July DT Challenge 1 - Patriotic song inspiration

For the first July Design Team challenge we were asked to take photographs with a patriotic song as our inspiration.  I LOVE to take fireworks pictures so my first choice was the Star Spangled Banner.  I envisioned myself using lines like "Rocket's Red Glare" "Bombs Bursting in Air" and maybe even "Gallantly Streaming" in a scrabble/crossword pattern surrounded by fireworks shots.  But, when I started going through all the pictures I took at this year's Independence Day celebration, these pics just jumped out at me and I knew what I had to do.  "Oh say can you see?" 

These  are shots of my niece and nephews in their glow attire watching the fireworks with pure awe in their eyes.

I started out by arranging the photo in strips but then it occurred to me to alternate them.  I couldn't decide if I liked them better in the horizontal strip over the children's heads or in the vertical strip reminiscent of the flag, so I went with a little of both.