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    Given the number of cakes that turn into a...

    Given the number of cakes that turn into a full-blown conflagration after they finish, I expect you might have a real problem if you have too many cakes too close together...foil or no foil.

    We do...
  2. I don't have the budget or the time to do a...

    I don't have the budget or the time to do a full-on pyromusical, even though that's what I'd love to do. We have 180 cues (Cobra) and I can't really see the equipment growing beyond that.

    Our...
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    E-match ports on consumer fireworks

    We buy our product mostly from WFBoom, and use several of the DisplayFireworks1 products, most of which have the ematch ports. I feel like there might be other products that have the ports, but how...
  4. Should a person buy next year's fireworks now if possible?

    Just wondering if the experts here think the tariffs will go away, will fireworks be way more expensive next year, will there be shortages due to the USA 250 celebration, etc. etc.?

    If possible,...
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    You've pretty much got it. It is kind of...

    You've pretty much got it.

    It is kind of impressive, however, to see what they are getting out of that 60g limit. I saw a video of some four-break shells that looked pretty good.
  6. I snagged several of the others (including...

    I snagged several of the others (including personal fave, Willow Beach) this year. Our order went in too early to get the Spooky Staircase, but we did get OG Pyro, Rocket Dave and a couple others...
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    Modern country music has many of the same...

    Modern country music has many of the same characteristics as 70s and early 80s rock and roll does. You could use things like "Rock'N Me" by Steve Miller Band, or "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol, etc. ...
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    One thing I noticed this year (in addition to the...

    One thing I noticed this year (in addition to the prices, of course) is that our donations were way down. We kept track of how many people donated this year, as opposed to just the dollar amount. ...
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    Anyone do equipment rental?

    I'm curious if there's anyone out there in the fireworks world that loans out or rents out equipment. I would like to "level up" our show by adding more single shots, slices, etc. but for that you...
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    I'm in about the same situation as you,...

    I'm in about the same situation as you, Greenville - One shoot a year with 10 modules. Ours is all consumer though.

    I built my own command-center-type setup. I just ordered a much cheaper...
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    To me a worse problem they have is out-of-date...

    To me a worse problem they have is out-of-date Youtube videos about how the system works, how to sync modules, etc. There's a lot of misinformation out there due to updates and changes in the...
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    Our show (with the Cobra) started in 2015. We...

    Our show (with the Cobra) started in 2015. We went every year with no rain.

    In 2019 rain was predicted in the morning, so we waited till afternoon to set up. No rain fell.

    We got all the way...
  13. Fireworks explosion inside a car injures four Wyoming people

    This story is from the Powell Wyoming Tribune. While it's an extremely sad story, there are sure a lot of unanswered questions in my mind. Why were they driving with fireworks inside a car? What...
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    We decided a few years ago to always have our...

    We decided a few years ago to always have our show on the "Saturday closest to the 4th," so this year we were scheduled for the 6th. The 4th here was cold, windy and rainy so we looked like geniuses...
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    Just bumping this back up to the top again in...

    Just bumping this back up to the top again in case anyone would like to use it. It really is worth the effort to open your show with it.
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    I guess there's no rule saying the songs must be...

    I guess there's no rule saying the songs must be edited, but I get a kick out of editing them and beatmatching one song to the next sometimes. My goal is to make it sound like there's one killer...
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    2024 show music

    I always edit down the songs for our show and make a continuous mix -- each song is around a minute to 1:30 long, at most. I make it as seamless as possible from one song to the next. To be totally...
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    Hmm, well I can't presume to speak for Cobra, but...

    Hmm, well I can't presume to speak for Cobra, but I've been in business myself for 40+ years and to accuse a company of "false advertising" is a pretty serious charge.

    First of all, Cobra is not a...
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    There are still videos on their website that say...

    There are still videos on their website that say quickplugs are no extra charge. Is this a “lie?” I would call it more of an oversight. When things change within a company, it’s virtually impossible...
  20. I also did my order in January. I order for 2...

    I also did my order in January. I order for 2 other guys besides our show, and it's currently sitting at the freight depot 100 miles from here waiting for a driver to bring it to our location (I...
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    Well it turned out to be a non-starter. The...

    Well it turned out to be a non-starter. The person who asked me about the gender-reveal show had seen a tik-tok video featuring a reveal that had the mom and dad pushing a "plunger" like a cartoon...
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    Gender reveal shows

    How does one put together a gender reveal show? How long do they tend to be? Do you put the reveal at the very end, the beginning or the middle? (I have a lady asking about one for her daughter...
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    Here's a list of things we've done since 2014 to...

    Here's a list of things we've done since 2014 to improve our show. Up until then we were handlighting in the back yard and our wives hated it, but put up with it because they knew we loved doing it....
  24. The part with the train had stupid sound EFX...

    The part with the train had stupid sound EFX though. You're hearing a steam train but it's a diesel engine, natch. Entertaining though, it takes Dave Letterman's idea of dropping stuff and running...
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    It looks like those visco shroud initiators...

    It looks like those visco shroud initiators should work the same as a standard red shroud in a poked-cake situation. Is this true, or is a guy better off going with standard-shroud initiators for...
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