Mouth of the Tyne Festival 2010
Alchemy Fireworks Display for Mouth of the Tyne Festival 2010, South Shields
It was a proper melting pot at South Shields this year, or should that be a creuset? Nutkhut from London, Korbo from Lyon, and us from little old Shefford… but all with a strong Indian spice. Frank Wilson from Event International united us all in a colourful, busy bollywood-esque Fête de Mariage, and the good people of Tyneside (and beyond) came out in their thousands to help celebrate…
We gave it the full, all-singing all-dancing digital firing system treatment this year, which meant for once I could actually watch the show while FireOne took the strain and called the shots: Now I know why everyone loves fireworks! And why we get so many repeat bookings! It was actually pretty good! Most of the time I only get to see my clipboard or the firing panel… even Frank commented that it looked like the display had almost been choreographed to the music… 
And with the wind very light and in the right direction for once it meant that everyone had a great view, the smoke was helped on its way, and that the fallout obediently landed in the area that I’d allocated on the risk assessment a few months prior. Now that’s what I call proper planning…
Time for the thanks: Frank and team; Karri and team; Hi-Lights; and of course Ajay and the whole Nutkhut crew from dancers to producers; plus Amar & l’equipe super sympa de Korbo, including the Elephant; as always special thanks to the Alchemy team, and one special mention to welcome Dave Mannion to the Alchemy Fireworks fold – a great addition to the team!
Date
21/09/2011