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pyrotechnicians

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  • noun Plural form of pyrotechnician.

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  • A particular coup is Rosenberg and Requardt's acclaimed voyeuristic dance spectacle Electric Hotel, and look out too for I Spy, a public procession through Stockton, before French pyrotechnicians Les Commandos Percu blast an array of gold and scarlet flames into the sky for their finale, Bombs Per Minute.

    This week's new events amp; JP Watson 2010

  • That's a hell of a bubble opportunity for the wreath makers, florists, caterers, street performers, casket designers, pyrotechnicians, and more.

    We need a bubble! 2009

  • I am also sure it is much cheaper to use a half-a-second of archive footage than reshoot the whole thing, spend money on the set and cars, pyrotechnicians, crew and film.

    The International Trailer Uses a Scene From Ghost Rider! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • But modern pyrotechnicians have expanded their palette through sophisticated chemistry.

    Up In The Sky! It's...Hearts! Stars! Bow Ties! 2008

  • Probably the only major difference I could see between here and Australia is that fireworks can legally be set off by your average resident here, instead of just by qualified pyrotechnicians.

    A new year « The expat numbat: from AU to NL 2008

  • The 25 million Americans expected to ooh and aah at Fourth of July spectacles this week will see dazzling aerial displays of light and color that those ancient pyrotechnicians never dreamed possible.

    Up In The Sky! It's...Hearts! Stars! Bow Ties! 2008

  • In the works: the five-ring logo of the Olympics, which might be ready by the 1992 Games -- if pyrotechnicians can keep their stars firmly hitched to the latest in chemistry. 3, 2, 1 -- BLAST OFF4The flash-sound mixture is released last. 3Blue stars are released next2Red stars are released when bursting charge is activated by time-delayed fuse. 1Black powder is ignited, propelling the shell skyward

    Up In The Sky! It's...Hearts! Stars! Bow Ties! 2008

  • So pyrotechnicians are perfecting remote-control chemistry.

    Up In The Sky! It's...Hearts! Stars! Bow Ties! 2008

  • Until a few years ago pyrotechnicians simply stuffed stars into their paper shells randomly, and when black powder burst the shell open the result was the familiar pointillist pattern of bright sparkling color.

    Up In The Sky! It's...Hearts! Stars! Bow Ties! 2008

  • These pyrotechnicians stage an annual fireworks war where they erect barricades in a park, hide behind them, and then fire roman candles and other fireworks at one another.

    Boing Boing: July 10, 2005 - July 16, 2005 Archives 2005

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