I just watched the video. Pirotecnia Soldi's display was a really good opening show

Compared to their 2006 show, their display this year is much better. I thought at first that i would not like it very much because of the theme but it appears to be that they chose very enjoyable songs to go with their display

I like many of the effects they used specially the different kinds of tourbillions. Their nautical shells were also very nicely timed to the music, most of the time firms only fire nautical shells by barrage without timing it to the music. The show had a perfect combination of traditional italian firing style and a more advanced firing with the one shots. I think i saw some shells that had colored flash breaks but I'm not sure if it's just in the video or they really intended to do that. These shells comes at around 16:37 of the video. I also liked their photoflashes cakes

The synchronization of the effects was really good. Here people can see how manufacturing their own shells worked to their own advantage. I think that a better combination of top and bottom parts will make their show more complex. Even though it is already a bit complex, most of the time when there are shells above there's no ground effects that supports them. I think that this is why most of us thinks that their show is not as complex. Their one shot sequences reminds me a lot of they way ipon uses mines and comets The firing patterns of their roman candles were also very nice.

Their finale was really very italian, because it just kept getting louder XD Overall i think that their display was really good. I think that there's one position which failed to ignite most of the products located there. Other than that i'm happy that Soldi did not have any major problems this year

Here's how i will grade their show
Effects: 10 / 10
Synchronization: 9/10
Music: 9/10
Technical Design: 7/10
Pyrotechnical Design: 8/10
overall: 43/50 (86%)

My favorite segments would be the ones with this songs: Vedi le fosche, O mio babbino and the finale.

Vander

My report is now up.

Blog post: Italy – June 12th 2010 – Pirotecnia Soldi

Paul.

That was a nice show !!! The soundtrack maybe wasn't really good for my taste. Not only in terms of music but in terms of theme. It was simple too simple , and the space between songs was sometimes too short. However we could see some great pieces, love specially the one with the nautic shells mixed with some mines (I think it's from the opera Nabucco). Great effects , good synchronization,nice music and a good finale! So great display !

Let me grade the show !

Effects: 9 / 10
Synchronization: 8,7/10
Music: 8,5/10
Technical Design: 7/10
Pyrotechnical Design: 7/10
overall: 40,2/50 (80,4%)



Paul thank you for sharing the videos year after year! I'm so happy to be here again watching the competition. THANK YOU VERY MUCH !

Is it possible to download the movies? Or it's only to watch online? Is it the way you're going to upload the videos ? In fact I don't know if you are going to upload the full videos or not ... Anyway THANK YOU AGAIN.

Damn, I see video of the display on youtube, I missed a real crazy display!

Im now moved at Val-Dor in Abitibi to work for mining, Fireworks will real make me sick there because still no company operate in abitibi here.

Hopefully Royal or something will call me for service!

And Im sure to been there to see USA display

8,9 note for me! Still LOUD show with quality stuff!

Rovira ... everyone is welcome to download the videos as I put them up.

The link for Italy is: http://www.burchcom.com/2010/italy.flv
Right click on the link and select "save target as"

Please note that I will be uploading .flv files to conserve space.
You will need a player to display them on your computer.

The Riva player is free at this site:
http://download.cnet.com/Riva-FLV-Player/3000-13632_4-10435953.html

Once you have the downloaded file, if you want to convert it to an .avi file, you can use this converter (also free download) http://www.any-video-converter.com/

I will leave all of the shows up in this index page throughout the season.

All of the videos will be at this URL if you want to bookmark it.
http://www.burchcom.com/2010/index.html
I hope to have them posted within 48 hours after the show at the latest.

Bob Burch

Hi Paul,

Thank you for providing your report and thoughts of the display - it seems that there is a general consensus for Italy's performance when it comes to the technical design. I also, as always, loved reading through your brief weather report in the introduction, and though it was a little on the cool side, the humidity levels were actually holding steady in the moderate range (dewpoint of 13.5 C) at the time more than that of the lower. Italy (Soldi) was also quite lucky with the winds, as they were just enough to clear the smoke quickly - around 10:56 p.m, the winds, by contrast, were once again tranquil, much like they were around the 8:15-9:25 p.m time period. This was principally why I was a little concerned beforehand, simply because of the overall light nature of the winds that evening. Fortunately, everything was fine at 10:00 p.m, and therefore, as you and others have pointed out, ideal weather for the display.

Weather aside, it's really nice to read your reviews as well as everyone elses once again - I'm really in the Summer spirit, even though the season does not officially start until the evening of next week Monday. Thank you kindly for additionally posting the video of the display.

Like last year, I have decided that I will save my personal grading of each display until the end of the competition since it is easier to make a comparative analysis by that point in time while subsequently providing a more suitable score for each competing team.

Hi Fred,

I'm always surprised to see that some viewers' are never satisfied with finales, always dreaming of past ones which are maybe embellished as time goes.

You're certainly right about that one! Although I was indeed content with Soldi's finale, I guess when you've come across dramatic conclusions like Italy 2004, Portugal 2002, USA 1995, Panzera 1996/1997, or Spain 2001, to name a few, it becomes increasingly difficult to gain satisfaction - that is unless a competitor, one of these good days, comes either remotely close to, or surpasses those sorts of finales. Most assuredly, however, Italy 2010 put a smile on my face.

And to everyone, once again, a return of more Summer-like weather on the way this week, though more so towards the end.

Trav.

You can rate the display on the official website here: http://www.internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com/en/programmation/232/fi che.aspx - currently the rating is 6.5/10 after 592 votes.

Paul.

currently the rating is 6.5/10 after 592 votes.

I have to say that Soldi deserves better than that. It seems to be a consensus here that this display is worth at least 80% (or 8/10), that is if we evaluate it with the evaluation criteria in mind.

It was also kind of sad to see that the grandstands were maybe halfway full, even though the Francofolies and the F-1 race did not help.

Well, c'est la vie !

i think that the voting system in the official website's not going to be very reliable specially for an award. I think that people might might not take it too seriously or maybe they'll have too much bias for their own country As we can see Italy deserves much better than 6...

Vander

A bit late to post a review, but overall, it thought it was a good show. I can't say it was good enough for a jupiter award. The synchronization and the theme was ok. The quality of the pieces were pretty good. I thought the display needed something extra. I guess it's the simplistic design as some of you guys mentioned.

The finale was too amazing! Definitely one of the best ones in a long time, but not as good as, for example, France 2005. haha

J'ai regardé le feu du Pont juste au dessus.
Une bonne prestation dans l'ensemble mais pour ce qui concerne la créativité, l'innovation , l'originalité,la création de l'émotion faudra repasser.
Le meilleur est surement à venir et bien sur les gagnants. Je ne mets pas de notes. Mon commentaire est suffisant.

Roger

Just curious, can someone tell me what shells those are and how big are they in the video that Bob took @ 24:30?

They look like kamuro shells with salute inserts, but I could be wrong. Someone help. Thanks

Pat