Fireworks displays are 'fizzling out' as austerity bites according to a report into the state of the British firework display. It has always amazed me how much you have to pay for a decent flash and bang, and even more amazed that we watch so much money literally going up in smoke within a few short minutes. Not that I don't like firework displays, but I also like to watch motor racing which also uses up copious amounts for cash for little reward, although it seems to have a modicum of purpose for doing so.
I would be no good organising a display - where/how do you end it? It surely has to end with something spectacular, but if the previous few minutes were not spectacular, what's the point of them? Therefore, at the really big displays (I'm thinking London Eye stuff here) it's a never ending, rolling finale from the first blue touchpaper to the last puff of smoke wafting out into the Thames/Clyde/local ditch (delete as applicable) and everyone drifts home or to the pub.
So we needn't worry too much about firework displays, it will be a holographic, digital image at a park near you in a couple of years.
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