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Got started on this year's setup for the fourth. You'll notice there are no cannisters/shells, because I had a bad experience as a kid when one of my uncle's left the tube by about four feet and the double break went off just fine at ground level, sending the whole family scrambling. Haven't quite overcome my aversion to them yet. This will be my first year shooting 3" bore cakes, and if that doesn't freak me out too much, I may take the plunge with mortars next year. This will probably be the bulk of it, but there were a couple of favorites that weren't in stock yet when I went this weekend to the one store, and I'm going to stop at two others for some pick-ups, hoping to fill in some effects I'm missing + support a small local outfit that's a family operation.

200 and 500 gram cakes for the big show out at my parents' place in the boondocks.



Fountains, novelties, etc. for firing off at the basketball court by the house and goofing around during the day.



Actually missed a pack of whistling moon travelers in this one. Was still on the couch.

Picked up something else this year as well. Tired of having to arrange pavers to support my small cakes, so I went with a well-designed option by an independent maker.



Large enough to easily load 2 cakes with small bases at a time. The sides are open so you can reach the fuse. You put the long cotter pins through the holes to pen the cake in, preventing it from tipping. If I go mortars, or if I find some good rockets and roman candles this year, I may be buying the larger multi-purpose version of this with a topper designed for shooting those for next year. Probably a couple more musket shots or the version called Scurvy Dog that has three of them hinged together. Redbeard's Fireworks Showcase if you want to look it up, though you're pushing your luck to get anything in time for the fourth this year.

On that same note, there's going to be a fireworks shortage this year from a combination of a fire at a major Chinese manufacturer, and Covid-related shipping issues. You don't want to wait until the last minute this year. If you do any fusing, you really want to get on the ball immediately. Fuse is in short supply. I picked up the last two packages they had at my usual place, and the biggest distributer in the U.S. has put strict limits on orders.

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Hit my second store today since work wouldn't give me time off to take the boy to a doctor's appointment, ( which I've already rescheduled 3 times ) prompting me to call off. Don't want to give me a few hours? Well, I won't be there at all. smile Still have freebies remaining halfway through the year, so I can afford to weaponize one to make a point.

Another small store and basically a family operation, like the other one I'll be going to over the weekend. Almost exclusively Winda and Raccoon brand, which isn't really available anywhere else in the area. Dropped by another store and picked up a single fountain by Cutting Edge as well. That's a really good brand, but the only place I know of that sells them around here jacks up the prices.

Two large fountains to round out the home show, and two more 500 gram cakes, filling an effect hole I had with the lace cake. The 250 gram cake he threw in for free. Grabbed another pack of neon moon travelers, making for a third brand of those. The large rockets looked good, so I picked up a pack of those. The roman candles are something I haven't seen before. 5-shots with some interesting effects like flying fish that aren't usually found in a roman candle in my experience. It was an 8 pack with a variety of effects, so it seemed like a good test bed. Haven't shot rockets or roman candles in years, so I'm seeing what's out there.



With the number of 500 gram cakes I've picked up, and the 4th falling on Sunday, I think I'm going to split into a third show. My Dad will be shooting off his stuff before I bring out my arsenal, so I'll stick to exclusively 500 gram cakes there, ending with the 119 shot zipper and the two 3' bore cakes for a dual level finale. All the fountains and really small aerials will be a second show. Then I'll put all the 250 gram cakes, rockets, etc. in a third. That will give the boy a whole 3-day weekend of fireworks, which he loves. Then I've got all the standard moon travelers to amuse myself with twisted/cross fuse multi-launches.

Good Will ---|--- Three Alarm <= Both almost famous, give them a read and get them one step closer!

Even though nobody seems to be interested, I'm going to complete my journey anyway. LOL Hit my last store today. The only thing I'm still looking for is the sister cake to the CodyB Positive Pyro, the CodyB Neon. I really haven't spent any money in years, and with my finances fully squared away and about a half-year's salary in the bank, I decided to spend my stimulus on fireworks this year. I love shooting them, and my boy loves watching them.



8 more 200 gram cakes. Two were items I've always shot, but which weren't yet available when I hit the store last week. They were in this week, so I've got my Viking Storm and Honest Abe. Also grabbed what's sometimes called a 100 gram cake, the Crackling Pteranodon, because I remember it being good. Grabbed a couple more big cones, a roman candle assortment, and a pack of effect rockets as well.

The other six cakes are from the final store on a B1G1 deal, which is almost exclusively RGS brand. I've never shot any of their stuff, but the demos look good, and it's a mom & pop local operation. Picked up two cones from there that are some of the heaviest I've ever encountered. Interested to see how those do. The weight alone encouraged me to double up on them, rather than get something else for the B1G1 deal on them. Grabbed two packs each of smaller effect rockets and their big roman candles ( Buy1Get1 ) and decided to ease myself into mortars with the two mini cannister kits, which were also B1G1. Between those and the 3" bore cakes, I should be able to tell if I'm over my childhood aversion to mortars. The cakes will have the same amount of bang, and the mini cans will acclimate me to the process.

Probably end up firing off some of the doubles of rockets and roman candles soon. I should imagine that I'll start hearing other folks lighting stuff off by next weekend at the latest. I just don't want to be the first in town. The rest of the rockets and roman candles will be mixed in with my 200 gram show, which will probably be where I'll do most of my chain fusing. The 500 gram show I'm going to light by setting them up in a well-spaced zig-zag and torching them, with the biggest ones the farthest away from the audience. Those two shows I need to sit down and plan. The fountain show is pretty simple, smallest and lightest, working my way to biggest and heaviest, and spacing the two duplicate cones near the end.

They're so heavy that I have sufficient faith in them to put them nearer the finale than the beginning, where the other cones are likely to land.

I've got stainless steel plates large enough for about three 500 gram cakes each to ensure a flat surface, and I grabbed 20 large tent stakes to supplement blocks and pavers for stabilization on the big cakes. Bought a new GoPro as well, because I'm hoping to video it this year. First time I've tried that, so we'll see how it goes.

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Don't believe everything that you read.

Guilty. I'm a preferred customer at a few big stores in new hampshire.

Interestingly, I've also been making my own aerial shells and rockets since high school. Made some gorgeous mortar shell in college - 6 inch diameter. attention grabbers, for sure.

I went into chemistry because of fireworks.