Posted by Kevin Livock on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Looking for a Finale that is sure to provide some ”Shock and Awe”?
Try this one…
Product list:
(1) WHITEOUT
(2) CHIMO CHEERS
Your Favourite array of 76, 102, 127 and 155mm Shells matched in pairs … the more the better.
(2 or 3) TIME RAIN SHELLS.
Setup:
Place the WHITEOUT stage center of your firing site and install E-match.
Place each CHIMO CHEERS approximately 40-50ft on either side of the WHITEOUT.
Connect the red and green fuses together on each CHIMO CHEERS and install E-match.
At the onset of the FINALE, Ignite the WHITEOUT. It will run for approximately 50-55 seconds.
Start launching pairs of shells, slower at first but increasing in speed as the finale progresses. Make sure your timing is such that you don’t run out of shells. 25 seconds into the WHITEOUT, ignite the two CHIMO CHEERS. This has a similar effect to kicking in a set of 25 second afterburners.
Keep the shell ignitions going and plan to finishing with the flight of TIME RAIN SHELLS just as the cakes run out.
I’ve shot this combination a few times now and doesn’t fail to impress the audience every time.
Here’s a clip of this sequence from a recent show.
Posted by Janis Bellman on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
There are so many fascinating areas of the fireworks business to write about. I thought I would start at the beginning. Well at the beginning of the Canadian fireworks industry that is!
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, a pyrotechnician named Prof. William Hand left England in 1872 to ply his craft in the New World. He first landed in Newark N.J. Wishing to establish himself on British territory he came by way of Niagara Falls and lived in Thorold for a short time.
In 1873 the first Canadian fireworks manufacturing company – Professor Hand & Co. was born.
To celebrate the Queen’s 54th birthday Professor Hand performed his first Canadian fireworks display in Montebello Gardens, St. Catherines, Ontario in 1874.
The event poster lists the order of the GRAND ILLUMINATION. The bottom of the poster is reserved for his own self promotion:
“William Hand begs to announce to the public and secretaries of societies that he is prepared to supply fireworks and balloons of every description and brass and string bands on the shortest notice for garden parties, pic-nics, boat excursions and all public rejoicings on the most reasonable terms.”
Hands is still supplying world class fireworks. Obviously ERD was a part of the demise of the balloons and I’ll really have to think about offering the brass bands for all kinds of rejoicings!!
