Friday, January 30, 2009

Publications


The new issue of '76 Pyro is at the printer! In a couple weeks, people all over the country will be reading all about the Pyro U shoot in St. Louis, the Iron Pyro competition, Ned Gorski - PGI Grand Master, Dr. Worsey's Propane Cannon, and more. This issue has some of the best photography we have ever published, including fireworks over the Story Bridge in Brisbane, Australia - the most beautiful fireworks picture I have ever seen.

The catalog is still underway - it is a daunting project that will keep Michael chained to his desk for a long, long time. We are currently in the middle of our Early Order sale, which will be the lowest prices we offer in 2009. If you would like to see a pricelist, call us at 573-447-1776 or visit: Spirit of '76 Wholesale Fireworks

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Working, demos, working


This seems like a busy time of year, but each week is more and more so up to the Fourth. We held a winter demo on Jan. 10th, and had an amazing turnout! About 80 people braved the cold and were rewarded by with seeing 60 new items for 2009. We were all really impressed with products, so this should be a great year for fireworks! Mythical had a great performance, especially considering how cheap it is. Air Show Sensation, Ranger's Pride, Oh Say, Jail Bait, Double or Nothing, and Shootin' Iron were among the favorites of the night.

We are also going to hold two more smaller demos before our major spring demo.

February 28th - Georgetown, SC
March 7th - Columbia, MO

The Georgetown demo will be our second off-site demo (the first was the Pyro U shoot in St. Louis last fall). We are also pre-selling fireworks for WPA Winter Blast, and will be shooting off some of our products during open shooting for people to check out.

In addition to planning out the demos, we are working hard on the 2009 catalog. We are pushing for a February printing, so we have a lot of work to do.