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2008 Olympics Fireworks

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Amongst the novelties for the Olymics opening-ceremony fireworks will be smiley-face shape shells, the Chinese authorities said today in an announcement about their plans. They are part of a theme – to be reflected on staff and volunteer clothing – to soften China’s authoritarian image.

Cai Guoqiang, the artistic director for the fireworks, announced that fireworks would be launched from a staggering 1,800 sites around the city of Beijing, including major urban areas near Tiananmen Square and the Bird’s Nest stadium near the Olympic Village.

‘We want the Olympic spirit to be seen and felt throughout the entire city on the evening of the opening ceremonies,’ said Cai, a famous Chinese artist.

China Earthquake Appeal

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Most readers of fireworks.co.uk will be aware that almost all consumer fireworks available in the UK are manufactured in China.

The devastating eathquake which hit the country does not seem to have significantly affected the Hunan province, which is the heart of fireworks making. Nevertheless, our sympathies should go to China as a nation for the losses suffered.

With tragedies such as this, it is common for the media to lose interest after a while. The problems of rebuilding whole towns and replacing the whole social infrastructure remain though, and will take years to remedy.

If you have not already done so, donate to the Red Cross Earthquake appeal now.


Wholeasale Buying

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This came in the form of an e-mail to Eric Stajos. I am posting this hopefully to help customers that are thinking of purchasing Wholesale.

Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:41 PMTo: Eric StajosSubject: Wholesale Artricle

Here is what I have so far, let me know if you would like me to add anything I have to check it over and polish it up as well before its final and I have to add some more stuff but this was all thats on my mind right now.

Wholesale, how can that be such a scary word? Maybe because it means you have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars? That’s not always true. Yes, some companies do have a high limit but a lot of companies have limits of one thousand or more. Still can’t afford it? One word, a group buy, so that’s two words. A group buy is buying with a group of friends, family or fellow fanatics by combining all your funds and buying at wholesale. Which means, cheaper fireworks, with the same quality, and the best of all more fireworks!! There’s little tricks to group buys like trading a couple pieces with friends to get more variety but, we won’t get into that. We’re going to discuss buying wholesale for the first time. And what’s an article without some pros and cons? We’ll get into that as well.
Lets look at the scenario you’ve been buying from Phantom, or your corner store firework retailer for years. Always thinking you get that great deal with buy one get one free, or half off, etc. I thought the same thing. Then I heard of wholesale buying from an online forum. I was very skeptical at first. I was nervous because I shopped at a local stand for years and didn’t think I’d get the good deals with wholesale as I did being a regular going to the stand for years. So, I researched videos of a lot of different repeaters, artillery shells, etc. I had $800 to spend and I ended up buying a lot of stuff over 300 pieces to be exact. All repeaters and shells, nothing else. Since this article is on Bigs website I can say that all these products I got were better than the corner store. And I dealt with extremely nice people and will gladly purchase from there business for years to come.
After reading into wholesale; it’s the best way to go if you’re a firework fanatic! Something that used to cost $25 for one 12-shot repeater now costs $55 for 4 of them. That’s less than $15 a piece, and a savings of $45, which you can put in your wallet, or better yet, spend it on more fireworks. You buy fireworks in cases. Items in cases can range from one to any number. Ex: The case of 96 shot color pearls has 40 pieces in a case.
So what are the pros and cons of wholesale? We’ll start with the long list of pros. It’s cheaper per piece, your buying buy cases rather than pieces so your getting more. Now cons, if your not in a group buy and you don’t have friends that don’t want to pool the money then you have to spend a decent amount of cash. Most companies have stages of pricelist like Silver, Gold, Platinum, Etc. Basically the more you spend the cheaper the prices are going to get.

- C. Pappas

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BigFireworks Is Now Blogging

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I am pleased to announce that Big Fireworks.com has added a blog to our website. There will be weekly contributions from James Stajos, Eric Stajos, Tom Norris and Mark Joesph. We will covering a wide range of topics that concern the fireworks industry.

I will be covering news and events in our company. Eric will mainly be dealing with new products, arrivals, design and packaging. Tom will be giving technical updates as to upgrades to our website, videos and ordering. Mark will give an outsiders perspective on the use of fireworks primarily.

We will be inviting you to submit blogs also, the blogs will be moderated. But we would love to hear your thoughts, comments, feedback and any input. We want to hear everything whether its positive or negative. Hopefully its more positive but its the only way that we can make things better.

Thank You, James Stajos

2008 Hogmanay Fireworks, Edinburgh

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Kimbolton Fireworks were honoured to be given the task of producing the Hogmanay firework spectacular to see in the New Year in Edinburgh. At the strike of midnight the pyrotechnic teams fired a stunning synchronised bombardment from Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street Gardens and the seven hills surrounding the city to herald the beginning of 2008. The notorious weather managed to hold off allowing in excess of 100’000 revellers packed in to Princes Street to be treated to one of the UK’s largest firework displays set against the awesome Castle backdrop.

This elaborate pyrotechnic performance consisted of 3’900 cues from a total of 71 locations triggered by nine FireOne™ digital firing systems over an intense 3 minutes and 40 seconds. Our team of 35 people worked diligently for six days to ensure resounding success in our part of this world-renowned event.

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