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Dominator announces winner of choreography contest
Published April 22, 2010 | 
Congratulations to Firejunkie on winning the Dominator Spring Showdown Contest!
The contest had 17 total entries and it was a tough decision for the judges, after narrowing it down to 5 shows they feel they made the right choice with Firejunkies “Bon Jovi” show. You can click HERE to see his winning show simulation. To view most of the shows entered in the contest click HERE
Firejunkie has decided to pick his winning fireworks from www.usfireworks.biz with their huge selection of Dominator product.
Dominator has been working to expand on the product offered in Finale Fireworks software, and should have a new batch ready for release in the coming weeks. Also keep an eye out for a press release announcing a first ever of it’s kind competition where Dominator will host another contest, with the winning simulation turned into a real display to be fired at the 2010 PGI convention in Appleton WI.
For more information on the contests or to purchase a copy of Finale’s choreography software visit www.dominatorfireworks.com
India’s Fireworks
Published April 18, 2010 | 
Searching the globe for interesting fireworks information turns up a not so well known manufacturing giant, outside of China! The area around Sivakasi, in the Southern part of India is home to as many as 1,000 fireworks factories and is responsible for up to 90% of India’s fireworks production including both professional display, and consumer fireworks.
India’s culture celebrates many religious festivals with fireworks, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to meet their own demands, they are it seems though, one of the few countries who manufactures more fireworks than they import.
Fireworks here are largely created using ancient methods, although the industry didn’t really take off until the 1920′s it thrives and is taking steps toward mechanizing the processes for safety and production purposes, hopefully making them a contender in the global market in the near future.
Similar to China, firecrackers are a mainstay item in India, and one of the local favorites is called the Jute Twine Bomb, a very loud firecracker that is also used for agriculture and scaring birds away from airport runways.
The yearly average temperature of around 89 degrees, and the mainly dry climate makes it an excellent area for production, although the low humidity can also create some safety concerns.
India produced fireworks are known for high quality construction and raw materials, which are becoming increasingly difficult to find supply of and largely control market pricing. Who knows when fireworks produced in India might be available in your area!
Greenville fireworks display gets sponsor
Published April 14, 2010 | Hastings Ford contacted the Greenville Jaycees at the beginning of April to offer $6,000 to pay for the show, Jaycees President Jon Pierce said.
“We can’t have Greenville without fireworks,” Herbert Powell, general manager of Hastings Ford, said last week.
The Jaycees received the sponsorship offer with enough time to contract for a display with Zambelli Fireworks, as they have in previous years. It’s not the first time the dealership has sponsored the event, though Hastings was unable to donate last year.
“Business has been extremely tough,” Powell said. “We’ve come out of things without any bailout money. … Sales were up last month, and we want to give back to the community.”
Pierce said his organization was relieved at the news, and the Jaycees are preparing for the Fourth of July by contacting vendors and applying for permits.
“We can now focus on getting everything rolling,” Pierce said.
The Jaycees still will have to provide the entertainment, portable toilets and other event features.
Greenville Recreation and Parks estimates that the fireworks display attracts about 20,000 people. The annual celebration began about 30 years ago.
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Leave a commentThey’re 4th coming!
Published April 13, 2010 | When Jon Jennings learned that the $45,000 display was being cut from the city's budget for the coming year, he started working the phones.
"I think it's safe to say all of us who are involved believe the Fourth, the fireworks and particularly the civic engagement is so important to a city like Portland, there was no way we were not going to step up and make sure it happened," said Jennings, president and general manager of the Maine Red Claws NBA Development League basketball team.
"Joining in the effort to rescue the fireworks — and the regionwide celebration that rallies around them — are Jack Quirk, owner of Quirk Chevrolet, Michael Dubyak, chairman and chief executive officer of Wright Express, and Richard Connor, chief executive officer of MaineToday Media.
"The first one to suggest we get involved in saving the city's fireworks was Executive Editor Scott Wasser," said Connor, whose MaineToday Media publishes The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Waterville Sentinel daily newspapers, the weekly Coastal Journal in Bath and their respective Web sites.
Serendipity struck the same day when Jon Jennings phoned to ask for our help. He and the Red Claws deserve all the credit for putting this together."
Connor said newspapers have a special affinity for the Fourth of July.
"A newspaper stands for everything that is American, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free enterprise and just plain freedom. Fourth of July and the accompanying fireworks are about as American as you can get," he said. "Saving this for the city and its people was just something we had to do."
Dubyak said Wright Express welcomes the opportunity to help out when it can.
"For families it's a tradition to celebrate, from a patriotic standpoint, the independence of our country. It's something everybody looks forward to every year," he said.
"It's a wonderful tradition and if it can be sustained, we're going to do it," he said.
Quirk said he, like many Americans, has fond memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.
"Ever since I was a kid, my parents would take me and my four brothers to the fireworks and when I had kids, I took my kids to the fireworks," he said. "It's a tradition and it's part of our heritage."
The least we can do, Quirk said, "is celebrate our independence and freedom," while family, friends and employees are fighting overseas.
Jennings recalls his family setting up for the Fourth on Roosevelt Hill in Richmond, Ind., where he grew up.
"I remember laying on the ground watching the fireworks, taking sheer delight that they were scaring my little sister out of her mind," he said, chuckling.
Jennings said the businesses will continue to work with the city to make sure the fireworks display is not in doubt again.
The fireworks and daylong festivities that precede them draw thousands of people to the Eastern Promenade. The spectacular display draws onlookers to vantage points in Falmouth and South Portland as well as Portland.
City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said it is remarkable that the private sector effort came together within a week of the budget presentation.
"We're thrilled this was worked out," she said.
Vanessa Ainsworth was raised on Munjoy Hill and was flabbergasted when she heard the display was being canceled.
"It's a huge deal. It's pretty much the only thing I have to look forward to in the summer," Ainsworth said, as she enjoyed Saturday's late-afternoon sunshine on the grassy Eastern Prom overlooking Casco Bay.
News that the show would go on came as a tremendous relief, she said.
"It's not just the fireworks," she said. "It's like everybody comes together for one big backyard barbecue on the hill."
Fireworks will light up the Fourth
Published April 13, 2010 | Last month, the committee reported it had gathered less than half of the $10,000 needed to put on its annual fireworks show.
"Every year, we struggle to get enough money to put on a fireworks show," Steve MacDermaid, a member of the Fowlerville Rotary Club, which works closely with the committee's fundraising efforts, told the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus in March. "We lack the ability to find a major sponsor for the fireworks."
The fireworks display is one of two public displays in Livingston County held July 4. The community of Gregory in Unadilla Township also launches fireworks on the Fourth. In the past, Kensington Metropark hosted fireworks on Independence Day, but last year changed its display to June 12, near Flag Day.
Despite its annual difficulty in fund-raising, the committee, formerly known as the Fowlerville Fireworks Committee, has pushed to keep presenting the fireworks. Not only has the committee persevered in putting on the display, but its recent name change reflects plans to expand the event beyond just fireworks.
Last year, the Fourth of July event included a silent auction, the Taste of Fowlerville, a farmers' market and parade, among other attractions. Organizers would like to keep those type of events, and add paid entertainers to the lineup.
"We'd like to be able to compensate people for coming out and doing this," Peg Ogden, a member of the fireworks committee, said last month. "And we need money to pay people for the entertainment."
Part of the difficulty in expanding the event is that organizers often begin the day well shy of the thousands of dollars needed to pay for the fireworks show and the insurance to cover it, which doesn't include any other costs associated with the event, according to MacDermaid.
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