Who has plans for New Years Eve and a backyard display

[displayfireworks1]

As we approach New Years, anyone starting to have plans to shoot a backyard display? Will you wait until midnight or shoot before midnight? What firing system if any will you be using? Using any Articles of Pyrotechnic products? Pyro-Musical , hand light or just firing system and push buttons? Newly purchased products or left over from July 4th product?
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Here is my backyard display from last year New Year’s Eve. This was the first time I shot before midnight on New Year’s Eve. From the reaction of my neighbors at the end, it seemed they enjoyed the early shoot as opposed to waiting until midnight. I may do the same this year. Hopefully the weather will comply for all of us.
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Some of my YouTube subscribers seem to enjoy me including the daytime set up as well as the display.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_LU0Un-0Ok

[KDirk]

I'm undecided yet. Will depend on where I'm spending new year's eve, as only two of the possible venues I might find myself at are suitable for doing a a shoot (and smaller scale, at that). Cannot do at my own house, as local regs prohibit fireworks. If I do put a small show together, it'll be no music, fired manually off Cobra hardware. Probably just a few (~5) minutes worth. Anything I do shoot will be leftovers from this past July 4th.

Part of me wants to hold onto all the leftover product for next July, since things are looking to be a bit tighter in the budget going into next year. As of now, I'm sitting on probably 65-70% of what I'd need to do a decent show for Independence Day 2025, really only needing to add some cakes (I'm very heavily stocked on tube launch shells still). Anything I shoot on NYE would need to be replaced with new product for next July, so I may just forego a shoot and save it for later.

[BMoore]

I usually do something small right at midnight. No more than about 5 minutes or so. Consumer shells a couple and a couple of AP cakes. No matter how simple, I'll use my cobra and script it. These little impromptu shoots are always a great time to test out new techniques, strategies and new equipment bought on Black Friday.

[rthruska]

I shoot a similar show for new years compared to the 4th. 27 min pyromusical using cobra. A mix of >500 shells > or = 3in shells up to 8in shells. About 500 single shots in the front line. Will be a much expanded front line compared to using slats in the past so looking forward to that. Plenty of cakes and 10 positions in total.