5000 set to watch largest fireworks display in Scotland
THE largest fireworks display in Scotland is set to take place tonight in Ayrshire as the pyrotechnic talent behind the London Olympics and The Queen’s Jubilee celebrations lights the fuse at Dumfries House.
More than 5000 guests are expected to attend the event, which will feature a 30 minutes display using around two-and-a-half tonnes of firework.
Nearly 2000 individual electric fuses will be lit, some of which fire over 600 individual effects.
The display is funded by private donors and delivered by worldrenowned pyrotechnics specialists Starlight Design, who created the pyrotechnics for London 2012 and The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2016 at Buckingham Palace.
Michael Lakin, who founded Starlight Design in 1985, said: “The display at Dumfries House is at the bigger end of what we do.
“Those attending can expect an amazing show with elements that most people will have never seen before.
“It is far-removed from a traditional display, with the fireworks complemented by synchronised musical soundtrack and a multimedia show of flames, lasers, lighting, and a dozen performers.”
The fireworks, sourced from all over the world, arrived in a truck at Dumfries House this week and a team of eight technicians, including Mr Lakin, began setting up the display in time for tonight’s display.