"It's the crazy American here again!" writes Jared. "Just had my third annual July 4th party and was it a blow out!!!!!!!

"First of all, I'd like to thank Mike and Glen from HFM Pyrotechnics! Not only did they sell me some fantastic fireworks, but they also came to the Lake District personally and brought with them some excellent cat 4 stuff which they fired as a professional background to our display. I'm not sure who had more fun, me and my friend Julian, or them!!!!! They supplied us with £635 worth of mostly Imperial fireworks with a few Kimbolton rockets, Cosmic rockets, and Sandling Blockbuster candles thrown in for good measure. The display was a huge success thanks to them and I learned a few things as well. A big "CHEERS" to HFM!

"We started early this year by shooting off a lot of Sonic FX and some other screech rockets before it got dark (just to keep the 80 or so people interested). HFM even threw a 3 inch salute and an MK-1 signal rocket up just for fun! Once it got dark, we started small with a couple of fountains. We gradually got bigger with missile barrages and 3 shot air bombs. As things progressed, Mike and Glen put some big stuff in the air while Julian and I kept lighting our rockets and cakes and candles. What a good mix! We had loads of loud cakes like Imperial's Thunder King, Thundering Blue Brocade (excellent!) and lots of other big candle barrages. Let me tell you now, the huge BANGS echoed off the fells like the world was going to end!!!! Our finale consisted of 8 Imperial Rapier candles all fused together, an Imperial Almighty and Goliath (which weighed a staggering 10 kilos on its own) and to top it off, 10 (yes 10) Blockbuster candles all fused together (just like in your video clip which I downloaded) all going off together. Then to top it off, Mike shot off an 8 inch shell that took everyone's breath away!

"I've actually skipped a lot of detail because there was just so much going on. I also want to say that Imperial makes a good and cheap rocket called "Little Devil" that was loud! It definitely lived up to it's name. The Ten Blockbusters are a must for anyone that wants to end a show in style.

"I also want to thank you, Pete, for having your review site on the net, because it gave me a lot of ideas and I also found Mike at HFM. Next year you'll have to come up to the Lake District and partake with us!!!!!! Mike will tell you that the BBQ was good too!!! Thank you and goodnight!"

JARED'S PYRO ACTION:

	Jared's July 4th 2001 display included a mix of very large cat 3 items and a few cat 4 items professionally fired by HFM. Here we see a nice shellburst.
	And another one.
	Here's a nice combination of effects from multiple cakes and candles.
	The finale was, by all accounts, more powerful than the Big Bang itself. Here's a sample!
	Jared poses with his July 4th 2001 arsenal, being part-professionally fired by HFM it included a few nice cat 4 items.
	In the back of HFM's van, Jared fondles some rather nice munitions.
	The remnants. Note the hefty bores on show here! What a mess!

Pictures courtesy of, and with thanks to, Jared Steiner.

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