| | |  News from Around Banderas Bay | April 2009 
Fantastic Fireworks Light Up Vallarta
 PVNN
| | Over 1500 spectators were wowed by the nighttime spectacular presented by El Grupo Tultepec at La Lija sports complex in Coapinole on April 21st. (Video Diva Productions) | |
Multicolored lights are igniting the skies over Puerto Vallarta as the city hosts pyrotechnical manufacturers and showmen from all over the world during the 11th Annual International Fireworks Symposium, which continues through April 24th.
On April 20th, hundreds of Vallartenses and visitors, along with Puerto Vallarta Mayor Javier Bravo and city officials, gathered at the Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Stadium, where they enjoyed the first public display presented by firework manufacturers and showmen from the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Guanajuato.
Over the course of two hours, the crowd ooh-ed and aah-ed as they watched the Mexican pyrotechnical experts illuminate the stadium with 8 Traditional "Castillos de Morillo," followed by a spectacular aerial display that could be seen for miles.
After the show was over, the crowd moved to the Aquiles Serdán Amphitheater on the Malecón in downtown Puerto Vallarta, where they were joined by hundreds of other locals and visitors for another impressive fireworks display put on by Pirotecnia Mexicana Artesanal from the state of Mexico. In this 45 minutes show, the main attraction was the three Pyro-musical Towers portraying the tradition of fireworks in Mexico.
On Tuesday, April 21st a daylight display was presented at the Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Stadium, giving more than 40 members of the Pirotécnicos de Tultepec group the opportunity to show off their talents and creativity.
Unlike traditional nighttime castillos, which are made up of thousands of tubes filled with hand-packed gunpowder and chemicals to create the colors, the daytime towers crafted by this group of pyrotechnic artisans made use of smoke and colored streamers to bring the cartoon characters, puppets and models to life.
Later, El Grupo Tultepec put on another show at the La Lija sports complex in Coapinole, a suburb of El Pitillal. The city of Tultepec is known as the Fireworks Capital of Mexico, so it's no wonder that over 1500 spectators showed up to watch the exhibition, which wowed the crowd with three 35 meter high Castillos, a 50 meter tall Castillo and an aerial display featuring 3000 shells set off electronically to music in a "pyro-musical" grand finale.
At 11 pm the action moved to the Main Plaza in downtown Puerto Vallarta, where the Mexico City Institute of Pyrotechnics (Instituto Mexiquense de la Pirotecnia) presented "Luz en Movimiento," a spectacular show celebrating the tradition of fireworks in Mexico.
If you are in Puerto Vallarta and have missed the first of the 11th Annual International Fireworks Symposium's public displays, you won't want to miss the flurry of fantastic firework shows that are scheduled to take place over the next few days:
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Fireworks Display #1
Location: Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Stadium
Time: 8 pm
Pirotecnia Espectacular Adán, a family company with a long tradition in the pyrotechnic industry, will present a "Castillo Piromusical" show, entitled “Mexico ante el Mundo” (Mexico Before the World.) Using their experience and mastery to blend the traditional components of Castillos with modern technology, they will create an exciting 1 hour pyro-musical show.
Fireworks Display #2
Location: Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Stadium
Time: Following Fireworks Display #1
David Silva, whose San Pedro Zumpango fireworks manufacturing company, Pyro Producciones Piromusicales, will join the Ramos Family and Joel Hernández of APM Fireworks to present an 18 minute special pyro-musical show featuring an awe-inspiring 30 meter double Castillo tower with great set pieces, followed by a spectacular aerial display that includes sky rockets, roman candles and comets.
Fireworks display #3
Location: The Malecón
Time: 10 pm
In San Mateo Tlalchichilpan, a town known for its long tradition in the manufacturing of fireworks, the Unión de Pirotécnicos are famous for their experience, creativity and artistry, having won respect among all “Maestros Pirotécnicos” in the country. In this show, they will present a traditional Mexican fireworks display that promises to showcase some of the most complicated set pieces of the week.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Fireworks display #1
Location: Football field across from the Sheraton Hotel
Time: 8 pm
The Unión Estatal Poblana de la Pirotecnia Yotécatl from Puebla, the second largest region of fireworks manufacturing in Mexico, will be showcasing the talents of the next generation of pyrotechnical experts, who will combine modern technologies and time-honored techniques to present an outstanding show entitled "Puebla History and Culture," featuring a traditional "Castillo" and a high-tech aerial display that you won't want to miss.
Fireworks Display #2
Later in the evening, the 11th Annual International Fireworks Symposium's closing event will take place at the Westin Regina. Though this is a private event reserved for the internationally famous fireworks manufacturers and showmen who are participating in the symposium, the fireworks will be launched from a floating platform on Banderas Bay - so even if you do not have tickets to the 'Grand Finale,' you should be able to see the show from most any beach around the bay.
If you are not here in Vallarta, keep checking Puerto Vallarta's Liveliest Website, BanderasNews.com for continuing coverage and exclusive videos of the 11th Annual International Fireworks Symposium. |
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