As usual, on Friday night, the infamous bonfire was held. Throughout the day, several beat-up console cabinets were set up near a fire pit, and during the evening, they started the blasphemy. Here are several photos I took of it. Warning: extremely graphic radio destruction content ahead!
A couple of cardboard boxes which were in with the condemned for some reason:
In late afternoon, people started pulling parts off of the condemned:
Seen near the bonfire pit:
Actually, it's the grill shack's kegerator, made up to look like a Zenith Stratosphere:
A view of the fire starting in the firepit as the salvage continues:
An odd speaker cabinet in with the radio cabinets:
One of the stripped carcasses:
Another speaker cabinet, partially stripped of its grill cloth:
While this is happening, the first of the condemned gets thrown in, a stereo console cabinet which goes in face-down for some reason:
While the cabinet is burning, the spectators assemble the Leaning Towers of Radios:
The stereo console continues to burn as some scraps are thrown on top:
A kid starts shooting fireworks out of a pneumatic potato launcher, or something:
One of the waiting cabinets is his first victim:
The cabinet is then placed next to the remains of the stereo console:
My first attempts to take a photo of the nearly-full moon:
The Philco continues to burn, as a similar cabinet is forced to watch:
A view of the crowd watching the remnants of the Philco burn:
Another cabinet is placed into the pit, might've been a Zenith:
It was a little too eager to fall forward, so it was propped up:
And then it decided to fall over in the other direction:
Now part of a '20s radio cabinet is placed in the flames:
Well, that didn't take long...
The cabinet forced to watch is subjected to some fireworks:
Now the fireworks kid decides to break out an old road flare:
And then what's left of the flare gets thrown into the firepit:
Wait for it.....
After the flare has (brilliantly) burnt itself out, the bonfire resumes in earnest with a double-decker:
Now some more fireworks:
Back to the towering inferno:
And down it goes in spectacular fashion:
Another fireworks interlude:
Another double-decker is constructed, with the top cabinet upside-down for some reason:
Upside-down is now just plain down:
A small TV cabinet is placed besides the remains of the double-decker:
Now another double-decker is constructed next to the remains of the TV cabinet:
A tower struck down:
The remnants are pushed back into the fire:
A few more attempts at moon photography:
Yet another double-decker is put together:
"Awww, he's no fun, he fell right over..."
The stoking stick is used to reposition the burning hulks within the pit:
After a decent second act, that odd-shaped speaker cabinet from earlier is placed beside the wreck:
Now a partial '20s radio cabinet is placed next to the speaker cabinet:
And down it goes:
Now a double-decker of a different shape is stacked up:
A long German stereo console cabinet on top of another '20s cabinet:
And over it goes:
Another random moon photo:
After all the double-deckers, a single (but heavy) '20s cabinet is placed into the flames:
And finally, its spindly legs give out from underneath it:
A wooden pallet is placed into the fire, followed by all or part of at least five cabinets, to create the colossus known as the Grand Finale:
Someone left a couple of speaker drivers in one of the cabinets:
Yes, we all had to back away from the massive burning tower:
The top-most cabinet topples:
The outer-most cabinet topples again:
One last shot of the moon:
A few shots of the crowd watching the remains burn:
A shot of the grill shack and main pavilion after dark:
A couple of shots of the fire pit the morning after, including those speakers:
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