Squash Tournament 2009 in Kuwait

lunatX created a fireworks display for the closing ceremony of the Kuwait Men’s World Open Squash Tournament 2009, which was fired music synchronously to a uniquely for this event composed music.

Thanks to the exceptional features of the location Green Island, lunatX staged the 10 minute long fireworks display in a 180° radius, which surrounded the audience leaving an impressive effect on them.

Patron of the event and commissioner of the fireworks display was H.H. Sheikha Fadyha Al-Sabah from the Kuwaiti Royal Family. The show design was created by lunatX’s CEO Frank Lohse and Senior Project Manager Felix Priebe cared for the on site realization. The show itself no doubts counts as one of the most extensive productions accomplished by lunatX.

Three different firing lines created a three-dimensional effect. The positions were dived up into an aerial display line with 15 firing positions, 20 positions forming a line on the beach for special fireworks effects and 15 pontoons 80 meters from the audience creating the third line. All 1,600 effects were singularly fired and controlled per SMPTE time code. In so doing it was also possible to fire the aerial shells in rapid and dynamic waves and chases into the sky.

lunatX had specifically created new fireworks effects for this project, so called “weak break” effects, whose bouquet opens very slowly and therefore synchronously to the music. Further effects put to use were flying saucers, specially manufactured cylindrical shells, swimming Bengal flares, mines ascending from the water surface as well as water shells which when fired onto the water burst on the surface opening their semi-circular bouquet.

The complete equipment for this event was shipped from Germany to Kuwait. The fireworks effects are classified as dangerous goods and were shipped under stringent safety precautions. Due to the very tight logistic time slot a C130 Hercules plane from the Kuwaiti Air force took over this part of the shipment.