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Rehoboth caps holiday weekend with firework display July 6

Hot day with an afternoon storm that cleared the beach turns into beautiful summer evening
Rehoboth Beach hosted its annual fireworks show July 6. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
July 7, 2024

Not to be outdone by surrounding communities, Rehoboth Beach closed out the Fourth of July weekend with its fireworks display July 6.

Despite temperatures during the day in the 90s and a 20-minute downpour with lightning that cleared the beach a few hours before the show, tens of thousands of people turned out for the event. As always, the Funsters kicked off the show and then ended it with a dance party at the Bandstand.

The view from the Boardwalk is a good one.
The crowd milling about the Boardwalk in the moments before the fireworks went off.
Rehoboth Beach Patrol Lt. James Klein pulls extra duty.
With a name like Liberty her husband Kevin better be ready to dress appropriately for the holiday.
Rehoboth Beach Police Chief Keith Banks smiles while summer cadet Bobby Baer takes a second to eat a piece of pizza.
The Funsters kept the crowd entertained before and after the fireworks.
Enjoying the show before the show are Larry “White Hat” Matson, Joanne McKeon, Ken Dunning and the Rev. Dale Dunning.
Being July 6, there weren’t a whole lot of people in the red, white and blue, but Lewes’ Judy Nuessle sure was.
The Funsters have been performing at Rehoboth’s July 4 firework show for years. However, this was singer-musician Nancy Curry’s debut performance with the group.
Zambelli Fireworks does its work from a safe distance.
The Funsters drummer Ed Shockley leads the way on this song.
Rehoboth Beach Police cadet Donnell Graham and Wilmington Police Master Cpl. David Schulz were just a couple of law enforcement and EMS personnel on site to make sure things went smoothly.
The Funsters frontman Sherman Ward raises a hand to the spirits of rock and roll.
To get one of these benches, someone has to be in place hours before show started.
Fireworks with the American flag.
An appropriately themed red, white and blue firework.
The crowd watches the fireworks from the Boardwalk.
Wind blows smoke from the fireworks north, but there was still a good show.
Red fireworks shoot off into the air.
Purples, whites and yellows make a good color combination.
Lots of tiny little sparks coming out of the firework.
Show’s over, so the police move the barrier on the Boardwalk that kept people from moving about while the show was going on.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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