pyrotechnic Issue 4 June 2015
MAGAZINE
FO R F I R E WO R K C O M PA N I E S & E N T H U S I A S T S AC R O SS T H E WO R L D
A HISTORY OF
Plásticos Gamón
Plásticos Gamón’s first pyrotechnic-oriented activities date all the way back to 1965. It was then that two brothers, Fernando and Manuel García Gamón, decided to create their own fireworks factory.
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Hanabi Japanese
much more
Japanese Hanabi is essentially unbeatable in almost every imaginable way! OK, so maybe the Japanese rarely use massive salutes in their finales or shoot multi-break canister shells during their public displays, but outside of that they’ve reached near perfection.
The art of Girandolas
Chinese New Year 2015
The Pennsylvania Organization of Recreational Chaos (PORC) is a club that likes to have fun. With that in mind, we always try to bring something unique and fun to the annual Pyrotechnics Guild International convention.
Back in 2012, after we returned from our very first trip to China, we promised ourselves to return to Nanning again by 2015 to celebrate Chinese New Year. You see, we enjoyed our first trip so much, and we had such an amazing time.
Sonnwendfeier: The biggest display in Switzerland Once every three years, in the quaint little mountainous city of Oensingen a 90-year-old tradition takes place. It is the biggest fireworks show in all of Switzerland occurs.