Pat Bonadurer

The Skyrockers are a non-profit, 100% volunteer organization that performs fireworks and pyrotechnic special effects (SPFX) as a community service in the La Crosse, Wisconsin USA area. Our group has a history going back to the 19th century when we were known informally as the "Fireworks Committee" for many of the Independence Day and New Year's Eve celebrations in the City.
The group was named the "Grandad Sky Rockers" in 1929 only a few months after the market crash of the Great Depression that had already gripped the farm economy of the Midwest. As a sign of optimism and faith, The Original 10 Bill Bonadurer, Sr., Al Braunec, F. H. Burgess, A. O. Colby, Glynn Cremer, Edward Erickson, J. E. Higbee, C. R. Pieper, F. W. Pitman and M. Rosenstein, donated $10 each of their own money, purchased fireworks from a catalog and started the formal tradition of the New Year's Eve fireworks from atop Grandad's Bluff.

New Year's Eve 2004!!!!

If you would like to make a special contribution towards our New Year's Eve show, provide in kind services, be a sponsor, or even volunteer and learn how much fun it is to setup a big display (loading and unloading, digging, burying, wiring, etc. and all in the cold), please feel free to contact
Pat Bonadurer,
President:
bonatreepat@aol.com
or send your donations to:
PO Box 2223, La Crosse, WI 54602-2223 USA