks Festival – America's 250th Celebration Bash in Frontenac, Kansas will remember what happened after sunset. Nearly 10,000 cues, fireworks rose into the Kansas sky in perfect synchronization with music. Colors bloomed exactly when they were supposed to. Every shell appeared on cue. Every effect became part of a much larger story written across the night sky.

The First Expedition Field Notes from the Firing Line, Part Two The First Expedition documents Alethea Mehdipour’s first full J & M Displays fireworks shoot near Bonner Springs, Kansas, through Laverna the Rockin’ Raccoon’s field notes on pyrotechnics, live event production, fireworks safety, racks, shells, quarry heat, and the work behind a fireworks display. The raccoon has reviewed the evidence. Part One was the long fuse. Part Two is where the raccoon enters the field and immediately discovers that the field is made of rock, dust, heat, explosives, and poor shade availability. The first full J & M Displays expedition took place on July 2 near Bonner Springs, Kansas. This show was shot at a rock quarry. A hot one. On a cliff-edge. The raccoon arrived early and waited outside the quarry because new habitats should be observed before they begin making demands. Also, the raccoon was nervous. This has been logged. The quarry was huge. Not large. Huge. The kind of place ...