I joined pyro u the month after it first started. Have been to GLASS and MAFF and the St Luis shoots , been to Demos at Fireworks Forever, Red Rhino , Area 51 , Bigs , Hales, Sizzboom , Schneitters, Spirit 76 and Black Market , also been to a few fireworks swap meets and lots of group buys and group shoots
NightLighter was a regular in the last 3 years of PyroU. We survived all the turmoil of PyroU's slow digital demise and then the PyroFan flash-in-the-pan. I'm one of the admins for the Facebook Pyro Universe group, and a moderator here. The Admins and Moderators here are a subset of the Facebook group plus a few extra, all with roots in the old PyroU forum. I still like the forum format but also see the value of the Facebook era...
I've dabbled in being a Minnesotan. I claim Minnesota native status... I was born in Minneapolis but moved to Madison, WI when I was 3. I found myself living back in the Twin Cities (Apple Valley) from around 1992-1998, and have been in Missouri ever since. I have lots of relatives in Minnesota and my oldest daughter is in Eau Claire, WI, so I'm in MN at least a few times a year, at least passing through...
Where about in MN are you? In what ways are you involved in pyro?