POPS IN THE PARKS!

Sparklers were sparkin' and cannons were roaring as the Ashland Symphony Orchestra and Ashland Area Chorus brought the huge audience to its feet in their Independence Day Celebration at the Myers Memorial Band Shell in Brookside Park, Sunday.

Cannon smoke drifted across the audience as Battery D, the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Company, thumped the ground with roaring fusillades accompanying, The 1812 Overture, to close the evening's triumphant performance.

Maestro Arie Lipsky, conducting.

Bravo!