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6 Ways To Get Your Fireworks Fix From Home

March 24, 2020

These are strange times for everyone, but they can be especially tough for a pyro at heart. Staying home this year might mean missing opportunities to attend fireworks demos and events, but it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy fireworks from the comfort of your home! 

1. Attend a Virtual Fireworks Demo

Due to safety concerns during the pandemic, we at Spirit of ’76 decided to move our 2020 product demos online. The pre-recorded platform allowed us to showcase each product in a fully customized way.

Grab some refreshments and enjoy virtual product demos for brands like Brothers, Winda, Sky Bacon, Realtree Fireworks, ’76 Pro Line, and more: 76fireworks.com/demo

2. Review Your Fireworks Safety Skills

Now is a great time to review basic fireworks safety and make sure you are ready for fireworks fun. Take a moment to talk fireworks safety with your family, especially young ones, so that everyone can enjoy themselves when it is time to light up.

For a great review of fireworks safety, check out this Fireworks Safety 101 kit put together by Sky Bacon Fireworks .

3. Watch ‘76 TV for Entertaining Videos from the World of Pyro

We have been working hard making original fireworks content for your viewing pleasure. ’76 TV includes behind the scenes footage of our shows, interviews with our staff and customers, and awesome tips and tricks to make your show even better!

Take your whole family for a virtual trip to Spirit of ’76 with ’76 TV.   Check out ‘76 TV here  .

4. Get Inspiration for Show Design & Choreography

If you enjoy the shows ‘76 Fireworks puts on and want to shoot shows yourself, you’ll love the display resources offered as well. Enthusiasts and display operators alike can find show resources for choreography and setup, including show summaries, cue sheets, set-up and hardware pictures, product libraries for Finale 2D and 3D, and much more on the ‘76 Pro Line website.

Check out the  display resources at 76proline.com .

5. Watch Some Fireworks shows

Our shows are online and ready for you to watch anytime! From classics like PGI’s ’76 Style Salute to America , to Winterblast’s Valentines Day Show, we have plenty of fireworks entertainment at the ready. Feel free to use them as inspiration or just kick back and enjoy.

Watch our Valentines Day Show below, and find more of your favorite ’76 s hows on YouTube .

6. Watch Fireworks-Related Webinars

Edcation efforts by Spirit of ’76 are going online. We’ve rolled out a webinar series this season! Whether you operate a retail store or shoot fireworks displays, there’s an opportunity to learn something new.

See the webinar schedule and register at  76fireworks.com/webinars  .

BONUS: Work on your Fireworks Shopping List

It’s never too early to plan for the 4th of July.

Take this time to visit  76fireworks.com  and work on your shopping list. To help you decide, check out our product playlists on the  Spirit of ’76 Fireworks Youtube Channel .

If you shoot fireworks displays, visit  76proline.com  to browse consumer and professional-use fireworks designed with displays in mind.

Behind the scenes at Western Winter Blast (WWB 2020)

The ’76 team attended Western Pyrotechnic Association’s Western Winter Blast from February 13-16, 2020 in Lake Havasu, Arizona. We shot two displays, tried out a few things we’d never tried before, and had several awesome volunteers on-site to help.

On February 14, we shot a 6-minute pyromusical for Valentine’s Day feature the song “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meat Loaf.

For this display, we configured a PyroLama 360-degree set up to shoot single-shot devices in a 360 pattern at the front of the track. Dan Haines told Peter Rogoz about it in the video below.

The PyroLama 360 turned out awesome! It featured 24 PyroLama profiles (PL112) mounted together using the 360 support (PL129) with the single-shot gerbs mounted on using X-holders (PL111A) and ’76-holders (PL110A). For the show, it was mounted onto a simple wooden structure about 14ft off the ground so the audience could see the full effect.

Another thing we tried for the very first time was utilizing letter racks. We used two letter racks to spell out the numbers “7” and “6” in the sky at the end of the Valentine’s Day show, featuring 30mm mines specially designed to be shot out from the letter racks. Dan wanted to try the racks at WWB to see how they performed before continuing to develop them for future sales.

The Valentine’s Day show came together beautifully – see the full show on YouTube or in our Display Showcase. Find the show files in our Display Resources section.

We shot a National Anthem show the next evening. This display featured yet another project we’d never done before: a lance set piece.

Ken Hough took this project on. The set piece was designed to look like an American flag. Ken built a wooden frame that had 13 sections with 31 holes across each for the lance devices. He assembled the stand on-site and painted the frame with flame-retardant paint before having some helpers fit the lance in red (SE451), white (SE452), and blue (SE453).

The flag set piece looked quite impressive and really pulled the National Anthem display together. See the full show on YouTube or in our Display Showcase.

We’re pleased to have had the opportunity to shoot shows and showcase our product at Western Winter Blast this. year. Thanks to Western Pyrotechnic Association for putting on WWB 2020 and thanks to our volunteers who helped make our shows possible!

You can shop fireworks and equipment at 76fireworks.com.

Find the show files for many of our previous shows in our Display Resources section.

Watch the full behind-the-scenes video of our WWB 2020 adventures below.