The Arbroath community will be given a final chance to prove it wants to rekindle its Bonfire Night display.
Karren Cuthill set up a Facebook group entitled Fireworks for Arbroath to garner interest from the community and there were more than 400 members within a day.
She organised a public meeting on Monday to form a committee and take the plans forward but just 15 people turned up, despite 60 confirming they would attend.
Karren decided to take action following complaints about the lack of a large-scale event in the town this year.
She had called for people who were disappointed by this year’s lack of events to put their energy to good use.
However, the poor turnout has left the mum-of-one questioning whether it is worth the hassle.
Now she has organised another public meeting for this Monday at the Meadowbank Inn at 6pm but stressed it will be a short meeting if she gets the same numbers this time.
Karren told The Courier: “The turnout was quite disappointing. Sixty people said they were attending but only 15 actually turned up.
“If the community want this then they have to get behind it or it’s a waste of time.”
Karen praised the people who did attend Monday’s meeting for coming up with some good ideas about how to proceed.
But she does not think it is viable to organise an event unless they get much bigger numbers at the next meeting.
“We want to get more people involved and give the community an event we can be proud of,” she added.
“I really hope to see as many people as possible at the meeting on Monday. Use it or lose it.”
Last year’s Arbroath Seafront Fireworks Spectacular was Arbroath Events’ sign-off and they decided to pour their remaining funds into a display to remember, delivered by the team from 21CC Fireworks.
The seafront was packed as people from across Angus watched the finale light up the skies in a £30,000 display of pyrotechnics.
Although displays such as Edzell and Dundee offer spectacular events, Karren believes families would far prefer to have an event run by their own community.