Hunt Stella To FH

A fireworks spectacular is coming to Belvoir Castle this Saturday set up against the impressive back drop.
For the second year in a row MLE Pyrotechnics is holding the event in the grounds of the Duke of Rutland’s family home this will be judged by the crowds.

Vanessa one of the organisers, said: “It’s a pleasant venue where we in truth enjoy setting on an event. The fireworks reflect as if by magic in the H2O as they are set off from behind the lake.”

Visitors will be treated to a group of organisations from across the land competing for that extra pizazz to win over the audience’s voting.

The firms are Celebration Fireworks from Evesham, Pyromania Displays, Knaphill in Surrey and Spyrotechnics from Chesterfield a 10 or 15 min show with music will be show but that isn’t the close of it

The different types of fireworks will be demonstrated before the competition and view how fantastic presentations that move to the music can be made by the team

And while visitors are voting the evening will be rounded off by a spectacular pyro-musical display by the organisers.

The annual show, which led off in 2002, has seen amazing success. The three lead professional firework organisations chosen for this year’s event have won many important titles between them including the British Champions, British Musical Champions and Firework Champions.

And it’s not just fireworks with a Khoom Fay or Sky Lanterns launch when the sky will be full with beautiful oriental sky lanterns that softly cascade into the depths of the sky.

Parking and camping is available on site and from 5pm visitors can begin to arrive so get a picnic or enjoy the food and beverage accessible from approved vendors while unwinding in Belvoir Castles beautiful grounds

The Small Faces got their name for two reasons: they were small, each under five-foot-six-inches tall, and they were “faces,” as in the Who’s “I’m the Face,” a declaration of British Mod-era hipness. When the Small Faces first hit the British singles charts in 1965 with “Whatcha Gonna Do About It?” (recorded six weeks after the band formed), they were seen as East London’s answer to West London’s the Who. Led by singer and guitarist Steve Marriott (b. Jan. 30, 1947; d. April 20, 1991, Arkesden, Eng.), the Small Faces became as big an attraction in Britain for their Mod clothing as for their raw, R&B-inspired music. Small Faces DVDs are still popular with fans even today.

By 1968 the band was becoming frustrated with its image as a singles band. That changed somewhat in 1968, when they released the concept album Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake. Still, internal tensions grew, and in 1969 Marriott left to form Humble Pie. It seemed a crucial blow at the time, but with the addition of ex-Jeff Beck Group members Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, the Faces were Small no more. (Literally. The two members each stood a head taller than the remaining small Faces.) The original Small Faces band later reunited, minus Lane and with the addition of Jimmy McCulloch and Rick Wills.

From 1969 to 1975 the Faces worked in the lucrative shadow of Stewart’s solo career. Loose and boozy onstage and good-timey on record, the Faces made several arena-circuit U.S. tours playing material from Stewart’s solo albums as well as the hits he sang with the group: “Stay with Me” (Number 17, 1971) and “Cindy Incidentally” (Number 48, 1973). In 1973, original Small Face Ronnie Lane quit and was replaced by ex-Free bassist Tetsu Yamauchi. Lane then started a traveling rock circus, complete with jugglers and fire eaters, called the Passing Show, and recorded four albums with Slim Chance; he also made Rough Mix with Pete Townshend of the Who in 1997. In the late Seventies Lane was debilitated by multiple sclerosis.

The masquerade of sci-fi faithful performed Michael Jackson’s signature “Thriller” music video dance routine on Sunday. And if officials approve, they will have set a new Guinness World Record. The Michael Jackson Thriller album is one of the biggest selling albums of all time and fans tried to show their appreciation for Jackson’s life.

It wasn’t under the moonlight, and it wasn’t quite the funk of 40,000 years. But 900 zombies, aliens and Star Wars Stormtroopers boogeying to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” might be a sight that almost stops your heart.

The crowd turned out in a downtown Atlanta hotel ballroom during Dragon Con, which is billed as the country’s largest convention dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, gaming, comics and more.

The iconic video played on a huge video screen as a Jackson lookalike channeled the pop star in red jeans, a red leather jacket, and white socks and black penny loafers.

The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Va., according to Guinness World Records.

Dragon Con special events director Mandy Collier expects a decision this week on whether a record was set.

More than 12,000 people claimed they broke the record in front of Mexico City’s Monument of the Revolution on Aug. 29, which would have been Jackson’s 51st birthday.

However, the record was not accepted by Guinness.

Here in the Inland Empire there are very few good concerts to brag about. Not a whole lot of huge events that bring in big name talent. I wish there were more events promoting Electronica bands such as Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twins, or Paul Van Dyk. More than a decade ago there was a pretty big electronica event that happened in the local mountains, which lasted all night long. It was a very fun time and great memories were had. That was years ago and no such event has happen since that was worth mentioning again.

You would think that the Inland Empire would be a great place to have an open outdoor concert, since there is so much land and wide-open spaces out here. Acres and acres of uncharted dirt, I sometimes think this is what the surface of Mars is like. Okay, there is Coachella, but when was the last time they had any good headliners. Not for a very long time. Besides, I’m getting tired of driving all the way out to the edge of Hell for an expensive over hyped concert that mediocre bands are playing. The good Electronica bands are getting thinner each year and less is not more in this case.

There definitely needs some sort of Inland Empire promotion to the concert promoters. Bring the concerts closer to where people actually live and I believe more people would be interested in going. Have a good marketing tool such as using the Internet to promote the concerts and a cool Inland Empire web design company to develop the site.