Outline For Fireworks Premier

Lasers: 
    Red and blue lasers will be used at the at the beginning, so they don't distract from the fireworks display.  They will come from the single line operation.  Lasers will be used prior to the show in order to attract viewers to the location.  The red laser will come from the Helium-Neon laser with a wavelength of 632.8 nm, and the blue laser comes from the argon laser with a wavelength of 488 nm.  The red and blue lasers will be used at the very beginning of the show.  The single line operation will still be used with a devise that allows us to make them look like strobe lights.

Titles of Songs:
"For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)"  by AC/DC      *used for sample show*
"American Soldier" by Toby Keith
"America the Beautiful"

Fireworks:
    Fireworks will be launched from trailers filled with sand to support the force of the initial release.  Different constructions of the fireworks allows for fluctuation in potential height.  The PyroVision website provides a interactive display of the different shells and their potential heights: "http://www.atlaspyro.com/howhighdotheygo.asp".
As stated previously on "how fireworks work," explosions can create different shapes of fireworks, such as "palms" that create a palm tree effect or the "willow" that generates falling fireworks like the branches of a willow tree.  An interactive display of the different shapes that can be produced can be found at http://people.howstuffworks.com/fireworks4.htm".

Sample Show:
    Music will consist of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" by AC/DC.  For approximately the first 35 seconds, as the drummer taps the cymbals, there will be flashing, strobe-like lasers alternating between blue and red colors.  The music is repetitive and with the effects of the lasers and music together the audience gets eager for the show to begin.
    The first fireworks will explode as the lead singer start his song with "yeah, yeah, whoa no...yeah, whoa no no."  These fireworks will be willow fireworks that shoot high into the sky and drag-out (these fireworks are longer and act as falling willow branches) into the following notes of the song.  The willow pyrotechnics will have a wavelength of around 600nm resulting in a shade of gold.
    During the verses of the song, between the choruses, there will be an assortment of pyrotechnics released.  This period will include a constant flow of explosions, no more than three will be simultaneously exploding at any given time.  The fireworks will include shapes, such as the round shell, ring shell, chrysanthemum, and pistil, and combinations of these (once again, the chart to see these fireworks is at the top of the page).  The display will include an assortment of colors: copper chloride producing a sparkly blue green color, lithium carbonate generating magenta, red and orange from strontium nitrate, bismuth nitrate producing green, etc.
    As the chorus is played throughout the song it will include a "maroon" firework (this is the name not the color), which consists of a small flash with a loud BOOM!  This will occur in the dramatic pause between the words "For Those About To Rock" and "We Salute You."  Since the maroon firework creates a loud bang, but a poor presentation, a roundel firework will be fired simultaneously to create color and variation. 
    Approximately 3 minutes and 20 seconds in to the song, the chorus will repeat, but this time in between "For those about to rock" and "We salute you," the lead singer says "FIRE."  At that time, numerous fireworks will be released simultaneously and this will be repeated three more times.  The pyrotechnics incorporated at this time will be reach the highest possible height, since this is an intense part of the song.  So, the fireworks will simultaneously be released a few seconds in advances to reach their a height of approximately 1,000 to 1,300 feet (requiring a 10-12 inch shell).  The fireworks will be the typical round shell design and consist of various colors.
    For the remaining time, till the song is cut at 5minutes and 15 seconds, the beat gets quicker and, therefore, the fireworks will follow this pattern and be released and exploded at a faster rate.  Since this is the grand finale, it will consist of high-flying and near-to-the-ground fireworks.  For the last fifteen seconds, these fireworks will be simultaneously detonated in a wide range of colors.  The low fireworks, with shells about 3 to 4 inches, will reach an approximate height of 300-400 feet and include red, white, and blue colors.  These fireworks almost look like fountains spraying upward.  The elevated fireworks will contain all shapes of high-flying fireworks with at least eight to ten fireworks going off at any given time.  The patriotic pattern has already been established with the lower fireworks, so the higher ones will contain a diverse range of colors. 

This page is not that of a real company but is for a chemistry assignment for General Chemistry 140 at Monmouth College.