Shut Down
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It seems like mother nature won't give us pyros a break this year. Over the past 6 weeks or so, Northern Indiana has had a ton of rain. We had a rather large shoot planned for this evening, but got shut down by the land owner of the venue. This wasn't a commercial shoot, just something a club plans every year and invites the public to attend. We had a large show with all consumer product, a few small shows planned by individuals, and a large scripted display. We had 20 10s and 25 8s to put up, along with a ton of smaller shells and cakes. All of the product is donated by distributors and members of the club. Even though our shoot site was on the top of the hill, we had difficulty with vehicles and trailers getting stuck while trying to get equipment in the right places. Even golf carts were leaving ruts in the grass. We dug a couple of holes for 8's, but they filled with water almost instantly. Despite the weather, pyros are a pretty resilient bunch and we were trying to make the best of it, unfortunately the property owner did not agree and pulled the plug on the event this morning to avoid further damage to his grounds.
On one hand, it started to rain more this evening, so it was nice packing equipment up that was just wet instead of wet and dirty. Of course the coordinators of the event put a lot of time into planning, some people drove or flew across the nation to attend, and product had to be returned to magazines, those who donated it, or properly stored to shoot later.
On a positive note, we were able to shoot a great demo last night. We even had some beautiful product sent by a commercial shell builder from here in the United States. I hope I can get permission to post videos later. The colors of the stars and symmetry of the breaks were hard to beat. The company I'm shooting with now orders custom shells from him, so I am excited to get to shoot them more often.
Hopefully we will be able to get this show shot later in the summer. PGI dealt with the flood, but there is little we can do when a sponsor (or property owner) says the show needs to stop. Some things we can control, others we can't.
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