| Spring 2009 | Warwick Castle Concerts |
| Tickets are on sale for this year's Warwick Castle concert at http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/entertainment/classical-at-the-castle.aspx There is an ABBA tribute night on July 3rd and a classical concert on July 4th. A new special effect has been commissioned for the Saturday concert, currently being designed by Dragonfire's Gavin Lewery. |
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| May-09 | Brasenose 500th Anniversary celebrations. |
| The sky over Oxford lit up on May 9th with a spectacular display of fireworks and flame effects for the 500th anniversary celebration ball at Brasenose College. An elaborate installation needed significant planning as well as co-operation from neighbouring All Souls College and the Bodleian library. "To see the awesome setting we were lucky enough to have lit-up in such a special way was a truly breathtaking experience", said the Brasenose entertainment manager Jack Barrett. "I was hugely impressed by the professionalism of the Dragonfire team". |
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| Dec-08 | 150 years of Badminton School |
| Dragonfire were pleased to provide a display to mark the 150th anniversary of the famous Badminton School in Bristol. The pyro-musical display included a special set piece to mark the event, from which silver fountains and fans of comet stars emerged. |
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| Autumn 2009 | Artsfest Birmingham |
| Dragonfire were pleased to be asked back to support the Artsfest concert in Central Birmingham in September. The display featured a flaming sword hanging in the night sky to accompany the CBSO's performance of The Ride of the Valkyries. As well as aerial fireworks from four locations, there was a complex Maltese Wheel located on the roof of the House of Sport. |
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| September 2008 | Artsfest display a huge success. |
| A Dragonfire firework display was watched by a huge crowd in Birmingham's centenary square. Fireworks were fired from four rooftop locations around the square, as enthralled spectators enjoyed the performance of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. A giant RAF logo which turned into an enormous Catherine wheel accompanied The Dambusters March as part of a tribute to veterans attending the event. |
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| June 2008 | Special Event at Tewkesbury Abbey |
| A unique show for the Tewkesbury "Over the Rainbow" event featured an elaborate array of fireworks fired from the roof of Tewksbury Abbey. |
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| Summer 2008 | Kenwood Concerts back! |
| We are pleased to be going back to Kenwood now that the concerts are being resumed after they were cancelled in 2007. |
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| March 2007 - | EICA display spans Birmingham rooftops. |
| Birmingham hosts the European Indoor Championships in Athletics at the National Indoor Arena. Dragonfire were commissioned to perform a display fired from five locations in the city centre, set to a musical soundtrack, as a send-off for the competitors and organisers of the largest Athletics to be hosted in the UK before the Olympics. A video extract of this display can be accessed through the home page. |
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| Jan 2 2007 | New Year Display "spectacular" |
| Despite ferocious conditions during the setup, Dragonfire's New Year display for the City of Birmingham went ahead and was fired in full. The result was described as "spectacular" by the head of Event Services for the council. The display, launched from rooftops in the city centre, used large volleys of aerial shells to light up the sky for 5 minutes. |
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| Dec 1 2006 | Slide show added |
| A slideshow of images of Dragonfire fireworks displays is now available, accessed from the home page. |
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| Nov-06 | Video footage added |
| A video with extracts from Dragonfire displays is available on the home page. |
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| Feb-06 | Robert the Bruce Commemoration, Dumfries |
| A carefully researched themed display which included both a fire drawing and a large lancework. The display was based on events from the life of Robert the Bruce and was commissioned by the Robert the Bruce Commemoration Trust to mark the 700th anniversary of the slaying of Red Comyn in Greyfriars Church. |
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