Fallas 2020 - Pyrotechnics lament the postponement of failures: "Discouragement is total"

Michel_G

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Aangezien we bovenal een vuurwerkforum zijn, heb ik dit bericht even in een apart topic geplaatst, i.p.v. het 'Fallas corona virus topic'.

Pyrotechnics lament the postponement of Fallas: "Discouragement is total"

Gunpowder businessmen call the postponement of the holidays as "a great economic blow" that could lead to the closure of companies


The pyrotechnics lament the postponement of the Fallas de València and the Magdalena de Castelló for the coronavirus epidemic as a "great economic blow" that could even lead to the closure of companies for the work lost throughout the year. "The discouragement is total," says Ricardo Caballer Jr., of the Ricasa pyrotechnics.

After the decision to postpone the holidays, five days after the 'plantà' of the failures in Valencia, the sector warns of a millionaire impact and dismissals if the shots are not resumed in a few months, added to the storage problems caused by Gunpowder restriction as a hazardous material.

Pyrotechnics such as Ricardo Caballer or Reyes Martí agree to Europa Press that, although the first thing is health, they could have maintained the acts of neighborhood failures and suspend only the 'mascletaes' in the Town Hall square or fireworks. "It is a very ambiguous decision, but we cannot do more than accept it," said Piroval's manager, Guillermo Rodríguez.

Pending the evolution of the coronavirus, they warn that it would not be good if the Fallas coincided with the Fogueres of Alicante at the end of June, because "the workers are the same". "It's very easy to say 'until next year', but what do we do until then?" Asks Ricardo Caballer Jr., to remember that suspending the holidays does not imply that people do not go out.

Ricasa, a centenary pyrotechnics with a presence in more than 20 countries, also faces problems outside the Failures due to sales of material to countries such as Japan or the United States. "It is a very big disaster for the whole sector," said the head of the company, and warns that "it is a bigger problem than it seems."

With "warehouses full of gunpowder and unpaid workers," Ricardo Caballer Sr. regrets that they will not be able to survive if the shots are not resumed because they have "all the capital invested in the Fallas." In figures, it calculates a minimum of 6,000 euros for pyrotechnics for the 400 failures.

This historic pyrotechnic regrets so that "everything has been paralyzed when the days of more joy, movement, sales, petarditos ...". "It's a party that burns and has to start over; it's the life of the Valencian pyrotechnics, the year-round oxygen balloon is the Fallas."

"We will endure and, if not, the closure"
His son labeled "disaster" the consequences for the sector as a whole, with "losses of one hundred percent," and questions whether the supermarkets should also be closed by the same rule of three: "I don't know how far we will go. what we will endure and, if not, the closing ", before the risk of going from 350,000 euros of billing to zero.

Reyes Martí also regrets the "headaches" they face for not being able to pay workers and suppliers. "We want to go out to the street to shoot because it is what we like, but the first thing is safety first," he emphasizes, and remember that on Tuesday there was already a "sad atmosphere" in the epicenter of gunpowder.

This pyrotechnic, responsible every year of the 'mascletà' of March 8 dedicated to women, remember that "Fallas are everything: the major falleras, the stops of churros and fritters, the Valencian clothing, the hairdresser ...". "Hopefully this will happen soon," he says.

Bron: https://www.levante-emv.com/fallas/...tan-aplazamiento-fallas-desanimo/1988188.html
 
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Michel_G

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Wederom een belangrijk bericht vanuit de pyrotechnische sector van Valencia (en ook een aantal andere sectoren, betrokken bij Fallas), met een waarschuwing dat er gewoonweg niet genoeg capaciteit is in juli, om alles precies hetzelfde te doen als in maart.

Pyrotechnicists ask that not all Fallas be held in July

The union proposes that the places not dependent on the JCF can change their dates - Promoters of musical events warn of the saturation of acts in the summer and the impossibility of reaching all

Pyrotechnicians, musicians
and marching bands, and organizers and promoters of musical events such as disco cars, festivals or pyromusical castillos have been severely affected by the election of July 15 to 19 to celebrate the Fallas 2020.

The decision has been taken "unilaterally"
, affirms the prestigious pyrotechnician Ricardo Caballer, or as the music producer Vicente Ferrer says, "only those who mount and burn the Falla have been taken into account, but none of the other sectors related to the party like music or leisure ».

The coincidence of the July Fallas with the celebration of the Virgen del Carmen Festival and with other summer festivities is a serious problem for pyrotechnicians and professionals who live from musical acts such as festivals and orchestras. "We will have to multiply but we will not be able to attend the events and" cremaes "of Valencia and the rest of the towns, and also to the festive events of fifty municipalities in the Valencian Community," emphasizes Ricardo Caballer.

In a meeting held two days ago in the Valencian association Piroval, the Valencian fireworks showed their discomfort because they had not been consulted when it came to moving the party to July. Not surprisingly, Caballer doubts that the national pyrotechnic industry "has sufficient capacity" to produce what is necessary to service the Fallas in Valencia and dozens of cities, and at the same time, fireworks at the patron saint and popular festivals. from a multitude of Valencian municipalities.

That is why a solution that he proposes - once the coronavirus health crisis is overcome "which is the first thing we have to focus on", he points out - is to give freedom to the towns and cities that do not depend on the Fallera Central Board to make their fallas parties on other dates than July. So for example if Gandia, Cullera, Alzira, Paterna, Torrent, Aldaia, Alaquàs, Lliria, Benaguasil, Carcaixent, L'Eliana? to cite just several examples, they could celebrate their fallero acts when they best fit according to their own celebrations, the measure would also benefit these economic and productive sectors that work for the fallas but also for other activities such as the Moors and Christians or the festivals employers.

Recover half of the activity
For fireworks, explains Ricardo Caballer, if only the Fallas de València and the 4 dependent towns of the JCF were held in July, there would be "another 50 percent of our activity" that could be "liberated, deseasonalized and celebrate those pyrotechnic acts on other dates such as May, September or October ». Therefore, more quality service could be given to the Fallas and the other patron saint festivals. Especially if it is taken into account that the pyrotechnic acts of fallas are contracted by commissions in many cases, but those of the town festivals have even more budget because they are paid by the municipalities, which means more income for fire professionals.

In similar terms, the musical producer Vicente Ferrer, who organizes turnkey musical and leisure events, and for whom the cancellation of the Fallas in March has been a hard blow, expressed himself in similar terms. Ferrer is very upset with the Valencian authorities because they have not had anyone "beyond those who make the falla" and that will lead to serious future problems. For the DJs, the stage setters, the sound and light technicians, the catering companies, the firms that set up bars and tents, the security personnel?

All these subsectors, says Vicente Ferrer, have received a huge economic stick with the suspension of the Fallas in March, which will not be offset by the move to July, given that "we already have many contracts signed to hold popular festivals and we are not going to to get to everything ». "We will try to multiply ourselves," says this show promoter, "but it will be necessary to adapt to circumstances if a solution has not been found from here to there. There are already companies, he says, that have had to make layoffs and ERE.

Bron: https://www.levante-emv.com/fallas/2020/03/15/pirotecnicos-piden-celebren-fallas-julio/1989676.html
 
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