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Fireworks show on 4th of July to start about 'dark-thirty'

Independence Day fireworks in Port Aransas can be viewed by land or by sea on Wednesday, July 4.

The city, in conjunction with Charles Butt of H-E-B Food Stores and the Lydia Ann Lighthouse, will present the show starting at "darkthirty", or about 9 p.m.

The same company that has produced the show for the past several years, Zambelli Fireworks Internationale of Pennsylvania, will present about 45 minutes of fireworks.

The fireworks will initiate from the Corpus Christi Ship Channel side of Roberts Point Park. Spectators may view the display from the park, but will be kept away from the site where they are ignited. The fireworks are visible from just about anywhere in Port Aransas.

Boaters are invited to a raft-up party at the south end of the Lydia Ann Channel. Rafting up will start about noon Wednesday, and some may stay over night.

Steve Couchman of Port Aransas is organizing the event based on a tradition in Miami and the Florida Keys that involves several thousand boats.

Couchman said he expects more than 100 boats to participate in what he hopes will become an annual event in Port Aransas.

Boaters should bring their own drinks and supplies, he added.

For more information, call Couchman at (361) 779-3812.

City officials remind the public that law prohibits shooting fireworks in the city limits of Port Aransas. Shooting fireworks also is prohibited in the City of Corpus Christi, the city limits of which abut the city limits of Port Aransas. Typically, law enforcement officers confiscate fireworks from violators.