With 2016 heralding the 150th anniversary of the renowned Trinity May Ball we knew that we would have to dazzle the audience with the best pyrotechnics fireworks display they had ever seen – which is no mean feat when the students of Cambridge have witnessed countless great displays over the years.
We don’t like to treat this show as simply a fireworks display; the audience expects a multimedia performance, so this year we incorporated moving lights, flames, fireworks and of course a hefty PA system to broadcast the specially mixed soundtrack to the party-goers.
Our firework company fired over 1000 pyro cues with note-perfect synchronisation from a total 22 firing positions across 3 layers of the field, accompanied by 12 high powered moving lights and 12 flame heads. This would be no simple task in normal conditions, but on that day the weather decided to unleash a month’s worth of rain in 6 hours!
The hard work paid off, as not only was our client delighted but the local press were similarly effusive: