Stanford Hall - Saturday 2nd August 2008

4 of the UK's leading Professional Firework Companies

NEWS - January 2008

The event has changed slightly this year, in order to keep the competition as fair as possible, MLE Pyrotechnics, the organisers have decided to pull out of the competition, leaving the 3 teams to compete against each other for the title of Firework Champion 2008. MLE will then produce another large scale pyromusical display to close the event.

We have also invested heavily in ticket processing incorporating the latest state of the art management system to help us track and deal with your order in the best way possible.

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In response to your valued feedback and as a result of the enormous sucess of the 2007 event, we have increased the number of toilets on site and doubled the number of staff on hand. We've increased the display budgets for each team and have lots more planned for the audience side including local food produce. Watch this space!

New format

3 of the UK's best firework companies competing against each other with a 10 minute firework display choreographed to music. The types of fireworks being used by the companies are quite different to the material available to the general public, each company can use category 4 fireworks - those that are for professional use only.

The event is the only one of its type in the UK where the audience have the capability to vote for the team they liked the most using their mobile phone - purely for fun. Texts will be charged at normal rates and a limit of 1 vote per number / SMS Identifer is in place. Each voting number receives a text back with the results.

The guidelines have been simplified to make the event enjoyable for all involved.

1) 10 - 15 minutes of fireworks
2) Must be choreographed to music
3) General restrictions on material used to be agreed by all companies involved
4) Each team must be a professional firework company

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Details

The event is being held on Saturday 2nd August 2008, at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire. Location details can be found here.

Download the 2008 Programme

Download the 2008 Programme

Running order

The exact details here are still open to change, however on writing the following is correct.

Gates open - 5:00pm

Khoom Fay Lantern display - 9:00pm

Computer fired demo - 9:15pm

Team 1 - 9:30pm

Team 2 - 9:45pm

Team 3 - 10:00pm

SMS voting opens - 10:15pm

We'll keep you entertained with some more lanterns during the voting period

SMS voting closes - 10:30pm

MLE Pyrotechnics Large Scale Display - 10:30pm

Results - shortly after 10:40pm

 

Food and drink, Picnics

There will be food and drink (bar and soft drinks) available on site from licensed vendors, however please feel free to bring your own. You may also bring a picnic and table/chairs.

No BBQ's are allowed on site.

 

Pre-show entertainment

There will be childrens entertainment (bouncy castles, rides, and similar attractions). Details to be announced shortly. Prior to the displays a short demonstration will take place outlining the different types of fireworks and how the companies utilise state of the art technology to produce stunning effects.

Car parking

There is adequate car parking on site. Please follow the entrance and exit signs and drive carefully.

Disabled

The site can cater for disabled persons, there is a disabled car parking section - please inform the ticket people as you arrive and they will direct you accordingly. Signs for disabled parking will be in place.

"Stanford Hall, where Shakespeare's Avon flows gently through the Park, has been the home of the Cave family, ancestors of the present owner Nicholas Fothergill, since 1430.In the 1690s, Sir Roger Cave commissioned the Smiths of Warwick to pull down the old Manor House and build the present Hall, which is a fine example of their work and of the William and Mary period."