Counting Down to 2012

What an awesome year this has been for all of us at AirMagic! It started at Nathan Phillips Square as we rang in the New Year with CityTV, and it will end in Niagara Falls as we count down to Midnight with Global TV.  This year we made the world's Biggest Burning School House and burned it to the ground in front of an audience of friends and family. We were at BMO Field for the TFC,  at CBC for their 75th anniversary, and at CTV for So You Think You Can Dance. We celebrated Chinese New Year, Pride, Diwali and the Doras. We shot Fireworks from fields, lawns, barges and rooftops. We made a bonfire at a beach party on Richmond St.  Our Fountains danced, we shot Streamers, Confetti, Pyro and Lasers!!!  We had our share of Ooh's and Ahh's in 2011.

Our rental and retail business grew.  We went through more than a ton of Confetti, and another ton of CO. Margaret Smith,  Julie Li and Rob McKee joined us this year. Abby Swain is back with us. All in all we've had great fun.  We're looking forward to an amazing 2012,  and we know that we owe it all to you... our customers, clients, suppliers, friends and family.

So - from Jake, Matt, Margaret, Abby, Rob, Julie and the rest of our AirMagic family...

Happy New Year - All the best in 2012

Mark Fine - Toronto - December 30, 2011

Happy New Year from the Team at AirMagic!

There's still time to get your NYE Special Effects! 

Call Us Now!

416 703 0425

Here's to 2012!

Thank you once again for your continued business and 

we look for forward to a prosperous 2012! 

Be Safe!  Have Fun!

You are Invited!! AirMagic's Winter Showcase 2012!

AirMagic's 2012 Winter Showcase 

It's easy to talk special effects - but seeing is believing!

It has been WAY too long since we have had an open house.  On Wednesday January 18th, 2012, we invite you and your team to join us at the AirMagic Special Effects World Headquarters for our 2012 Winter Showcase. Take this opportunity to see our special effects in action and get a peek into our shop - it's where the magic begins.

Tours will be led by Mark, Margaret and our top-notch staff. We will be featuring some of our coolest effects and new offerings. Here's a great opportunity to ask questions and stockpile ideas.

The Showcase will happen between 2:00pm and 8:00pm.  We are hoping to conduct tours every 20 minutes.  

Please RSVP by January 16th, indicating your preferred tour time, so we can try our best to accommodate your schedule. 

Event Details 

Date: Wednesday January 18th, 2012

Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm, 20-minute tours

Location: AirMagic World Headquarters, 30 Dorchester Avenue, Etobicoke

Light refreshments will be served.  

Click Here to RSVP!

Can't wait to see you!

Happy 75th Birthday CBC!

Happy 75th Birthday CBC!

If you've ever shot confetti, you'll understand how perfect the Atrium of the 
CBC building in Toronto is. Up on the seventh floor, twelve cannons 
with their barrels peaking over the railings, it practically shoots itself.

 

 

 

 

Any time you can shoot confetti, or streamers, snow, or bubbles - from a balcony or mezzanine - it's the way to go!

We had a blast shooting Silver, Red, and White Confetti as the CBC staff and guests sang Happy Birthday and raised their glasses for a toast.

The CBC has been a big part of my life - from The Friendly Giant to Peter Gzowski to Matt Galloway in the mornings. We're thrilled that we could play a part in celebrating the birth of this iconic Canadian institution.

Happy Halloween from AirMagic Special Effects!

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween from Everyone Here at AirMagic!

And to really get you in the Halloween spirit be sure to check out our 

spooky special effects - pyro and flame - featured in various episodes of 

Scare Tactics, set to premier on Much this Monday October 31st @ 9:00pm!

 

Check out Scare Tactics Here!

 

Check Out Scare Tactics on Much Here! 

 

Check out our Spooky Special Effects Newsletter!

See our Laser's in Full Force!

On May 5^th, 2011 LG’s Innovator’s Ball happened at the Ontario Science Centre.  

Their theme this year was ‘A Night of Sensory Deception’ and we were so excited to be involved and to show off our new partnership with Canada’s leading laser provider.

It was an incredible night and our five-minute laser show wowed guests as they transitioned from darkness into light.  Check out our two-minute clip below!

Click here to see a short clip of our laser show!

We were also pleasantly surprised to discover that this event was featured in the Meetings + Incentive Travel magazine, which was widely distributed at Incentiveworks this year!  It is a great article and a great picture! 

Check out the article!

Very cool!

 

Margaret is coming soon, to an office near you!

Hello Friends!


I wanted to let you know that I will be popping by your office to say hello.  I am hoping to introduce myself, put faces to names and to familiarize myself with each unique operation.

I have already met some incredible people and been introduced to some cool companies.  


I can't wait to meet you all!
 
Please email me at margaret@airmagicfx.com and let me know how you like your coffee or tea or flavoured-low-cal water and I will bring you a treat!  


Or if you would rather schedule a meeting, I would love to present our palette of special effects to you and your team!
 
I will see you all soon!
 
Margaret E Smith

Breakfast Television Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Wow! We had such a good time with Bteakfast Television this morning. Jennifer Valentyne is soooooo cool!!!  The newest member of our team, Margaret Smith lit the fireworks, and I got to talk about all the awesome stuff we have here for Victoria Day

Breakfast Television this Morning!

The BT Crew is here and ready to go!  Check us out with Jennifer Valentyne this morning starting at 7:12 am!  Start your day with a bang!  Don't miss it!

BREAKFAST TELEVISION

Look for us Wednesday morning on CityTV's award winning BREAKFAST TELEVISION!!

In les than 12 hours, Jennifer Valentyne and the crew are coming out to AirMagic World Headquarters to look around, have some fun, blow things up ... ya know, breakfast at AirMagic!  Check it out if you're awake......Mark

Happy Days at AirMagic

 Our Team!

Rapping with The Raptor!

Where there's smoke..... well, you know where this is going!

 And then there was none!!!!!!!!!!!



 

First Annual - Look for this again in 2012

Well folks - We did it!! With the help of The Raptor and our awesome community partners, we collected food and raised money for Daily Bread Food Bank, gave away some fabulous prizes, and put a smile on eveybody's face.

Counting down to Zero Hour

Fourteen hours to go! We've been planning this moment since July. At 1 PM, at AirMagic World Headquarters, the Raptor - NBA's #1 Mascot, will light the fuse and start the show.

Come for the Fireworks - stay for the popcorn and balloons - enter our draw and you could walk away with an awesome prize or two.

Thanks to Cineplex, Sobeys, Kelseys, Tim Hortons, and Swiss Chalet.... working with AirMagic in support of Daily Bread Food Bank. Bring a tin or package of non-perishable food - AirMagic will donate $1 for every article of food collected.

Don't miss THE event of the season!!!!!!!!!!!!

NBA's #1 Mascot - Lights Our Fire

Does it get any more exciting than this????  Just as our Giant Burning School House arrived from the paint shop (yes - it's awesome!), we got the call that we'd been waiting for.

The one and only Toronto Raptor - the mother of all mascots - confirmed that he will be joining us at AirMagic World Headquarters on Saturday to celebrate with us - to help us collect food for Daily Bread Food Bank -  and to wield the torch that will light the fuse to our big show!!!!!!!!!!

Don't miss it!

Daily Bread Food Bank

We're partnering our May 7 event  

The World's Biggest BURNING SCHOOL HOUSE 

with the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Please bring a non-perishable food item to our BSH Blast-off in support of the Daily Bread Food Bank!   AirMagic will donate an additional $1.00 for every food item received. 

Help AirMagic and the Daily Bread Food Bank in the fight against hunger in the GTA!

MAY 7 - The World's BIGGEST BURNING SCHOOLHOUSE

This is it - The kickoff of VICTORIA DAY 2011!!!!!!

Victoria Day, Fireworks day in Ontario, is fast approaching. To kick off this year’s family fireworks season, we're inviting everyone... old friends and new - hippies, hipsters, moms, dads and kids, beats & beatniks, pyromaniacs and garden variety maniacs - to  AirMagic World Headquarters to stand back, grin and giggle as you watch us unveil and ignite our 2011 Fireworks creation.

The BSH is a Victoria Day icon. Designed and invented in Hamilton, Ontario, it has delighted Canadian children and adults since it first appeared in 1938. This will be a truly Canadian moment, an ecstasy of such patriotic proportions that we cannot settle for the folks from Guinness to certify this world's record - no Irish beer clerks for us!

Come for the School House and stay for refreshments, 
balloons and a draw for 10 Fabulous Prizes.

At 11 AM, we'll open our doors for a sneak preview of this year’s phenomenal fireworks and early-bird bargains…at 1 PM we'll go outside for the Main Event!

Victoria Day Fireworks

Our 2011 Family Fireworks price list was posted at noon today. Check out our super specials, our fabulous products, and our low, low prices........... you'll be glad you did!!

Fireworks Season KickOff

YIKES!!! - 43 days to Victoria Day....... The May 2/4 long weekend,  time to open the cottage, get out the bicycles and roller blades, and...................... FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes - Fireworks Day is fast approaching, and, on Saturday May 7 at 1 PM,  to kick off the season,  AirMagic is inviting everyone...old friends and new...  hippies, hipsters, moms, dads, beats and beatniks, pyromaniacs and garden variety maniacs,... to the back parking lot of AirMagic World Headquarters at 30 Dorchester  to watch as we unveil and ignite our 2011 Fireworks creation........... The World's Largest...................?????

OK - we do like to stretch out the anticipation. Suffice to say that the electoral pyrotechnics that we're living through right now will not come close to what we have in store for you.

A truly Canadian moment, an ecstasy of such patriotic proportions that we cannot settle for the folks from Guinness to certify this world's record - no Irish beer company for us .... we've reached out to a truly Canadian source to give us the nod.

 DO NOT MISS this HUGE event. More hints to come - stay tuned............

112 days till VICTORIA DAY

Canada Day, Guy Fawkes Day, Diwali,  the Fourth of July, Bastille day, New Years Eve... What do they have in common? That's right, FIREWORKS!!

Ever since I was a kid there were two BIG days in my life, both in May. My birthday and Queen Victoria's birthday - one right after the other - how lucky was that?  Of course Victoria Day was usually a nearby Monday, but in my heart of hearts it was on the 24th. Besides, what did it matter?  It was the day we shot fireworks in the backyard, did crazy things with firecrackers, and lit THE BURNING SCHOOLHOUSE!!

Yes, the BSH, invented right here in southern Ontario in the late 30's by Hands Fireworks. There are countless versions and revisions, but only one original, my childhood Burning School House.

This year AirMagic is going to celebrate this iconic Canadian invention. As well as bringing you the best consumer fireworks from around the world, we will be paying homage to the BSH!

Stay tuned for the details - and start counting down the days.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

Another New Year's Eve - another fabulous night with the gang from City TV down at Nathan Phillips Square.  The weather was remarkable, the crowds were enormous... great bands, great talent in front and behind the cameras. This year's show was a two-hour live broadcast.

As well as shooting the Fireworks to ring in the New Year, and a little more for Auld Lang Syne, we were lucky enough to open and close the show with Pyro shots.

We hope you enjoy what you see and wish you all a healthy and happy 2011!!