This was my favorite display of the whole week. John Sagaria has come out over the last few years, helping either a company or a guild produce and shoot a great PGI display. This year he came out alone, with his own small crew, to shoot a short display. This show was just fantastic from every angle. Including one aspect that you cannot see on the video tape.
Obviously, the fireworks and choreography are GREAT! The part that you can't see is how the whole PGI event is laid out, and how John had it set up to spray fake snow ALL OVER the PGI grandstands seating area. He calls his show "Wizards of Winter" and makes mention of cold in the start of the display. Nobody thinks anything of it, seeing as how PGI happens in August, while it's hot even at night time.
About mid way though the show, when you hear the crowd start to roar.. he has multiple "snow blasters" shooting shredded white tissue paper-like material all over the PGI seating bleachers. I was seated almost directly under one of the snow blasters. Myself and the people around me were all covered well in short time. By the time they shut them down, there was approx 1/2" to 3/4" of tissue paper covering EVERYTHING! It looked like snow in August!
I've never seen anything like this before, so for creativity, design, execution, quality, excitement.. this show ranks high in every category. -- Wish you could have been there!
John Sagaria