Tarragona is approximately 60 miles south of Barcelona, on the beautiful Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Competitors for the 2002 Tarragona, Spain International Fireworks Contest have been selected from among fifteen entrants. Here is the schedule of this prestigious event.

         DATE                   FIREWORKS COMPANY           LOCATION OF FIREWORKS COMPANY

Tuesday July 2nd:              La Rosa Lorenzo,                         Bagheria/Ventimiglia di Sicilia, Italy

Wednesday July 3rd:         Zamorano Caballer,                      València, Spain

Thursday July 4th:             Skylight Vuurwerk,                       Houten, Holland

Friday July 5th:                  Zaragozana,                                   Zaragoza, Spain

Saturday July 6th:             Nanna Fireworks,                          Pisa, Italy

Sunday July 7th:                Ricardo Caballer,                          València, Spain

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Here is a web site in Spain where excellent photographs of all six nights of the 2001 Tarragona, Spain International Fireworks Contest can be seen. www.fut.es/~jcalvet

Further information about the Tarragona area can be viewed at these web sites:

www.sitesatlas.com/Places/spaTarragona.htm

www.virtourist.com/europe/tarragona/index.html

tinet.fut.es/~jta/tarraco.html

www.portaventura.es  10 minutes from Tarragona

www.costadaurada.org/costadaurada-oa/pagines/uk/index.html

RE: 13th Tarragona, Spain Fireworks Contest

BY: Jordi Bertrán Luengo, Event Coordinator

DATE: June 28, 2002

Here is some special Tarragona competitors technical information. The "weight of fireworks" includes all of the casings, tubes and other non-burning portion of the fireworks, and all the burning and exploding compositions. The "net weight of all of the explosives" indicates the total weight of the flammable and explosive compositions in the fireworks.

La Rosa Lorenzo, Bagheria/Ventimiglia di Sicilia, Italy
Weight of Fireworks: 2006 KG (4413 pounds)
Net weight of all of the explosives: 500 KG (1100 pounds)   

Zamorano Caballer, València, Spain 
Weight of Fireworks: 3796 KG (8351 pounds)
Net weight of all of the explosives: 1518 KG (3340 pounds)

Skylight Vuurwerk, Houten, Holland 
Weight of Fireworks: 1787 KG (3931 pounds)
Net weight of all of the explosives: 887 KG (1951 pounds)

Zaragozana, Zaragoza, Spain 
Weight of Fireworks: 1967 KG (4327 pounds)
Net weight of all of the explosives: 1463 KG (3219 pounds)

Nanna Fireworks, Pisa, Italy 
Weight of Fireworks: 987 KG (2174 pounds)
Net weight of all of the explosives: 711 KG (1564 pounds)

Ricardo Caballer, València, Spain 
Weight of Fireworks: 924 KG (2033 pounds)
Net weight of all of the explosives: 139 KG (306 pounds)
NOTE: Explosives weight only, for this competitor.

PRESS RELEASE

RE: 13th Tarragona, Spain Fireworks Contest

BY: Jordi Bertrán Luengo, Event Coordinator

DATE: June 11, 2002

This information is about the communication design for the 13th International City of Tarragona Fireworks Contest, and also about the popular vote, using newspaper ballot voting, internet on-line voting, and telephone SMS message voting.

The communication design for the 2002 Competition is based on a sentence from the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí about the light on Miracle Beach, the firework firing area:

"I often need to see the sea. The sea is the unique thing that summarizes the three dimensions. The ideal thing would be to see all this at Miracle Beach in Tarragona, where light and colors have other images".

In 2002, Catalonia and all of Spain are celebrating that Antoni Gaudí was born 150 years ago. Tarragona has wanted to recreate the forms from Gaudí to design the communication and the image for the 13th International Fireworks Contest. The design uses the materials that Gaudí used to build buildings, but will now be used to draw the fireworks over the sea; the water, the waves and the beach.

Gaudí and the first fireworks competition we know in Spain -Tarragona 1901- lived together, so it has been a good idea to commemorate him and his style on our fireworks contest poster and program.

Additionally, Tarragona’s local tv - Més TV - is going to record three of the competition displays: Skylight, Zaragozana and Nanna. They are going to play them afterwards or the next day and help us to give more information about the popular jury voting.

Tarragona, Spain Fireworks Contest Poster

(My 2002 information will be ready to view here, on July 11.)

The 12th annual Tarragona, Spain International Fireworks Contest was held July 2-7, 2001. I was invited to be a judge of that competition, which was a very great honor for me. Judging that contest meant I would miss the July 4th fireworks here in the United States, but I could not miss out on the fun of going to Spain for the first time. During my stay in Tarragona I was treated to many beautiful sights and fun activities, as well as six nights of competition firework displays. A jury of fireworks experts, city officials, media personnel and others rated each display in more than a dozen specific categories. These two pages are presented to you by an American who has fallen in love with the people and splendor of Tarragona.

The jury of the 2001 competition awarded first place to LA ROSA LORENZO, second place to FOTI INTERNATIONAL FIREWORKS and third place to PIROTECNIA ANTONIO CABALLER.

	The fireworks are fired from Miracle Point (Punta del Miracle), seen near the top of this photo. Miracle Beach held thousands of spectators each night. The remains of an ancient Roman amphitheater can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. This was the beautiful sight I saw out my hotel room window.
	I visited the firing area and took photos during some of the competition setups. (This area is closed to the general public, for safety reasons.)
	One of the four large areas used to set up different types of display fireworks.
	Here, Jordi Bertrán, his crew and I visited with the team from PIROTECNIA TURIS, S.L. during the first day of competition.
	Sand bags were used to stabilize the mortars. Although some of the competitors used plastic bags in case of rain, every night of the competition had beautiful weather.
	Several companies fired girandolas, a flying wheel firework that spins as it flies high into the air.
	Fireworks from Antonio Caballer light up Miracle Point and Miracle Beach during their July 6th competition display. Photo by Dorothy A. Crump
	After the final competition display, the judges ate a late supper together and verified the votes to determine the winners. Everyone liked the fireworks neckties I wore, they were even mentioned in the newspaper. Photo by Dorothy A. Crump
	Lorenzo La Rosa accepted the first place trophy for his company, La Rosa Lorenzo based in Bagheria/Ventimiglia di Sicilia, Italy.
	Excellent shells from La Rosa Lorenzo's July 7th winning display. Photo by Dorothy A. Crump
	More fireworks from La Rosa Lorenzo's winning entry. Photo by Dorothy A. Crump
	Sam Foti accepts the second place trophy for his company Foti International Fireworks, based in Leppington, Australia. Sam, and Foti Fireworks, were featured on a special Discovery Channel television fireworks program which aired here while I was in Spain.
	Some nice bright shells from the competition. Photo by Dorothy A. Crump
	My main hosts and contacts during the trip to Spain were Jordi Bertrán Luengo, organizer of the competition, and Núria Casas Marti, an excellent translator. Jordi planned several day trips for me which were all very special. During several radio and newspaper interviews, Núria made sure my information was translated correctly into the local language, Catalàn. These fine people, and many others, went out of their way to make sure I had a wonderful visit to Spain.

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