Too much? Boring?

[Ropes4u]

Am I going to bore people to death if I start my show as follows

Wall of fountains - 1 case of yet undecided.

SMB / Smoke / Super Strobes

Roman Candle rack - 1/2 cases

20-40 flying fish mines

.. on to cakes and 300 shells

[JoeRatman]

I would say no.

But it really depends on how it is presented.

[Ropes4u]

My shooting area is a few hundred acres. I will have 3 or 4 elevated 4*8 boards spread 50-75 feet apart e-fired. I would shoot these as follows.

1) Fountains double quick matched from the middle and both ends one long row on 1*4s

2) From each platform - SMBs (front), Smoke, Super Strobes in the back.

3) Roman Candles in one or two fan racks

4) Fish Mines - fired from the ends, starting out slow and speeding up to quick match for the last 10-20.

I was also thinking about 2 angled racks of color pearls - I like them and they are cheap.

[JoeRatman]

Well when I did fountain shows, I had groups of fountains about 10-12 feet apart.

At STL 2009, I had five stations 50' apart, which I felt was a good distance for the 200g cakes I used. For the fountains, small mines and other ground items, I had mini-boards between the stations, so I had nine positions about 25' apart. You can see the results in this video.


Comets, foutains, mines, ground items.
http://www.pyrouniverse.com/gallery2...09Ratman_1.mpg

Fountain boards
http://www.pyrouniverse.com/gallery2...09Ratman_2.mpg

Pearl boards
http://www.pyrouniverse.com/gallery2...09Ratman_3.mpg

There was then two more sections with cakes, plus an intro with some proximate items. They are in the gallery as well.

[Heathen Dave]

Sounds really bad, you should just give everything to me
No really I think it sounds like a nice opener if you have good spacing.

[lamrith]

I started using fountains a few years back. It can really add to the start of a show. Many songs start of quiet and build up. fountains are a great way to allow for that and build some suspense....
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then BOOOM! you scare the pee out of them! We usually have an efired mine & cake for that kickoff.

A good fountain like the silvery cones make such a tall shower that your shooters can hide behind it and the crowd does not know exactly when things are being it :-p

I started doing it after a show were we had a 1min lead in and my shooting partner and I had lit flares out on the field that entire time.. people said it really built suspense knowing mayhem was imminent.