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Who has ever heard of Cebu?

This small province in the middle of the Philippines is made up of 168 islands and has a population of just about 3.5 million.
So what makes Cebu special?

They are just about to attempt to break the world record for the “most firework rockets launched in 30 seconds”.  This was set in 2006 at the British Fireworks Championship and currently stands at 56,405 rockets.

Britain has since tried to break the record with a failed attempt in 2009 110,000 rockets were launched from a pier in Bournemouth in under 10 seconds however the officials from the Guinness World Records did not confirm the record. The rules surrounding the record are very strict. Each rocket must be launched separately from its own tube or platform, must be launched within a 30-second window from the instant of the first launch and must be designed to reach a minimum altitude of 30 meters.
120,000 rockets will be rigged up and fired at 7pm on the 8th of May 2010, that’s a lot of rockets.
Anyone looking to attend the World Record Attempt is reminded not to expect a magnificent display. The idea is to get the rockets launched in as short a time as possible, not to make it look spectacular. Saying that, there will be a fireworks display after the event, being set of at 9pm.
The whole evening and indeed the weeklong series of events surrounding it is being called Cebu-Fest and will have entertainment for everyone. Including; carnivals, a marathon ,concerts, fairs, along with plenty of sporting events, boxing, MMA, football and even a cock derby (anyone knowing what a cock derby is should email us as we are really not sure and unwilling to hazard a guess).

Of course the highlight will be the fireworks and the world record rocket launch attempt. Brian Benjamin Lim, the chairman of Cebu Fest said:
“The world record attempt will bring recognition to the ingenuity of our local talents. It will prove that we are very much capable of competing with players of the global pyrotechnic industry. I urge Cebuanos to come down and enjoy this once in a lifetime spectacle that no one else in the world has witnessed before,”

We look forward to seeing the results next week. This is the event that could really put Cebu on the world pyrotechnics map! Good luck guys!

Two Guinness world records for the biggest fireworks display and the longest barbecue grill is the ambitious aim of Cebu City when the city government launches its 300-hectare reclamation project in May.

If this happens, it would be a perfect backdrop for the launch of the South Road Properties (SRP), said Mayor Tomas Osmeña.

He said pyrotechnics manufacturer Bryan Lim of Pyro Works sought permission from him to hold a fireworks display aimed at setting a world record.

About 110,000 fireworks will be set off in less than a minute, Osmeña said.

“And he wants to do it at the SRP. He asked for my support and I said wow, that’s a great opportunity to launch the SRP,” the mayor said.

Osmeña said city officials plan to hold the launching in May before the elections.

“All kinds of events are happening at the SRP, including breaking the record for having the longest barbecue… again. It sounds like fun, di ba? From here to there (from the starting point of the SRP up to the end of it.). That’s going to be longer.” he said.

“I don’t think there’s any problems getting sponsors. But the city will spend also because the SRP is our project. We are just riding on it (the fireworks event),” he added.

Instead of a campaign miting de avance, the mayor said the launch would be the administration party’s way of thanking their supporters.

A concert is also planned.

“So we’ll just treat them. Ever since the first election, our miting de avance is just a party. We can even combine it with that (fireworks display and longest barbecue)…Why not? That sounds like a lot of fun,” Osmeña said. Click here for the original article.

The largest bonfire had an overall volume of 1,401.6 m³ (49,497 ft³). The bonfire was built by Colin Furze (UK) in Thistleton, Leicestershire, UK, and lit on 14 October 2006. Click here for further reading.

The katakai firework festival took place last week and as usual the crowd were severely impressed by the record breaking fireworks that are lit there each year.
The biggest fireworks (a stunning 800m in radius) in the world, according to the authoritative Guinness Book of Records, illuminated the entire sky both nights that the festival occurred (9^th and 10^th of September 2009). Interestingly, sponsors are local people wishing for their family’s health, longevity, happiness and other desirable things, which we find here at epic utterly captivating, for people to pay their own money for fireworks to show other people they care is something I think we should all take on board.

Katakai is well known for the 4-shakudama, which is believed to be the largest firework shell in the world. The firework that creates a flower with an 800-meter diameter was set off from the top of the mountain and apparently overwhelms spectators for its power and bang that reverberates through the mountains.

Check out this video from the night, and I hope you enjoy these massive burst of colour from the record breaking shell as much as I did.

The “Roar on the Shore”  World record breaking rocket launch at Bournemouth. More rockets than you can shake a stick at!
The world record for the most firework rockets set off at once will be broken this August 20th at the Bournemouth Air Festival.

110,000 rockets, thats one hundred and ten thousand rockets! Will be loosed in under 60 seconds!

The “Roar on the Shore” event will see almost double the amount of rockets set off in 2006. When Fantastic Fireworks set the world record in Plymouth, England. The red white and blue rockets will get to a height of about 40 feet before erupting above the anticipated crowd of 50,000 spectators. Spectators are being asked to sponsor a rocket to help raise money for the charity for injured service men and women, Help for Heroes.

This should be a fantastic and patriotic, if very short, fireworks display. The rockets will be launched from a a 100ft long barge moored half a mile out to sea between Bournemouth and Boscombe piers. The noise level out at sea will be about 100 decibels.

“The Roar on the Shore will be a total conflagration. It’s pushing the limits of what we can do.
We couldn’t do it on dry land easily because of health and safety.” – John Culverhouse, MD of Fantastic Fireworks

The council has already underwritten the expected £15,000 price tag on the rocket display but is confident donations will easily exceed that sum.

This will be one of the biggest and certainly the most impressive events in this years Help for Heroes calendar. Mark Elliott, The charity’s head of operations, said they were delighted to be involved and he will be inviting injured servicemen to watch the event. He added: “It really is about every small donation. Every penny goes to help some remarkable individuals.” If you sponsor a rocket your name will appear on the event website, roar-on-the-shore.co.uk.

To sponsor a rocket, visit roar-on-the-shore.co.uk, text ‘firework’ followed by a space then your name to 82010 at a cost of £1.50.

Below is a video of the event in 2006 when the world record was set. This years should be TWICE as NICE!