WINNERS - 1st Malta Ground Fireworks Festival - St.Andrew's Fireworks Factory

[Luqa - Malta]

UPDATE: Photos and Videos added Bellow!! More to come

WINNERS - 1st Malta Ground Fireworks Festival - St.Andrew's Fireworks Factory of the Union Band Luqa! www.unionbandmalta.org

What makes this even greater is the fact that Malta's leading Fireworks Factory were our competitors! 14 in all. And also the fact that its the first competition of its type world wide makes it even greater.

We won all the categories that we competed for.

Best Mechanizim
Best Products (Fireworks Mixtures, Colors, Drivers, Special effects etc)
and OVERALL WINNERS.

Our two peices consisted of:
1.) The False Shell (Il-Murtal Falz)
2.) A unique flower mechanizim in the center and armed with all sorts of colors, drivers and effects all over. Note: this was split into 6 phases and all were started/controled with a REMOTE CONTROLL.!

Videos will soon be online on www.unionbandmalta.org

Details of this festival here: http://www.maltagroundfireworks.com/ and here http://www.freakpyromaniacs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=112331#post112331

Thanks everyone.
We are in festive mode right now!

 

[Tony]

Ground fireworks on the Granaries

From the news paper Times of Malta 23/04/2007

Displays of flashing, gyrating lights illuminated the Floriana granaries on Saturday night as loud music thumped out in sync on the multiple speakers.

It was no open air disco though, but the local council hosting a well attended national festival of mechanical ground fireworks during the feast of St Publius.

The Ghaqda tan-Nar Madonna tal-Gilju (Mqabba) was adjudged to have best pyrotechnics. However, the Sant' Indrija Socjeta Muzikali Unjoni (Hal Luqa) was the overall winner of the competition, coming first in the category for the least gear mechanisms used.

The Ghaqda tan-Nar San Guzepp (Hal Kirkop) won in the category for the best work using chains. The category for the best used products was won by the Ghaqda tan-Nar Sant' Indrija Socjeta Muzikali Unjoni (Hal Luqa) while the award for the most original work was won by the Ghaqda tan-Nar Santa Marija (Hal Ghaxaq).

 

[Luqa - Malta]

A seperate category with 3 competitors for humoristic original displays was won by St.Mary Fireworks Factory of Ghaxaq.

In the main festival competition:

Best Mechanizim Chains (for those who used chains in their show) was won by St.Joseph Fireworks Factory Kirkop with a beautifull very long chain, some 500feet.

Best Fireworks Products (Mixtures, Drivers, Colors, special effects etc). Won by the St.Andrew Fireworks Factory of the Union Band Luqa.

Best Mechanisim (with the least gears used!). Won by the St.Andrew Fireworks Factory of the Union Band Luqa.

Overall winners - the St.Andrew Fireworks Factory of the Union Band Luqa.

First pictures.

The above pictures show some of the effects by the St.Andrew's Fireworks Factory of the Union Band Luqa.

 

[Geoffrey Cachia]

Well done to our friends of Luqa, it was a massive show but Luqa's show was far more professional and breathtaking. Very satisfied with the result, at least this time it was fairly done and the best won. Keep up the good work for our friends of Luqa.

 

[Luqa - Malta]

Thanks Geoffrey and thanks all

 

[appiehappie]

Congratulations Luqa!
I can't wait for the videos on your website (I'll definitely pay a visit).

 

[Tony]

Luqa, Kirkop, Ghaxaq fireworks awarded

The winner of the first edition of the Malta Ground Fireworks Festival, held last weekend at the Granaries, Floriana, is the fireworks group from Luqa, ‘Sant’ Indrija Socjeta Muzikali Unjoni’.

The well attended festival, on the eve of the feast of St. Publius, Floriana’s patron saint, saw 14 fireworks factories battling it out for a number of awards. Each competitor had the chance to exhibit two firework pieces. Luqa’s fireworks factory won two of the awards, one for the least gear mechanisms used, and another for the best used products.

Other winners included Kirkop’s Ghaqda tan-Nar San Guzepp, who won the award for the best work utilising chains, and Ghaxaq’s ‘Santa Marija’ fireworks factory. Mqabba’s ‘Madonna tal-Gilju’ fireworks factory won the audience’s choice award through SMS. This competitor obtained a total of 702 votes.

The jury for this festival included foreign experts from England, Italy, and Sweden. The jury’s chairperson was Joe Theuma, the Secretary of the Maltese Pyrotechnic Association.

 

[Luqa - Malta]

Here are the first photos of the winning peices:

Better ones to come soon at www.unionbandmalta.org.

 

[Luqa - Malta]

UPDATE
Videos added on www.unionbandmalta.org
More to come!

 

[Tony]

The second movie is amazing.
It looks like the 2 rings are going inside of eachother..Very Good!!

http://www.unionbandmalta.org/videos/Unionbandwinners2007part2.wmv

 

[Luqa - Malta]

The first video contains some unique driver colors and effects and was split into 6 phases and all were started with a remote control. This also had a unique few gear mechanizim of the flower petals.

The second video is more simple yet it gives out a very nice effect.

both were very nice and performed perfectly!.

The unique driver colors and effetcs also were a crutial part in the success. More videos soon and thanks for the comments.

 

[Luqa - Malta]

Attention Tony: Correction on the news paper: The Times of Malta of Monday 23rd April, that you quoted above and also put on the front of the website. Correction on Wednseday 25th April 2007.

Fireworks winners:
With reference to Monday's article entitled Ground Fireworks On The Granaries, the Ghaqda tan-Nar tal-Gilju (Mqabba) won the SMS vote but did not have the best pyrotechnics, the prize for which was awarded to Sant'Andrija Socjetà Muzikali Unjoni (Hal Luqa). The latter were winners of another two prizes and adjudged overall winners of the festival.

Thanks you

 

[august15]

Congratulations St. Andrew Luqa from Santa Marija Mqabba.
BTW Puplic Opinion was a total mess as it doseent reflect the public view as every1 could vote as many sms as he/she wants.

Keep it Up.

 

[Luqa - Malta]

I have the same opinion on the sms voting (public opinion). It served only as a money making strategy for the local mobile phone companies.

 

[xavier]

I find this amazing how they make this. It has to be complicated.

 

[meggsy]

Excellent videos, thanks. The mind boggles at the amount of time and effort that goes into these contraptions, it must take a lot of dedication and patience.

 

[Moontan]

Thank you very much for the information.
I watched the video,s. They are really magnificent.
So special. And also one compliment for the great pictures.