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Looking back over the hectic summer firework season, I’m slightly sad that I have spent so much time in my waterproofs in the last 4 months. It’s 3 years on the trot now, and I’m starting to take it personally, as if I have some sort of Charlie Brown rain cloud following me. Of the dozen or so summer firework displays that I have been on site for, I can only think of 2 where it was warm, and sunny [...]
Most Colleges at Oxford University have been around for a very long time. And many of the buildings themselves have existed in their current form for hundreds of years. They are a beacon of educational achievement as well as major tourist attractions in their own right. So we were absolutely delighted when the committee of Christ Church College – on the recommendation of event company and long-standing Alchemy clients Relevent – selected Alchemy to produce the first ever fireworks display [...]
Trafalgar Dinner Fireworks Display 2009 We love a bit of history at Alchemy, and this is one for the patriots and historians! The 1805 Club are a group dedicated to preserving the memorials of the Georgian sailing Navy, as well as promoting research in this field, and especially in Lord Nelson. One of their many fundraising events is a Trafalgar Dinner, held at the beautiful New House, Redlynch in Hampshire. It’s a unique piece of British architecture, a three-winged Jacobean [...]
Olympic Dinner, Leeds Castle, Kent Apparently something called the “Olympics” is coming to the UK soon – anyone know anything about it? Of course. How could you miss it? It’s everywhere. The funding is debated in Parliament, the buildings are rapidly sprouting out of the East London soil, and the psychedelic logo (i like it, actually) emblazens everything from Coke Can’s to accountants’ email stationery. As you might imagine it’s also the subject of much debate in the firework world [...]
Private Party Fireworks Display, The Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden So there we were, just chatting with an event company and they dropped the bomb: “we’re organising an event in Stockholm in July. The client really wants a fireworks display but we’ve spoken to a firework company in Sweden and we’ve been told it can’t be done.” “Can’t be done?” I parroted… “I’ll look into it…” Fast forward five months and there we are, on the balcony of the Grand Hotel [...]
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