SAGINAW, Mich. -- The Saginaw sky will once again be lit up by fireworks on the Fourth of July.

This, despite the fact that the organizers said they are roughly $8,000 short on the $75,000 bill.

Organizers are asking for donations right up until show time to cover the gap. Meanwhile, crews were hard at work putting the pyrotechnics in place on Ojibway Island.

Technicians angled specially constructed tubes built into wooden rafts so that the display shoots into the proper section of sky.

They then nail all the rafts together, which are buried in sand in case any fireworks accidentally go off on the ground.

Organizers said the Ojibway Island display is the largest single event every year in the county, and claim it’s the largest fireworks display in Michigan.

The music choreographed to this year’s show is designed to help people forget about the recession, at least for 45 minutes.

Those in charge of the pyrotechnical display hope about 150,000 people will enjoy the Ojibway Island show this year, a show the fireworks crews said they love to put on.