Victory Muckleshoot Demo 6-13-09
Victory Fireworks is one of the wholesale vendors at Muckleshoot this year (same place the Northwest Pyro demo was at) and shot a small demo on Saturday that I was able to attend.
The demo was fairly small (32 items on the shoot list) and there weren't that many people there, but it was still a nice little pyro adventure even if I just watched. A few other PyroU guys were there, including mindset/Tim, tjfireworks, and I even ran into Tony and Larry, which I wasn't expecting!
The selling season at the reservation has started now, but because it is still early, only about half (or less) of the stands there were actually open. I walked around a little, but didn't look too closely because I wasn't going to spend any money and didn't want to deal with pushy salespeople. I was surprised at how many random people were there shooting fireworks, most in very unsafe ways. It wasn't a good place to be if you value your life! There were salute cakes, rockets, shells, and ground salutes going on left and right, and all other items being shot every once in a while. Some were in a field next to the stands, but others were spread all over the parking lot and you had to drive through them to get to the wholesale area. One guy was even angling large salute rockets over the demo site, which was not appreciated. I can only imagine how crazy it gets closer to (or on) the 4th, and wouldn't want to be anywhere near there without a very good reason.
The selling season at the reservation has started now, but because it is still early, only about half (or less) of the stands there were actually open. I walked around a little, but didn't look too closely because I wasn't going to spend any money and didn't want to deal with pushy salespeople. I was surprised at how many random people were there shooting fireworks, most in very unsafe ways. It wasn't a good place to be if you value your life! There were salute cakes, rockets, shells, and ground salutes going on left and right, and all other items being shot every once in a while. Some were in a field next to the stands, but others were spread all over the parking lot and you had to drive through them to get to the wholesale area. One guy was even angling large salute rockets over the demo site, which was not appreciated. I can only imagine how crazy it gets closer to (or on) the 4th, and wouldn't want to be anywhere near there without a very good reason.
The demo was mostly 200g and 500g cakes, there were a few shells and no rockets or candles. I didn't feel like they chose the best items they carry to demo, but they still had some nice stuff. Of the items they shot, I particularly liked BP Firedrake (sort of a big Pyro Alert with willows at the end), PYK Gold Brocade Bash (a classic, seen it many times before), PYK Party Like a Rock Star (good colors, mines, firing pattern), Glorious Tropical Typhoon (great yellow breaks, nice finale) and BP Uncle Sam's Answer (a very solid 16 shot, I just wish it had a finale).
I didn't see it, but at one point during the demo, a salute rocket was shot at a very low angle and broke near some people on the other side of the parking lot (not sure if this was the same guy as before). After the demo there was a police car and fire truck there, but I don't know what happened. They didn't seem to be in any rush, but I think they did end up taking somebody away in an ambulance. It isn't a very safe place to be...
The finale was a big puke, which was fun, but included some rather poorly chosen SMBs...
I didn't see it, but at one point during the demo, a salute rocket was shot at a very low angle and broke near some people on the other side of the parking lot (not sure if this was the same guy as before). After the demo there was a police car and fire truck there, but I don't know what happened. They didn't seem to be in any rush, but I think they did end up taking somebody away in an ambulance. It isn't a very safe place to be...
The finale was a big puke, which was fun, but included some rather poorly chosen SMBs...
Video of every item can be found in my PyroU gallery...
On Friday I'm helping on a Wolverine show in Ephrata, WA, so I'll hopefully have a video and report by Sunday night. The show is all 1.3G, which will be different from most Wolverine shows I've helped on. Apparently it is stretched pretty thin, so we'll see...
On Friday I'm helping on a Wolverine show in Ephrata, WA, so I'll hopefully have a video and report by Sunday night. The show is all 1.3G, which will be different from most Wolverine shows I've helped on. Apparently it is stretched pretty thin, so we'll see...
