America: The war between two hundreds-year-old fireworks 'families'

The battle of two "old men"

As the runner-up of DIFF 2023, Martarello Fireworks Company from Italy was founded in 1921 and quickly became one of the largest fireworks manufacturers in the world . Meanwhile, in the US, Rozzi Fireworks has always maintained its position as one of the leading companies in the field of fireworks displays for the past 125 years, having produced and performed more than 300 fireworks displays from Cincinnati to every corner of the world.

Excited Italian team prepares for performance at DIFF 2024

According to Ms. Nadia Shakira Wong - Director of Global 2000 Fireworks Consulting Company: "We arranged Italy and the US for the second match because both teams have experience in fireworks displays from 4 to 5 generations, nearly 130 years. That means grandfathers, fathers, sons, and grandchildren all work in the fireworks industry. Therefore, both teams have hundreds of years of experience". She believes that the two teams have the same history and level to be able to create a balanced competition.

The Italian team has experience in Da Nang at DIFF 2023, with a painful lesson when encountering heavy rain and flooding, so many fireworks could not be used.

The US team brings the power of women to DIFF 2024

In contrast to Italy, this is the first time the US team has come to DIFF. Immediately after watching the opening match between Vietnam and France - the former champion, they affirmed that "they need to do better than the opening night". Ms. Nadia Shakira Wong said: "I think both teams really want to perform better than the other team, and we can all look forward to a very strong artillery battle this Saturday". "For the US, I feel they are the team of the ladies. We have never had a strong women's team at DIFF. So this time, it is time to show the power of women" - Ms. Nadia Shakira Wong added.

The winner, the one who gives his all

Returning to Da Nang after missing out on the "golden cup" at DIFF 2023, the Italian team showed great determination to win. Damiano Baraldo, captain of Martarello, said: "We came here, trying to give our all because we wanted to reach the final to compete with the best team. Last year, we reached the final but unfortunately France performed better. But this year, we came here with more energy, we want to go to the final, and will try to win again."

The US team is rushing to prepare for the second competition night at DIFF 2024.

Unlike Italy, Rozzi Fireworks is not thinking much about winning at DIFF 2024. Representatives of the US team said that they have never seen the Italian team's performance and do not know what the Italian team does. "But I don't think about that. We just think about what we will do to have the best fireworks display possible. I don't think about winning. I don't think about anything like that. We just try our best to bring you the visual entertainment that you should have," said Nancy Rozzi - Team Leader of Rozzi Fireworks.

Italy shocks complicated US confrontation

According to the representative of the Italian team, DIFF 2024 will be a stage for new products that have never been used before. "We try to find the best quality products to ensure great performance. We even prepare extremely good quality products because we want you to be shocked when you see it" - said Damiano Baraldo, captain of Martarello.

The Italian team brings to DIFF 2024 new products never used before

With the theme of the second competition night "Made of Nature Wisdom - Natural masterpiece", the Italian team will express the colors of nature both day and night through music . The combination of colors and music will recreate the nuances of nature and the environment of the city - that is what the audience will feel when coming to this competition night.

Meanwhile, according to the representative of the US team, they hope to bring the audience a beautiful fireworks display, with an extremely complex performance, and bring everyone a sense of solidarity in line with the message of DIFF 2024.

"Music is an emotional experience. So the music together with the fireworks tells a story about how the world is a complex place and there are so many variations in this world. Hopefully we can all decide that we are going to get along in this world. So by giving the audience a very visually complex show, our performance moves constantly, going in many directions, up and down. But it's all synchronized. You'll see all the variations of color. It's the kind of entertainment that we hope you'll feel or hope you'll enjoy watching."

Italy will bring an extremely complex light show at DIFF 2024

A lot of special effects will be used by rookie Rozzi Fireworks in this second competition night. "Look down, look across the water and you will see something really new" - Nancy Rozzi said.

And now, get ready to look forward to new and surprising things in the second competition night of DIFF 2024, in the city by the Han River, along with a series of exciting shows and festivals at famous tourist destinations such as Ba Na Hills, Da Nang Downtown, My Khe beach... throughout this summer.

The second competition night of DIFF 2024 will be broadcast live at 8:00 p.m. on June 15 on Da Nang Radio and Television (DRT) and 19 other local television stations. After the second night, the following nights of DIFF 2024 will witness the competition between the teams: Germany - Poland (June 22); China - Finland (June 29), and the final night will take place on July 13.

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