Wed 1st July 09, 11.11pm
We're pleased to announce that we have been awarded the contract for this year's Birmingham New Year's Eve celebrations. It's the first time we'll have done this show and we are looking forward to giving the Second City something to shout about. The display will take place on the roof of the House of Sport in Centenary Square and from the top of Hyatt Hotel, offering some great photo opportunities.
01-Jul-2009
16-Jun-2009
Get ready for Roar on the Shore
Tues 16th June 09, 22.24
Three years after helping the City of Plymouth create a new world rocket record, I'm delighted to announce that we are going to try and beat it - this time in Bournemouth. The town's Tourism department were so impressed by the worldwide media coverage created for Plymouth that they have asked Fantastic Fireworks to create a new world record on the evening of Thursday 20th August. As I write this, 110,000 rockets are being assembled in China, each one bearing the legend Roar on the Shore. They will be launched from a pontoon in Bournemouth Bay, and if successful will easily eclipse the 56,000 record set in Plymouth. All FF friends, their families and our thousands of web visitors are invited to come watch this amazing spectacle, which heralds the start of the town's Air Festival. It will be preceded by a 10-minute display which we will also be firing from a pontoon shortly before the record bid. Please watch here for more details.
Three years after helping the City of Plymouth create a new world rocket record, I'm delighted to announce that we are going to try and beat it - this time in Bournemouth. The town's Tourism department were so impressed by the worldwide media coverage created for Plymouth that they have asked Fantastic Fireworks to create a new world record on the evening of Thursday 20th August. As I write this, 110,000 rockets are being assembled in China, each one bearing the legend Roar on the Shore. They will be launched from a pontoon in Bournemouth Bay, and if successful will easily eclipse the 56,000 record set in Plymouth. All FF friends, their families and our thousands of web visitors are invited to come watch this amazing spectacle, which heralds the start of the town's Air Festival. It will be preceded by a 10-minute display which we will also be firing from a pontoon shortly before the record bid. Please watch here for more details.
11-Jun-2009
The Truth Is Out There...
Thursday 11th June 2009, 11.50amCould Fantastic Fireworks be at the root of the current UFO hysteria sweeping Luton?
Our local paper reported last week that several spooked out residents had been in contact after spotting a series of bright lights gliding silently across the night skies. Apparently six or seven of these lights hovered eerily above the town, equally spaced, rotating around each other, before breaking up and heading east. They were large, very bright, orangey in colour, and vanished all of a sudden - almost ‘like a light burning out’. Numerous theories were put forward as to what they could be, but a couple of clued up readers who contacted the paper may have just got it fathomed! They suggested the mysterious objects were nothing more than Chinese Sky Lanterns..... as sold by the town’s premier fireworks supplier FF! Whether or not the Lanterns actually came from our Rocket Shop I really couldn’t say, but the thought of it did make me chuckle! :o)
02-Jun-2009
News update - out now!
Tues 2nd June 09, 11.04am
Our latest News Update has just been published and you can read it here. As well as chronicling our latest exploits, it includes 'a best of' our blog over the past year & some lovely photos of our recent display in the South of France. Click to view.
Our latest News Update has just been published and you can read it here. As well as chronicling our latest exploits, it includes 'a best of' our blog over the past year & some lovely photos of our recent display in the South of France. Click to view.
16-May-2009
Top of the class
Sat 16th May, 09 10.20am
Rocket Park is a-buzz with activity this morning as another group of enthusiasts enroll at our Fireworks Training School. They have come from all over the country to be put through their pyro-paces by our teachers Ali Robertson and James Lister. Safety, both here at our HQ and out on our dipslays is paramount. It's a credit to Ali, James & all our firing crews that Fantastic Fireworks has one of the best safety records in the industry. I mustn't end this blog without a mention of Tom Clark, our site Health & Safety Manager. Tom and his team have been sprucing up our site these past few weeks, painting & polishing in preparation for the busy season ahead. The floors of our factory building are so clean you could eat off them! Our insurance assessor was so impressed he gave us top marks. Well done Tom.
Rocket Park is a-buzz with activity this morning as another group of enthusiasts enroll at our Fireworks Training School. They have come from all over the country to be put through their pyro-paces by our teachers Ali Robertson and James Lister. Safety, both here at our HQ and out on our dipslays is paramount. It's a credit to Ali, James & all our firing crews that Fantastic Fireworks has one of the best safety records in the industry. I mustn't end this blog without a mention of Tom Clark, our site Health & Safety Manager. Tom and his team have been sprucing up our site these past few weeks, painting & polishing in preparation for the busy season ahead. The floors of our factory building are so clean you could eat off them! Our insurance assessor was so impressed he gave us top marks. Well done Tom.
04-May-2009
The Night the Riviera Rocked!
Mon 4th May 09, 23.02
There are a lot of tired bodies getting to sleep about now after our biggest display since Mykonos last year. The setting this time was the beautiful French Riviera and the occasion a grand wedding. With the help of our French colleagues Feerie, Fantastic Fireworks produced an amazing display choreographed to the bride's favourite music. The fireworks crew spent 12 hours on the road to get to St Jean Cap Ferrat, near Nice, before spending the whole of Sunday setting up on two barges. The gardens of our client's magnificent clifftop villa were opulently decorated with a huge marquee & dance floor over the swimming pool and a giant white awning elegantly strung between the trees to cover the seated area for the wedding ceremony. As the newlyweds broke their wine glasses in the traditional Jewish manner, our sparkling silver fountains marked the moment, drawing a ripple of appreciation from the 250-strong audience. Then the party moved into the marquee where our associate company ConfettiMagic showered the ballroom with white hearts as the bride & groom took to the floor for the first dance. The party really got going when Craig David and The Saturdays appeared as the star turns. Shortly before 1am the bride & groom led their guests outside where they released two white doves. This was the signal for the start of a 7-minute spectacular which rocked the Riviera. Wave upon wave of shells filled the sky in probably the biggest show ever seen in the region. It was a tribute to the competence and skill of the team leader David Hamon that our client congratulated FF on fulfilling his brief to perfection. Having had precious little sleep the previous night the crew, including FF's Steve Boothman & Dave Mannion,had to take a 3-hour barge trip back to base and de-rig. They finally crawled into bed around 7am only to have to get up again a few hours later to start the long trip back home. Well done to everyone in involved in such a prestige event.
There are a lot of tired bodies getting to sleep about now after our biggest display since Mykonos last year. The setting this time was the beautiful French Riviera and the occasion a grand wedding. With the help of our French colleagues Feerie, Fantastic Fireworks produced an amazing display choreographed to the bride's favourite music. The fireworks crew spent 12 hours on the road to get to St Jean Cap Ferrat, near Nice, before spending the whole of Sunday setting up on two barges. The gardens of our client's magnificent clifftop villa were opulently decorated with a huge marquee & dance floor over the swimming pool and a giant white awning elegantly strung between the trees to cover the seated area for the wedding ceremony. As the newlyweds broke their wine glasses in the traditional Jewish manner, our sparkling silver fountains marked the moment, drawing a ripple of appreciation from the 250-strong audience. Then the party moved into the marquee where our associate company ConfettiMagic showered the ballroom with white hearts as the bride & groom took to the floor for the first dance. The party really got going when Craig David and The Saturdays appeared as the star turns. Shortly before 1am the bride & groom led their guests outside where they released two white doves. This was the signal for the start of a 7-minute spectacular which rocked the Riviera. Wave upon wave of shells filled the sky in probably the biggest show ever seen in the region. It was a tribute to the competence and skill of the team leader David Hamon that our client congratulated FF on fulfilling his brief to perfection. Having had precious little sleep the previous night the crew, including FF's Steve Boothman & Dave Mannion,had to take a 3-hour barge trip back to base and de-rig. They finally crawled into bed around 7am only to have to get up again a few hours later to start the long trip back home. Well done to everyone in involved in such a prestige event.
01-May-2009
The Name Says It All!
Friday 1st May 2009, 16.55
This week we received a lovely telephone call from a very satisfied new customer. He had made contact with Fantastic Fireworks a little while ago, and was so impressed with the service he received in response to his queries he didn't hesitate to use us. He called after his display to let us know how brilliant it was; that all went without a hitch; and to say he will definitely be using us again later in the year! So good news all round! Although it is not uncommon for Fantastic Fireworks to receive such praise (our several bulging 'Thank You' files stand testament to this as they weigh down our poor shelves!) it is nevertheless always a joy to hear we have helped make someone so happy and their event such a success. Fantastic Fireworks - it really is what we do!!!
This week we received a lovely telephone call from a very satisfied new customer. He had made contact with Fantastic Fireworks a little while ago, and was so impressed with the service he received in response to his queries he didn't hesitate to use us. He called after his display to let us know how brilliant it was; that all went without a hitch; and to say he will definitely be using us again later in the year! So good news all round! Although it is not uncommon for Fantastic Fireworks to receive such praise (our several bulging 'Thank You' files stand testament to this as they weigh down our poor shelves!) it is nevertheless always a joy to hear we have helped make someone so happy and their event such a success. Fantastic Fireworks - it really is what we do!!!
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