CITY PLANS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR TO CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY
June 30, 1999
Contact: Peter K. Cutler (716) 851-5841

BUFFALO (6/30/99) -- The City of Buffalo, along with local private businesses, will unleash the most spectacular Fourth of July fireworks show the city has seen in over fifty years.

The show will be based at LaSalle Park and will be choreographed to music simulcast on WI-ITT -FM (Oldies 104. 1). The extravaganza will be conducted in conjunction with the ongoing U.S./Canada Friendship Festival activities occurring on both sides of the international border.

61 can think of no better way to celebrate our nation's independence than providing our citizens with a first rate fireworks show," stated Mayor Anthony M. Masiello. "Thanks to the support of Russ Salvatore, Buffalo Common Councilmembers Robert Quintana, Barbara Miller-Williams and Rosemarie LoTempio, M&T Bank, the Friendship Festival Board, the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Council, Modem Corporation and Schlunigerger Industries for helping guarantee that this year's Fourth of July celebration will be one of the most memorable in recent history."

The fireworks celebration will be financed by the city and the individuals and businesses listed above. The event will mark the completion of the four-day annual cross border celebration that features free concerts, an air show and a variety of family entertainment activities.