When Will Shorewood's Fireworks Show Occur? Officials Could Make A Decision Tuesday

When will fireworks light up the lakefront skyline in Shorewood, ?

The village could have an answer as early as Tuesday night.

The Shorewood Foundation, a volunteer-run non-profit organization, funds the fireworks show each year and will take up rescheduling of the display at a meeting 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday at , 3930 N. Murray Ave. The meeting is open to the public.

On Wednesday, to the dismay of some residents, . A wind blowing off Lake Michigan sparked concern among fire, police and village officials. Officials announced the show slated for 9:30 that night at was canceled about 4:45 P.M.

Police Chief David Banaszynski said Monday if winds coming off the lake were to blow firework embers onto the park's bluff, which is dried out due to a lack of rain, it could have spelled a disaster.

"One spark would have set if off," Banaszynski said. "Did you see what happened at and (fireworks displays)? That's what we were scared of.

"How would we have evacuated all those people from the area?"

Oak Creek and Waukesha's firework displays ended early Wednesday when emebers ignited grass fires.

Banaszynski, Village President Guy Johnson, Trustee Jeff Hanewall, North Shore Fire Department Chief Robert Whittaker and representatives from Mad Bomber Fireworks Productions, the company contracted to generate the fireworks, were all in agreement upon examining the bluff that the show needed to be postponed, according to the police chief.

"It was the responsible decision," Banaszynski said.

When asked why Whitefish Bay's fireworks celebration wasn't postponed as well, Banaszynski said the neighboring communities were under different circumstances.

. Contractors cut into the bluff, as part of a $1 million stabilization and renovation project after the bluff was ravaged and gave way following torrential rainfall in July 2010.

As a result of the project, the bluff was newly seeded, and dried out faster than it typically would have. Meanwhile, the grass lining Klode Park — where Whitefish Bay shot off its fireworks — wasn't nearly as dry and posed no immediate danger, said Banaszynski.

He added the availability of fire department trucks weren't a factor in Shorewood's display being canceled and Whitefish Bay's show going ahead. 

"North Shore Fire didn't commit any rigs to any bluff," Banaszynski said.