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Western WinterBlast 2027 · Member Showcase

Member Showcase

Get ready for an exciting member showcase: one-of-a-kind shells and rockets built by your fellow WPA members.

How It Works

Opens closer to the event.

  • WhenOn the schedule
  • WhereAnnounced on site
  • How longA short electric show
  • CompetitionNone: all for the fun of it

Interested in showing off your hard work and creativity? Reserve your spot in the showcase.

How to enter

  1. Enter each item onlineOne entry per shell, rocket or device. Tell us what it is and what the crowd should watch for: the announcer reads it out.
  2. Get your codeEach entry gets a code like S-123, on screen and by email. From the entry's page you can change it or withdraw it until Sunday, February 14, 12:00 PM.
  3. Label it and get it readyWrite the code and your name large on the item. Complete and ready to load, with a leader or drop rope. No visco: it's electrically fired.
  4. Deliver it by Sunday, February 14, 12:00 PMTo the manufacturing day box, in a box marked “Showcase”. Rockets and other devices need approval first.

The deadlines

  1. Saturday, February 13, 12:00 PMSign up and reserve a spot
  2. Saturday, February 13, 12:00 PMAsk for approvalRockets (Manufacturing Chair) and anything that isn't a shell (Safety Chair)
  3. Sunday, February 14, 12:00 PMDeliver your labeled itemComplete and ready to load, to the manufacturing day box

Rules and Procedures

What you need to know

  • Up to 2 items, built by you. No shell-of-shells from bought shells and no purchased rocket motors.
  • Get it approved by Saturday, February 13, 12:00 PM. Rockets by the Manufacturing Chair; everything else by the Safety Chair, who'll tell you how to fuse it.
  • Deliver it ready to fire by Sunday, February 14, 12:00 PM. Complete, e-matched (no visco), with a leader, and labeled large with your S-number and name, in the manufacturing day box marked “Showcase”.
  • Late or incomplete items may not be fired. Change your mind? Withdraw from your entry's page; it's easy.

Download the Full Showcase Rules (PDF)

Questions? Ask the Manufacturing Chair or the Safety Chair on site, or read the Western WinterBlast rules.