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Celebration of Light 2009: Canada

On impulse, I decided to hit the beach and watch some fireworks this past Wednesday. Some friends and I wound up at Kitsilano Beach, much emptier than English Bay although not as good of a view, but I prefer less crowds over a better view any day of the week.

The Celebration of Light is an annual fireworks show, basically, and is free to watch from beaches and parks. This year, there are 4 teams in the competition: Canada (July 22), South Africa (July 25), UK (July 29), and China (Aug 1). The shows start @ 10pm on the night of and last about 25 minutes long (at least Canada’s did).

This Wednesday was Canada night, and Canada’s fireworks display had the theme of The Wizard of Oz. Music can barely be heard on Kits Beach (will bring a radio tomorrow) but the fireworks were still a sight. And the ending was awesome, complete with loud blasts and colourful poofs of sparks and light.

I don’t have very spectacular photos of the fireworks. Just photos.

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4 Responses to “Celebration of Light 2009: Canada”

  1. John Chow Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    I watched it from the patio of the house in West Vancouver. Great view but it was kind of small. Didn’t have the same effect as being right on the beach.

  2. Fireworks | All Days Long Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    [...] Ashley Chow dot Com » Blog Archive » Celebration of Light 2009: Canada By Ashley The Celebration of Light is an annual fireworks show, basically, and is free to watch from beaches and parks. This year, there are 4 teams in the competition: Canada (July 22), South Africa (July 25), UK (July 29), and China (Aug 1). … Ashley Chow dot Com – http://www.ashleychow.com/ [...]

  3. Benjamin Cip Says:
    July 27th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    Hey, these are very great fireworks! It makes me remenber when I visited Japan before, there were a big event where we could see a lot of firework in Yokohama harbor. It was really beautiful. It also happen to see a lot of fireworks in here too…

  4. Ashley Chow Says:
    July 27th, 2009 at 8:03 am

    Benjamin,

    Yeah, the fireworks were pretty great! It would’ve been better if I had brought a radio along. I’m sure for a lot of place, there are fireworks for all kinds of events.

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