DIFF 2024: Italy - USA and the battle of two fireworks 'families' that are hundreds of years old

At 8:00 p.m. on June 15, the second competition night of the 2024 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF 2024) will take place with a competition between two "veteran" teams, Italy and the United States. Both are hundreds of years old and have extensive experience, this is expected to be a competition night with surprising performances.

The battle of two “old hands” 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.

Photo caption — The Italian team is excited to prepare for their 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 4 to 5 generations of fireworks display experience, 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 match. The Italian team has experience in Da Nang at DIFF 2023, with a painful lesson when encountering a heavy rain, flooding so many fireworks could not be used.

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

Unlike Italy, Rozzi Fireworks is not thinking much about winning at DIFF 2024. The representative 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 give you the visual entertainment that you should have," said Nancy Rozzi - Team Leader of Rozzi Fireworks. The Italian team shocked and the American team complicated 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, Team Leader of Martarello.

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 give people a sense of solidarity in line with the message of DIFF 2024. Nancy Rozzi – Team Leader of Rozzi Fireworks said: “Music is an emotional experience. So the music together with the fireworks will tell a story about how the world is a complex place and there are many variations in this world. Hopefully we can all decide that we will get along in this world. So by giving the audience a very complex show visually, our performance moves constantly, going in many directions, up and down. But it is all synchronized. You will see all the variations of color. That is the kind of entertainment that we hope you will feel or hope that you will enjoy watching”.

Many 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. Box 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 Station 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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