This was an interesting display for several reasons. The most notable overall impression was the lack of use of colored stars, except for orange mines. Most of the shells used white or pale colored effects.
Another interesting overall comment is how good the choreography was. The timing of the shells and especially mines to the music used was superb. One very nice effect was that of a line of single stars fired from the ground from one side of the display area to the other in time with a glissando effect in the music.
There were some excellent really large high shells used (presumably these were the Japanese shells that someone mentioned a couple of weeks ago).
Very great use was also made of star break comets (crossettes – a comet star which splits into several smaller stars at the apex of its flight). Also, a very large number of mines were used. This was interesting because a lot of them were fired at a 60 degree angle rather than vertically.
There was a good section when a very number of shells with willow stars were fired. This created a very palm tree effect which hung in the sky for seemingly minutes and greatly impressed the crowd.
There was also a nice shell which produced a six-pointed star shaped burst – but with two concentric stars rather than just one.
The finale was exciting and built to a crescendo of salutes.
The crowd was very impressed with this show. Overall, this was an enjoyable show but the lack of strong colors (especially compared to the Australian show) was a negative point in my opinion.