Montreal Fireworks Forum :: Vancouver competition comes to an end

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fredbastien Member	Posted: Feb 10, 2009 20:31:28 This is really a bad news I just read on PyroPlanet.com and I hope that the Montreal competition will not face the same dramatic situation... Fred
Smoke Member	Posted: Feb 11, 2009 00:38:53 Edited by: Smoke It's only a matter of time before our competition meets the same fate. The Montreal fireworks competition should be safe for at least a few more years, right? In either case, this is very disappointing and intimidating news. Trav.
fireworksforum Admin	Posted: Feb 11, 2009 10:20:45 Edited by: fireworksforum There's a campaign to save the Vancouver competition (it's not the 1st time it has been canceled - they had the same problem when tobacco sponsorship was banned). Go to http://www.savethefireworks.ca/ and help if you can. Some of the information on that site is hyperbole though as they state it is the "largest and most viewed fireworks competition in the world". I guess they haven't heard about Montreal Paul.
Smoke Member	Posted: Feb 11, 2009 11:04:58 Hi Paul, Thanks for providing the link to the website - I will certainly provide my contributions to help save that competition. With luck, it will once again not be canceled. The report also gives some interesting spectator statistics, where it is estimated that there are about 350,000 to 400,000 spectators per night, which is fairly identical to the figure associated with that of the Montreal competition. I personally think that this piece of information is quite hyperbole. Prove me wrong! Trav.
Mylene Salvas Member	Posted: Feb 11, 2009 11:32:33 Edited by: Mylene Salvas Well... Monday was the black MOnday. On top of the Vancouver difficulties, monday night was also the scene of a big fire in China that wrecked a luxury hotel. Even tho the cause remain unknown, it could possibly be related to the fireworks celebrating the end of the Chinese new year... There's tons of articles on the subject. Here's one of them. Google it up for more infos... http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.hotel.fire/index .html
fireworksforum Admin	Posted: Feb 12, 2009 09:57:10 Seems my email to the savethefireworks organizers has done the trick - they are no longer saying its the largest and most viewed fireworks competition in the World. It is certainly an important event for Vancouver and I wish the organizers of the fund raising campaign all the best and sincerely hope that the competition can continue. Paul.
Mylene Salvas Member	Posted: Feb 13, 2009 16:29:38 Edited by: Mylene Salvas Actually, the fire I was talking about in China was related to an illegal firework made by CCTV, the Chinese Television. They were trying to hide it, as they are the responsible (!). http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/10/asia/beijing.php http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/11/content_7465570.htm
reloadable shell Member	Posted: Feb 15, 2009 21:58:21 It continue, the life been illegal..
fireworksforum Admin	Posted: Mar 11, 2009 20:45:27 Good news: the Vancouver competition is going to be held this year. Congratulations to everyone who worked hard to make this happen. Press release here: http://www.celebration-of-light.com/_pdf/release_2009-03-11_2009_firew orks.pdf Paul.
Mylene Salvas Member	Posted: Mar 11, 2009 23:26:27 Amazing !
Smoke Member	Posted: Mar 12, 2009 11:06:08 That's great news, and I hope that the competition will endure for at least the next few years. Heh, I saw this statement again in that article: "The HSBC Celebration of Light is the largest off shore fireworks competition in the world" Trav.
fireworksforum Admin	Posted: Mar 12, 2009 20:24:04 is the largest off shore fireworks I think it's true about the "off shore" part At least they correct their earlier hyperbole. Paul.
Smoke Member	Posted: Mar 13, 2009 12:05:46 I suppose that is correct. I think they had stated the "offshore" aspect in the PyroPlanet article before, but at least it's understood in where the Vancouver competition stands. Btw, I hear Six Flags may be considering on filing for bankruptcy, likely because of the recession. Trav.