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Last night was the last day of the Aquatennial, here in Minneapolis. It ends every year with big firework show, better than the one they have during the 4th of July.
Cevonne had not seen fireworks in a long time so Scott and I forced her along. She had also never been downtown at night.

The Aquatennial was at its prime in the 40's and 50's with over 200 events. Now there's only 70. They used to have swimming shows with diver acts. The pool doesn't exist anymore, which is too bad.

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Rock Paper Stitch said…
they need to bring that back. synchronized swimming would be awesome to watch.
5:00 PM, August 06, 2008
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