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For the second year in a row, we’ve scouted out what’s weird, funny and awesome in the world of fireworks to prepare you for Independence Day. We asked fireworks experts Sally Wilson and Michael Ingram of Fireworks Supermarket (3010 N. Ingram Dr., 417-862-1931) to talk about their favorites. (They travel to China each year to hand-design many of the fireworks they sell in their stores, so they know what you're talking about.) Check out their descriptions below. Or, if you're more of a visual learner, you can watch us shoot them off by clicking on the orange icon.

  Click here to watch video of the fireworks in this article.

 

Sirius Blast

Price: $3.50
What it says on the box: “This is one HARRY fountain! Purple crackles with white and orange stars with green two stage-spinning pinwheels on the side. A SORCERER’S PLEASURE!”

Googles

Price: $1
What it says on the box: “Keep your eyes on these! Spinners that spray silver with a BIG cracklin’ finish!”

Afternoon Delight

Price: $9.95
What it says on the box: “Afternoon fun with dozens of parachutes in a variety of bright colors and sizes drifting down for kids to retrieve! Day use! FUN FOR KID PARTIES!”

Bad Mutha Trucka

Price: $49.95
What it says on the box: “This is not for you ‘girly men,’ but for the real men! Huge alternating bursts of silver to purple. You won’t believe the volley of huge gold brocades in the end! This is the biggest, baddest mutha’ on the road!”

And the Crowd Goes Wild

Price: $75
What it says on the box: “Not 1… Not 100… but 156 red, white and blue comets are sequentially shot in rapid fire, back and forth with a spectacular finale. And your crowd goes wild!!”


  Click here to watch video of the fireworks in this article.