Music for every taste on the 4th

In 2011, I was photographing Kirkwood Park's fireworks.  I had to run for cover, however, when this meteor came too close for comfort...

...Well, actually, I didn't.  (Fortunately, it wasn't a meteor, after all.)  I had better luck photographing downtown Kirkwood's fireworks two years later.

At long last, it's here--America's 240th birthday.  Tonight, many of us will watch fireworks displays set to music that spans a wide range of formats and tastes.  Considering how abrupt some of the transitions between tunes are, I won't be surprised if I hear Tennessee Ernie Ford's version of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" segued with Pink's "Get The Party Started."  Somewhere in this country, a music coordinator is probably splicing those tunes together right now in preparation for tonight's display at a park or fairground...

...And, somehow, with the right combination of colors and booms, it will magically work.  Some forms of alchemy defy explanation.