From the Texas Distribution Center

DEMO
Well within a couple of days of calling the April 30th Demo off we did get a little rain here in Athens. It was enough for a couple days however with the hot day and the strong winds we have once again started to dry back out. We need to pray for rain! I want to thank everyone I spoke to about the demo, everyone seemed to think it was the best idea considering the dry conditions.

GARAGE SALE
We will still be having the annual garage sale here in Texas. If you would like a list of what we have at reduced prices just shoot me an email at brian@jakesfireworks.net and I will reply with a copy of the list and prices. Since we are not having the demo this weekend we are going to allow you to pick this merchandise up with your order or have it shipped with your order. Please note to get the special prices you must pay for the merchandise upon taking delivery of the product. This merchandise will be ordered quickly so please get your orders in soon.

PRICES
The 2011 Summer Price Packets went out this last weekend and if you have not received it please give me a call or shoot me an email and I will make sure we had the correct address and get another one to you in the mail.

TEXAS OFFICE
I am now in Texas for the duration of the season. To get a hold of me call 903-264-2264 that is the office number and my cell does not get very good reception in the office so it can sometime take me walking outside with my phone to receive any messages. I will be hiring a new receptionist in the coming days I hope I can find one that is helpful at keeping me organized!

Looking forward to rain and another great season,
Brian

Great weather for Kentucky demo

Although it's raining cats and dogs right now, the weather is predicted to be absolutely beautiful for our demo in Russellville, KY this Saturday. If you haven't already RSVPed, please call us today. We would love to see you there! 270-726-8000.

SC Demo Weekend

As some of you have probably already seen, the list of items being offered at our garage sale this weekend have been posted to the website. As posted the hours for the garage sale and order pickups will be on Saturday from 9am to 4pm and Sunday from 9am to 1 pm. Please plan accordingly.
The demo which is being held in Aiken, SC at the county fairgrounds will be on Saturday only. We will open the facility at 2pm on Saturday, where we will have a display table set up with most of the items we carry, including new items, available so everyone can see our product line. We will have dinner around 6 pm, and then begin the product demos around 8pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend, and trust me you guys will not be disappointed as we will be shooting over 65 new items. To finish off the night we will have a great finale show showcasing a great deal of items from the World Class line. Safe travels and please give us a shout with any questions or concerns.

Indiana Shoot-Off

We would like to remind everyone that the Indiana shoot-off will be on Saturday, April 30. Please contact Jared Hicks at 574-296-7100 for more information.

From the Texas Distribution Center

I hope this finds everyone doing well. As you may have seen or heard we have decided to cancel the 2011 product demo at our Texas facility. Due to the extremely dry situation and with all the wildfires that are currently going on throughout the state we felt that at this time the prudent thing to do would be to cancel the demo. We held off as long as we could but at the same time wanted to give all of our customers that would be traveling in for the demo time to cancel hotel rooms and change their plans. If we do receive some rain in the near future we may try and reschedule to the weekend of May 14th. I will keep you posted on this blog as time goes on and let you'all know. I am going to try to call each person that has RSVPed to inform this of the decision today. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to shoot me an email at brian@jakesfireworks.net or call me in the corporate offices at 620-231-2264 ext 233
Thanks for your continued support and pray for rain!
Brian Hamilton

Shoot Off Success

The first of the Shoot Offs has come and gone and it was a  great success! We had a lot of people come out for it and had some good reviews! I had the chance to see some old customers as well as meet some new ones. We had an exciting Demo of new items that we had the chance to see for the first time and heard a lot of good reviews on all of the new items! Looking forward to the upcoming Shoot Offs!

THANK YOU

I want to thank everyone who came to the Pittsburg shoot off. I know several of you traveled far and wide. Hope you enjoyed the show. We loved having you!! I would also love to hear what some of your favorite new cakes were this year. Everyone always ask me my fav's & I would love to hear yours. Again thanks for taking the time to come & visit. I wish everyone a GRAET season. If you need anything please call or email.

From the Texas Distribution Center

I hope all is well with everyone. I just wanted to share a picture sent in by one of my customers, Sean McMahon, of a class C show that he put on for a wedding last month. Thanks for the picture Sean!

2011 Shootoff

I want to thank everyone for coming to the 2011 Product Demo and Convention in Pittsburg this weekend. It was an amazing turnout. Do not forget to get your sales orders started soon on those great new items to ensure that you have your names on them for this season. I also want to thank Staci Goodson in our office here for doing an amazing job of getting it all together. She works tireously to make sure that every detail in thought of so the weekend could run as smoothly as possible. Job well Done! Wishing everyone a safe and prosperous 4th of July. Brian Hamilton

New Items

New items have been added to the website. Take a minute and check them out. Plenty of great additions to the World Class lineup. We will be shooting most of the new items for the first time on Saturday night, so check back next week as we will be talking about some of our new favorites.

From the Texas Distribution Center

We are finalizing our summer prices as we speak and they should be going into the mail soon. If you want to pick up an order on the demo weekend, please submit your order to me by Wednesday of the shoot in order for the warehouse staff to have the order pulled and ready for you when you arrive. As you can imagine there will be a ton of people at the warehouse on both Friday and Saturday of the shoot so this will help to make things run as smoothly as possible. You can add any garage sale items you may want at the time that you pick your initial order up. If you pick an order up you can leave your trailer in the yard at the warehouse and we will lock the gates up every night so they will be secure and you will not have to worry about hauling your trailer around to the different locations and hotels.

Looking forward to seeing y'all......................Pray for Rain!!

-Brian

Shoot-off Favorites

What's your favorite activity at the shoot-off? Since this is my first time, help me not miss out on anything!!!

First Timer!!

First, off I want to thank the the Jake's staff and customers for the warm welcome into the fireworks "family". Secondly, this will be my first shoot-off so I'm very excited. I look forward to meeting all the new and current customers that will be attending.

Nebraska Shoot Off

First off  I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support since I have been promoted. I will strive to continue the customer service that Mark had given you in the past and I look forward to this upcoming season.

As we approach this season just a reminder that if you have not RSVP to our Nebraska shoot off please do so. You have two options on how to do this. First, you can go to our website, jakesfireworks.com and register online or give myself a call here at the Pittsburg office toll free 800-766-1277. As many of you already know Nebraska has opened up and is full boar! This means many new products that were not available to you in the years past. Most, if not all of those items will be shot at our shoot off.

The new product is starting to trickle in and from what I have seen so far it is an exceptional batch of new product. Everything from inexpensive 200 gram cakes and novelties to 3" cakes. There are going to be around 50 new items this year.

Many have already inquired about this years price sheets. We hope to have those done here within the next two weeks. Once we get them finalized I will get those out right away.

One thing to keep in mind as well: we have already received five containers in so far and our last two have already shipped from China. So for some you early birds we can get your order out sooner rather than later.

Hope all is well and a great season is right around the corner! See you all at the Shoot Off!

Josh

Attention Early Birds

Kentucky Warehouse has tons of product in stock now. If you would like to place your order and receive it before the big rush, please contact me today. cindy@jakesfireworks.com or 1-800-766-1277. I am looking forward to seeing you all at the Kentucky Warehouse Demo on April 30th.

Beautiful Weather!

I just checked the weather forecast for the Kansas shoot-off next weekend. Looks like it should be in the high 60's and sunny. If you haven't RSVPed yet - give us a call today.

From the Texas Distribution Center

The RSVP's have rolled in for the upcoming demo on April 30th and it looks like it is going to be our biggest event to date in Texas. If you want to come and have not yet RSVPed please give me a call in our corporate offices @ 800-766-1277 ext 233 or shoot me an email so I can get the food and everything finalized. -Brian

2011 Shoot-off! RSVP NOW

Come to our shoot-offs to see the must advanced and exciting fireworks products in the country from the LARGEST fireworks importer in the nation!

2011 Fireworks Season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We would like to thank all of our current customers and welcome any new customers this season. As usual, our success depends on you, and our great ideas come from you! We encourage any and all comments.

Hi everyone, We are ramping up for the 2011 Kansas shootoff. There are going to be some new & exciting things this year. It is not to late to RSVP. Hope to see you there!

From the Texas Distrubution Center

Well another season is upon us, time goes by so fast. In Texas we are unloading product everyday and have already started shipping out orders to the early birds. I should have a list of the items that we are going to put in the garage sale at the Texas Demo sometime next week. They are working on the summer pricing and trying to finalize it. I look for the pricing to be done soon and we will get them in the mail to you as soon as we get them finished. If you have not RSVP ed for the Demos be it the Kansas one on the 16th or the Athens one on the 30th. Please do so soon so we can finalize the numbers and be prepared. I look forward to another great summer season and look forward to seeing y'all at the Demos. -Brian