The Firework Shop http://samuifireworks.com Koh Samui, Thailand. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:58:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Great to hear from you again Marc I… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/great-to-hear-from-you-again-marc-i/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/great-to-hear-from-you-again-marc-i/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:02:57 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/great-to-hear-from-you-again-marc-i/ Great to hear from you again Marc! I bet you are counting down the days until your holiday back here on Samui! Never mind… it will be worth the wait… just think of all those lovely fireworks you are going to shoot! The first beers are on me my friend! :) :) :)

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/great-to-hear-from-you-again-marc-i/feed/ 0 Hi Patrik I hope you are looking forward… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/hi-patrik-i-hope-you-are-looking-forward/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/hi-patrik-i-hope-you-are-looking-forward/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:06:24 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/hi-patrik-i-hope-you-are-looking-forward/ Hi Patrik… I hope you are looking forward to helping us out with your mum’s firework shoot! We will make you an ‘official’ temporary member of ‘Blue Team’ (the shooting team that is shooting for you). Get your button pressing finger ready! :) – Alan & La-on, The Firework Shop

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/hi-patrik-i-hope-you-are-looking-forward/feed/ 1 Samui is a great place to get married… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/samui-is-a-great-place-to-get-married/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/samui-is-a-great-place-to-get-married/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:01:37 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/samui-is-a-great-place-to-get-married/ Samui is a great place to get married, as, despite the fact it is so built up compared to only 5 or so years ago, there are still some beautiful, quiet and romantic beaches here. Obviously others feel the same too, as the number of weddings is increasing month by month. This month – apart from the private parties and other shoots – we have 12 weddings booked! I must admit that I think it is great to be a part of someone’s very special day. It is so romantic to see so many people so in love and having a wonderful wedding on a ‘tropical island beach’. I really do feel that it is an honour to be part of such an important event in people’s lives, and it is great to think that we are giving them yet another wonderful memory of their ‘special day’.
The Firework Shop – for Safety – Quality – Service…. For Weddings : Corporate Events : Birthdays : or simply for Fun!

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/samui-is-a-great-place-to-get-married/feed/ 0 La on ‘Laarn’ myself and the staff of… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/la-on-laarn-myself-and-the-staff-of/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/la-on-laarn-myself-and-the-staff-of/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:47:24 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/la-on-laarn-myself-and-the-staff-of/ La-on (‘Laarn’), myself, and the staff of both our firework shops would like to wish everyone – particularly our fellow ‘Pyro-nuts’! – the merriest of Christmases as well as the healthiest and happiest New Year!

Despite our best efforts to limit ourselves to only a handful of shoots this New Year’s Eve, we have ended-up with 8… not being able to turn down those who didn’t realise that they had left booking us way too late! :)
Putting our foot down at 8 shoots didn’t quite work either, as we are also ‘assisting’ a further 4 shoots (2 more resorts and 2 private parties) by lending them each a wireless remote firing system so that they can shoot their own fireworks (bought from us of course!) safely – and have fun pressing buttons of course! We will be setting the 4 shoots up for the customers, and getting everything ready for them so that all they have to do is switch on the remotes and get ready to start shooting at midnight!

Last week ‘Blue Team’ shot a wonderful display for the opening of a resort in Lamai… they made me really proud! (Aaaaw! lol). It was a ‘Big Do’, with some rather important guests – including a good friend of ours, the Chief of Police of Samui – so we were determined to give the owner – Boris – a really special event!
The firework display was to be set to music – Boris’ choice, which – although great for fireworks – consisted of 2 songs, each well over 5 minutes long! The actual display was going to be around 4 mins 30 secs in total, so I had to cut down the music to suit (I use a great free software programme called Audacity). It took quite a few hours of playing around and cutting the music, but I eventually managed to get in down to a total of 4 mins 30 secs. Now all we had to do was choreograph the fireworks!

I must admit that I do like choreographing firework shows… it brings out my artistic side lol… !!!
We also made Boris a very special Lancework set-piece, consisting of a damn-near perfect representation of the resort’s logo and name… it looked great!

BUT… I am a firm believer that ‘self-praise is no recommendation’, and therefore I am never really relaxed or happy until after the firework display, when we can judge the success of our hard work and efforts by the reactions of both our client and his opening ceremony guests. We may believe we are wonderful at what we do, but if our client isn’t 100% delighted with our efforts, then we have – I believe – failed them.

Fortunately that has never been the case – we have no place for arrogance or self-importance – as we always put the needs of our customers first.

Thankfully, Boris was more than delighted with the choreographed firework display, telling us that his guests all agreed that the show ‘was fantastic’! Ok… NOW I’m happy!

The sequencers performed very well during the show, and showed their worth during a particularly frenetic bit of the music, which would have been difficult (impossible) to keep up with (fireworks-wise) by manually pressing buttons! Great bit of kit those sequencers, and we may well be investing in a few more over the coming months.

I will try and get some video of our New Year’s machinations up on the site, but, untill then, keep smiling, and enjoy the pyromaniacs main night of the year… New Year’s Eve…. YEEEEE-HAAAAA!!!

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/la-on-laarn-myself-and-the-staff-of/feed/ 0 Toys & Tools http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/toys-tools/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/toys-tools/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:31:16 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/toys-tools/ This is a picture of a couple of the sequencers we use to ‘fine-tune’ the choreography of our firework displays, particularly useful when choreographing to music, when the shots need to be accurately timed.
Any number of sequencers can be joined together, with each cue being completely programmable from 0.1 – 9.9 seconds between shots.
We have yet to discover how many fireworks can be reliably fired from each cue, but I will be reporting back!
Great toys… and great tools! Yet something else that shows The Firework Shop to be true pyro professionals… no ‘hobby’/home-made equipment for us! (Although there is nothing wrong with home-made or hobby equipment… if you shooting for fun and friends once in a while… but professional pyrotechnics requires professional equipment… simple as!

10 cue programmable sequencers

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/toys-tools/feed/ 0 Full Moon, Full Eclipse, Full on! :) http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/full-moon-full-eclipse-full-on/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/full-moon-full-eclipse-full-on/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:07:35 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/full-moon-full-eclipse-full-on/ Strange day yesterday! We had two meetings with prospective clients in the shop, and both turned out to be absolute firework nuts, so – instead of taking 15/20 minutes, both turned out to be 2 hour long ‘chats’! It is great to meet fellow pyro-nuts… those that really do know what they are talking about… but it is a fairly rare occurrence, however, yesterday was ‘pyro-heaven’ for me… bloody great! lol. The first meeting was with a guy who is opening a new hotel/resort on the island, right on the beach, and he wanted fireworks as part of the opening ceremony later this month. He knew exactly what he wanted, and, for a change, this was a guy who’s expectations were not only realistic, but possible! :) The shoot will include a beautiful Lancework set-piece (nobody else on Samui can offer Lancework, which made us the first choice), which will be followed by a choreographed 2.5 minute firework display, set to a piece of music which is just perfect for fireworks!
It is great to choreograph shows like this, and the fully programmable sequencers that we have make it possible to time individual cues down to a tenth of a second! We also came up with loads of other ideas that will go towards making the opening of this hotel/resort something really special! I will, of course, post the video and more details of the shoot after the event.
The second meeting was for an Aussie guy and his Thai girlfriend, who are getting married soon. I have never met a guy so enthusiastic about life in general, and his enthusiasm was infectious! :) After only 10 minutes or so we were chatting away like two old friends… as though we had known each other for years! He was not just a ‘character’, but a clever, adept, and intelligent guy who was ‘driven’.. but managed to balance his life with a morality that made him want to help others and share his good fortune. An amazing guy who I am sure will be cropping up in my posts again in the future (things in the pipeline and all that lol).
After an hour or so we both realised that we had chatted about everything EXCEPT his wedding! Great stuff! :)
In the end he simply told us that he ‘knew that we knew what we were talking about’ and so trusted us implicitly. Essentially we had as big a budget as we needed to put on a firework display that would last 5 minutes! Here was a guy who had visited every shop that sold fireworks, but decided that only The Firework Shop could deliver… and, coming from someone as knowledgeable as him, this is a complement indeed!

Still buzzing after meeting ‘Mushrooman’ (his nickname) I came home to be welcomed by the three pooches and my various assortment of birds… all screaming for food (it was past their normal feeding time), and then my good friend Bom turned-up to tell me about the full eclipse of the moon later that night. So – after feeding the animals – Bom and I settled down with a few Gin and Tonics to wait for the eclipse to start. Boy was it worth the wait!
As the moon was around half-eclipsed (is that a word?) there were firecrackers (and a few guns) going off all around us… people ‘shooting at the moon’ for good luck! Truly amazing Thailand! lol :) :) :)

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/full-moon-full-eclipse-full-on/feed/ 0 Fireworks are dangerous and there is no room… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/fireworks-are-dangerous-and-there-is-no-room/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/fireworks-are-dangerous-and-there-is-no-room/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:15:13 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/fireworks-are-dangerous-and-there-is-no-room/ Fireworks are dangerous, and there is no room for arrogance and big egos. So… who CAN you trust? Koh Samui’s original pyro-experts… Koh Samui’s true pyro-professionals…

The Firework Shop, that’s who!

No bullshit, no big egos, no arrogance… just the safest, most exciting, and best value fireworks and firework displays on Koh Samui… shot by a trained and experienced professional-minded staff team.

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/fireworks-are-dangerous-and-there-is-no-room/feed/ 0 I’m not really a Christmas person and it… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/he-he-he-he-i-havent-stopped-laughing/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/he-he-he-he-i-havent-stopped-laughing/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:08:46 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/he-he-he-he-i-havent-stopped-laughing/ I’m not really a Christmas person, and it is so weird to see everyone here dressing up with Santa hats, and wearing red and white! Even the staff at Tesco are dressed in Christmas gear! I prefer New Year… to me it has ‘real’ meaning… the start of a new year – rather than all the commercial rubbish that Christmas has turned into. So, the Christmas message from me is… BAH HUMBUG!!! lol lol

]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/he-he-he-he-i-havent-stopped-laughing/feed/ 0 Click on any of the red headings on… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/click-on-any-of-the-red-headings-on/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/click-on-any-of-the-red-headings-on/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:15:35 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/click-on-any-of-the-red-headings-on/ Click on any of the red headings on the right of this page (Under ‘CLICK ON A SUBJECT BELOW’) to find out why The Firework Shop is the island’s leader in professional firework displays for all budgets (from 6,000 baht up to 100,000 baht+) and the supplier of the island’s safest and best value fireworks!

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]]> http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/click-on-any-of-the-red-headings-on/feed/ 0 Well Our teams are all booked up for… http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/well-our-teams-are-all-booked-up-for/ http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/well-our-teams-are-all-booked-up-for/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:10:15 +0000 Mr.b http://samuifireworks.com/koh-samui-fireworks/well-our-teams-are-all-booked-up-for/ Well…..! Our teams are all booked-up for New Year’s Eve (and have been for some time). However, we promised to limit ourselves this year to only 6 shoots on New Year’s Eve, simply due to the fact that the logistics of operating more than 6 teams is a *^%$# nightmare! lol We also (quite literally) ‘sell-out’ completely on New Year’s Eve anyway, so limiting our shoots is not a problem… in fact, we would make more money by NOT shooting displays! :) BUT… we have to keep our teams busy, and shooting displays is what we do best, and – at the end of the day – is the most awesome fun too! :) :) However, New Year’s Eve is still some weeks away, and we have quite a few bookings to keep us busy before then (mainly weddings – which I love, as it is always great to be a part of such a special day in people’s lives). So keep an eye-out for the best firework shows on Samui, with the biggest and most exciting firework displays… as they are sure to be ours! On the other-hand, if you see a display ‘padded-out’ with lots of low-level multi-shot cakes (used in an effort to make the display last longer), then you know it isn’t a display from The Firework Shop! :) :) :)
The Firework Shop… ‘You deserve the most professional, the safest, and the most exciting and dramatic firework display for your special event… no matter what size your budget… so don’t settle for anything less than the most professional, the safest, and the most exciting firework displays from Samui’s professional pyro-experts – The Firework Shop.

No souvenirs… No trinkets… No ‘B.S.’… only the best firework displays (and best value fireworks) on Samui!

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