ShowPro July 4 1990 Pyromusical Spectacular at Cal Expo

The July 4th Collection
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A Salute to the American Veteran: The Channel 31/KAER-FM/KFBK 1990 Pyromusical Spectacular at the California State Exposition and Fairgrounds.

Produced for the California State Fair Event Producer: Showtime Production Services and Don Early

CREDITS 

Executive Producer: Dick Feinberg
Operations Manager: Dick Malcomb
Written and Directed by: Richard W. Irwin
Stage Manager: Tim Early
Assistant to the Director: Robert Sloan
Show Communications: Martin Ashley
Communications Coordinator: Linda Ashley
Pyrotechnical Design: Ian Gilfillan
Radio Coordinator: Mark Stennet,KFBK/KAER-FM
Announcer: Rick Austin, KAER-FM
Guest Speaker: B.T. Collins

Produced in Sacramento at STUDIO Z RECORDING

[Description by Uncle Ricky]
July 4, 1990 marked the return of ShowPro to the California State Fairgrounds, and Producer Don Early worked for months to cobble together a UHF-TV station and an AM/FM station to sponsor another large and expensive July 4th Pyromusical at Cal Expo.

The California Vietnam Veterans Memorial had been dedicated on Veterans Day in 1989, and Don wanted to include California Deputy State Treasurer B.T. Collins, who had worked to build the memorial, in the 1990 July 4th show.

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