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Addison, a Dallas suburb, may only have 15,000 residents, but the town draws half a million spectators for its annual July 4th fireworks spectacular, which has a big-city budget of $220,000.

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Macy's 4th of Ju... "Macy's is the grandaddy of them all," notes Julie Heckman of the American Pyrotechnics Association. Katy Perry and Kenny Chesney will be among this year's performers.

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Macy's 4th of Ju... More than 40,000 shells and effects will be shot from four massive barges in the Hudson River by Pyro Spectaculars for this 36th annual display. Macy's declined to reveal its budget.

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Addison Kaboom T... Addison, a Dallas suburb, may only have 15,000 residents, but the town draws half a million spectators for its annual July 4th fireworks spectacular, which has a big-city budget of $220,000.

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Addison Kaboom T... Practically every one of Addison's 170 restaurants have fireworks-watching parties, making Kaboom Town "an enormous financial benefit" to the town, notes publicist Kelly Hunter.

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Music City July ... Nashville spends $125,000 on its July 4th show, which it calls the "largest fireworks display in the South." Pyrotechnics by the Tennessee-based Pyro Shows will be choreographed to live music by Nashville Symphony Orchestra.

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Music City July ... Nashville's performance lineup will include The Mavericks, Craig Morgan and rising star Sarah Darling. "The venue is so beautiful and the crowd so dynamic that it just creates a very unique experience," says Pyro Shows CEO Lansden Hill, Jr.

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July 4th Boston ... Pyro Spectaculars by Souza is producing Boston's high-tech fireworks, which will explode over the Charles River.

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July 4th Boston ... The 39th annual extravaganza, with a concert at the DCR Hatch Shell, will feature music by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra led by Keith Lockhart, plus performers Jennifer Hudson and host Michael Chiklis.

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Fourth of July a... Pyro Shows, based in Tennessee, choreographs D.C.'s eye popping pyrotechnics, which have a budget of $255,000, according to a National Parks Service spokesperson.

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Fourth of July a... What makes this show so phenomenal, notes Pyro Shows CEO Lansden Hill, Jr., is "the fact that it's being shot on the National Mall."

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