Members are no longer required to pay the state and national fees to participate, just the club fees. The club is making it easier to join the team. Last year, they tried a new staging area closer to the playground, but decided to stick to the original location that has been used for years, Jeter said.The Ute Mountain Rodeo Team has restarted the tradition of participating in the parade. The fireworks staging area will be the area between the pavilion in Parque de Vida and the Recreation Center. “To obtain the certifications, you have to light off a certain amount of shows with another PGI operator witnessing them,” he added. “I’m currently in the process of getting mine,” Jeter stated. Jeter and two other members of the fire department are working toward licensing.

Ertel holds a display operator's license. Keenan Ertel, who has run fireworks shows in previous years, is still involved. The city of Cortez partnered with Cortez Fire Protection District and donated $20,000 for the fireworks, Jeter told a J ournal reporter. This year’s show cost about $30,000 total, including the product and the labor.

Three-inch, four-inch, and 5-inch aerial shells will set off, as well as aerial cakes, which are prepackaged multi-shot fireworks.

There are a little over 1,000 fireworks lined up for this year’s show. They hope to work up to doing shows like these in future years, Jeter said. Each (firework) gets wired up individually to the cue board that goes to this controller that we’re able to wire up to with speaker wire and then run it from a safe distance,” Jeter said.Ī cool feature of this type of controller is the ability to run a scripted show that syncs the fireworks to music. Staton Jeter spoke with The Journal about the fireworks display this year.

At 7 p.m., live band Flashback will play in Parque De Vida until the fireworks begin about 9 p.m.Ĭortez Fire Protection District will be in charge of the fireworks display again this year.Ĭapt.

From 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m., Four Corners Community Band will hold a concert in Centennial Park.

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