Conferences

This Sunday will be the beginning of the 2008 fireworks conference season. Our owner and sales staff will be making the trip to PGI in Gillette, WY this weekend. For those of you not familiar with PGI, it is a convention focused on the end consumer of fireworks, the people who truly enjoy lighting (or e-firing) the fuse. There will classes, competitions, vending, and open shoots all week. Our graphic designer and photographer Michael Richards will be there snapping THOUSANDS of pictures, and we will also have a couple guys there writing articles for '76 Pyro.

The next convention will be the NFA in Billings, MT. The NFA Expo is focused mainly on the business end of fireworks, with product demos for three nights and a great trade convention. However, there are unfortunately no fireworks for sale at the event. It is a great event though, in that it allows wholesalers a chance to meet with most of their suppliers, as well as give prospective suppliers a chance to show their products and meet with buyers. It is also when we will start seeing all the 2009 products, receiving 2009 catalogs, and hearing all the news and events effecting fireworks for 2009.

I believe the last event will be the APA in Orlando, FL. I have volunteered to go down and play lots of golf meet with suppliers, but I don't think our company will be making the trip this year.

'76 Pyro Update

I have just uploaded the new version of www.76pyro.com to the server. The look of the website is a bit improved, and I have added a few things:

- translation options
- foreign subscription options
- more information on each issue
- faster load time for the video page

I hope to make even more changes to the site over the next few months. If you get a chance, check out the new site.

A Great Fourth

The Fourth of July weekend is now over. What a weekend it was! Our tent, and many others in the area have had record sales this season. Everything turned out just how we had anticipated. People stayed home due to high gas prices, July 4th and 5th being on a weekend with great weather really boosted sales, and our incredible products brought a lot of people around 2...3...4 or more times. Hope everyone's Fourth went as well as ours did. Now it is time for sales and gearing up for PGI.

Almost here

The Fourth of July is only a week away. We are starting to wrap things up on the wholesale end. Today is the last day for most people to order outside of the midwest and still get their fireworks by the fourth. Many of us have been putting in 12-14 days the past couple weeks, and some people have been working even more. Its been crazy, but business is great! We have lots of great products this year, and have dealt with a lot of good people in the fireworks business. Hope everyone has a great 4th!