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WHAT: Skyfest Spectacular

WHERE: King Johns Castle, Limerick

WHEN: Saturday 13^th March 2010

WHAT TIME: 7.30pm

BEST SPOTS: Along the River Shannon

13th March 2010, book your day off now; you are going to need it. In fact, book the week off, Limerick has it covered.

The annual Skyfest spectacular which has the people dancing in the streets and lights in the sky will be held in Limerick this year. This is only the 3rd time that the fireworks and musical event will take place outside of Ireland’s capital and promises to be, and I quote, an “exceptional pyro-musical presentation where dazzling colours and explosive effects are choreographed to an amazing soundtrack”.

And Limerick is the place for it, home of the second largest St Patrick’s Day parade in Ireland so it makes perfect sense to host one of Ireland’s most incredible outdoor events of the year; The Skyfest spectacular.

The Skyfest is the start to the “I Love Limerick” themed St. Patrick’s Day events and with the magnificent back drop of King Johns Castle; this promises to be one of the highlight of Limericks many St Patrick’s Day festivities. To give you an idea of the scale of this display, 30 people have toiled laboriously for 6 days to rig up and set off nearly 3 tonnes of fireworks, that’s a lot of pyro!

For the best views in the city, look for the River Shannon and turn your eyes towards King Johns Castle, we recommend getting there good and early to find a nice spot. The fireworks start at 7.30pm or 8pm, still waiting for confirmation on that but there will be plenty to see and do when you are waiting with street entertainment to keep the crowds occupied until the main event, fireworks!

View video footage of the SKYFEST LIMERICK event by clicking the link

A circular space ship of a stage 50 yards wide, flashing and bursting with multicoloured LED lights, lit up a darkened Sun Life Stadium as The Who matched the electricity of Super Bowl XLIV.

Give mad guitarist Pete Townshend and frontman Roger Daltrey all the credit due a pair of legendary Rock ‘N Roll sexagenarians: They put on an electric and visually stunning show. It has to be said, no guitars were harmed in the making of this half time show.

The flower pedals of swirling lights that made up the stage coordinated with an electric flash of lasers that formed a web of coherent light throughout the stadium, just as The Who opened with Pinball Wizard. The sight was so stunning that the fans, who had been instructed during the last few minutes of the second quarter on how to use their cell phones as virtual lighters, forgot to follow their choreographed directions.

Instead, it was a 15-minute display of lights and talent as Townshend wowed the crowd with his still-fine guitar fingering and Daltry wailed into his harmonica.

They moved, as the lasers, from song to song. From Baba O’Riley they slid into Who Are You? and finally the classic Won’t Get Fooled Again.

Pyrotechnics punctuated the final note. Daltrey, who had never been to an American football game before Sunday, took a bow, and Townshend spared his guitar from oblivion as the crowd cheered.

Danang is gearing up for the Largest Fireworks competition display next March. The skies above the Han River will be filled with spectacular artistic fireworks display of colours and sound presented by the world’s leading fireworks manufactures.

Next March will be the 3rd edition of the musical fireworks competition hosted by the city of Danang. The event is being described as the biggest and best fireworks competition in the world because of the scale of the display over 2 nights: 3 displays on the opening night and 2 displays and the prize giving on the following and final night. It is simply the best annual event of its kind staged in Danang.

With over 500,000 spectators every year including tourist, the organiser’s, and city of Danang have achieved their objective and goal in promoting Danang as a preferred tourist destination.

DIFC 2010 – HANOI 1000 Celebration Key Event:

Hanoi will celebrate its 1,000th birthday in 2010 with a series of activities in Hanoi and around Vietnam.  DIFC 2010 is one such celebration event activity selected to be associated with the Hanoi 1000 celebration.

TEAMS SELECTED FOR DIFC 2010:

Through a meticulous selection process, participating teams were handpicked from America, France, Portugal and Japan and the representing Host country is the Danang military fireworks team.

These teams have been responsible for most of the musically choreographed fireworks displays at international prestigious events. The selected four international renowned firework manufacturers have won numerous past competitions around the globe.

EVENT INFORMATION

For Two nights in March 2010, tagged as biggest event in Vietnam, the skies over the Han’s River are to be lit up by a sequence of world class Pyro Musical performances to celebrate Danang’s 35th Liberation anniversary.

Official Theme:  ‘ Legend of Han River’

The official team for DIFC10 is ‘Legend of Han River’. Participating teams would have to choreograph their show around the theme. Each team will have to produce their pyromusical displays for a minimum of 20 minutes.

The Thang Long Championship Challenge Trophy:

The DIFC10 participant will represent their respective nation and ‘wow’ the spectators with their magical displays over two nights.

The Art of Musical Fireworks Concept:

Musical fireworks technique used at the competition is an art form known as “Pyro-Musical Synchronization” and takes into account the essentials such as timing (measured in fractions of seconds), music choices, rhythm and composition design.

According to the producer, “Fireworks designed for DIFC requires thousand of painstaking hours to be developed. The teams manufacture special effects exclusively for the competition based on their theme.

By the sounds of it this is one competition I know I cannot wait too see. On such a big scale this is sure to be one to look forward to in 2010 for anyone that loves anything pyro.

Check out the video below of the upcoming trailer for THE firework event of 2010.

Sueca 2009 / Part 1 – Pyromusical Ricardo Caballer from Freakpyromaniacs on Vimeo.

Sueca 2009 / Part 2 – Pyromusical Ricardo Caballer from Freakpyromaniacs on Vimeo.

This year’s display will be the largest ever held!

On 31^st October 2009, Ascot Round Table is organising a Charity Fireworks Display hosted at Ascot Racecourse. Firework admissions from 4:30pm and the fireworks display starts at 6.00 pm. All proceeds from the ticket sales support local charities. In addition to the fireworks there will also be a FREE Fun Fair with extra rides. Also food, drink and licensed bars available.

The event is one of the highlights in the Ascot calendar. The move to the all weather location, with easy access, improved parking and largest display ever to be held, will make this year better than ever before. Tickets, £7 for adults and £5 for children, are available at the gate on the night.

Kirkstall Abbey will be treated to the sights and sounds of a classical music and fireworks extraveganza on Saturday the 12th of September 2009.

Classical Fantasia is a free open-air concert that is perhaps the most popular outdoor events of the year as its historic sorroundings and breath-taking fireworks combine with fantasy style classical music on behalf the Northern Ballet Theatre orchestra.

The 12th Century Abbey is rigged with lighting for the occasion to add to the atmoshpere that has become synonymous with the Classical Fantasia event, now in its 14th year.

All tickets for the Classical Fantasia have been quickly snapped up from Leeds City Council. Executive member for Leisure Councillor John Procter said: “Classical Fantasia is a very special free event and is hugely popular every year. The setting is wonderful, the music is fantastic and the fireworks are spectacular so it all adds up to a great evening’s entertainment and a really unique and magical atmosphere.”

The performance stars at 8pm on Saturday the 12th September. Anyone lucky enough to have a ticket, enjoy!

Flashpoint Fireworks, Eastnor Champions of 2009 Display Video. Great display guys, well done.

This is awesome! This dude really knows how to play with fire, we strongly recommend against attempting this at home but if you must, try it without the fire first!

The talented fire artist is called Kap Te’O Tafiti and he is a teacher at his school of fire dance in Utah USA, if you want lessons, look him up, he should be easy to find, he definately stands out from the crowd.

How do you get music and fireworks to go off together? It is a question that has been plaguing mankind for centuries.

Nowadays computers and technical gadgets and gizmos make the job a lot easier for the professionals. Some have remote firing systems that automatically work in time with the beat. For us normal types however it can be a lot more difficult. If you cannot afford expensive equipment to do the timing for you, how do you set off fireworks in time to the music?

The answer is simple, a lot of planning and preparation and a little bit of luck.

The secret is to know exactly how long the music and the fireworks are going to last, if you have a song that is 5 minutes long and you only have 4 minutes worth of fireworks, you’re gonna have a bad time. Or 1 minutes worth of bad time to be precise. So rule one is to make sure you know how long each firework lasts and how long your music lasts and make sure they match Common sense stuff.

So how do you make the music and the fireworks sound good. Start with a good song, if you try to do a fireworks display to Cliff Richards “Summer Holiday” it may not have the impact you are looking for, try aiming a little more rocky if possible. The message here is power. A powerful and drum beat ridden tune will most likely get the crowd going, just look at almost any video by Brothers Pyrotechnics and you will here the music from the Rocky movies. This is excellent fireworks music, powerful, anthemic and rocky. Get the crowds toes tapping and you have almost got it.

Choice of fireworks is very important as well, if you have a fast firing barrage, use fast music, if the song is slower and sedate, let the music reflect that. It is all about capturing the mood of the pyrotechnics and the music and blendign into one experience for your audience.

Always remember to finish on a loud and busy number to get the blood flowing in the audience. Like in any form of entertainment you should always leave them wanting more.

So, to recap, make the music’s mood  match the fireworks, keep it busy at the end. Finish on a loud and busy finale and make sure you like the song, if it’s a song that is not popular, the fireworks won’t look as good. Know your audience.

Here it is the list of the 50 most popular songs our customers have recommended to go with fireworks. If you have any suggestions to add to the list please let us know.

Rocket Man – Elton John

Eternal Flame – Bangles

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

Light my Fire – The Doors

Firestarter – Prodigy

Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis

Spinning Around – Kylie

Relight my Fire – Take That

Fireworks – Embrace

Boom Bang a Bang – LuLu

Chariots of Fire – Vangelis

Boom Boom Boom – Outhere Brothers

Bang Bang – Sonny and Cher

Time to Burn – Storm

Rocket – Def Leppard

All fired up – Pat Benatar

Unforgettable Fire – U2

She Bangs – Ricky Martin

Rocket – Herbie Hancock

Bang Bang – BA Robertson

Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie

Fire by Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Wheels on Fire – Siouxsie & the Banshees

We will Rock You – Queen

Don’t Stop Me now – Queen

Cochise – AudioSlave

Burn Baby Burn - Ash

Through the fire and the flames – DragonForce

Falling as One - Rise to Addiction

Music for Royal Fireworks – Handel

Paradise City – Guns N Roses

Jonnie b. Good – Chuck Berry

Eye of the Tiger - Rocky Theme

Fight fire with fire – metallica

Rule the world – take that

Two Tribes – Frankie Goes to Hollywood

“Zadok the Priest” from the Coronation Anthems. – Georg Frideric Handel

Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Chasing Rainbows – Shed Seven

The day we caught the train – Ocean Colour Scene

Chop Suey – System of a Down

Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm

We didn’t start the fire – Billy Joel

1812 overture – Tchaikovsky

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Harry Potter Theme

Independence Day Theme

Star Wars Theme

E.T Theme

High Voltage – Electric Six

Just Watch The Fireworks – Jimmy Eat World

Rage Against The Machine – Sleep Now In The Fire

War of the Worlds Theme

Boom Boom Boom – Black Eyed Peas

Rammstein doing what they do best. this video speaks for itself.