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Front Page News

June 8, 2011


 

Balloons To Fly, Fireworks Grounded
Submitted By: The Pittsfield Rotary Club

The Pittsfield Rotary Club is busy putting the final plans together for our 30th Annual Pittsfield Rotary Hot Air Balloon Rally on August 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2011. We are extremely proud of this annual rally and feel strongly that it is one of the best family events in central NH. Pittsfield receives great recognition from this weekend of fun as people visit from all over New England and beyond to witness what makes Pittsfield such a wonderful place to work and live.

As we all know, this annual balloon rally has been blessed with one of the largest and best fireworks displays in New England for the past several years. A local donor, along with pyrotechnical expert Bob Depoutot, has made this colorful extravaganza possible. The Pittsfield Rotary wishes to thank these individuals for their major contributions to our successful rally. Although these fireworks have grown to be one of the highlights of the weekend, we must report that fireworks will no longer be possible at the Pittsfield Balloon Rally.


The reason for this change is several local community members have been dissatisfied with the display being shot off from the cemetery across the river from Drake Field. They feel strongly that it is not an acceptable use of this privately owned cemetery. Despite efforts by the Rotary Club and Bob Depoutot to adjust several things to meet their demands over the past two years, the cemetery owners were put on notice recently that further legal action may ensue if these fireworks continued from this site. The owners have notified us that they cannot allow fireworks to be shot from the cemetery.


Effort has been made to find an alternative site from which to shoot fireworks but no site offers the proximity to the field along with the proper safe distances from buildings and roads. Therefore, it is with deep regret and sadness that the Pittsfield Rotary Club must end the tradition of offering fireworks to conclude the Saturday activities at the Pittsfield Balloon Rally.


The 30th Annual Pittsfield Rotary Hot Air Balloon rally will bring the same 18 beautiful hot air balloons to the skies around Pittsfield and carry on all the other traditions that this event has brought to Pittsfield for the past three decades. The Rotary Club plans to continue this annual event and we hope to add activities that will attempt to replace the fireworks but certainly will have a hard time topping the spectacular show that we have come to expect on Saturday night.


The Rotary Club wishes to thank the entire Pittsfield community along with our neighboring communities for their continued support of our balloon rally and all the activities we perform in Pittsfield and the Suncook Valley area. Our small club is committed to continued service to the towns in the area and to uphold the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”

 




 

 











 
 

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