Celebration Of Light Fireworks
August 12, 2007 – 3:06 pm | by BillEvery year for as long as I can remember, the HSBC Celebration of Light has taken place in Downtown Vancouver. It’s a well known event, and hundreds of thousands of people come out and watch them. The fireworks take place on four different nights in a two week period, on the Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Every year I watch them at least once, but this year twice and saw Canada and the Finale. I headed down both times with my friend Dave Venter. For the Finale we brought one of my cameras with us, and took some pictures and video clips, I’ve posted some of my pictures below. You can see a video of the end of the fireworks, on Dave’s post…..
I enjoy going to the fireworks, and I think that it is great for the lower mainland to have something to look forward to every summer. Just before I was going to write this post, I checked my rss feeds and I read Jeff Kee’s post regarding the event. He made some excellent points, but I disagree with some of the stuff he said.
The fireworks are cool, but I just like getting out of my neighborhood and taking transit downtown with friends and doing something. Vancouver needs to have alternative events like the fireworks that draw people. The fireworks should keep happening, but more events should be created to supplement the fireworks.
Some pictures that I took below. Be warned, some of them are slightly blurry, be warned. Click on the thumbnail for a bigger version.
2 Responses to “Celebration Of Light Fireworks”
By Jeff Kee on Aug 12, 2007 | Reply
The fact that I live a few blocks away within walking distance from the fireworks (Yaletown) makes me take it for-granted even more. When I was taking the transit out to downtown it was the coolest thing ever! Bunch of us suburb kids getting to walk around downtown in the dark!
But now that I’m right there, and I can see the reflections of the fireworks on the buildings across the ocean/river from me… yeah. It’s like being married for a while and not having sex anymore haha.
By Bill on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
Ahh, I suppose I see why it’s not a big deal, since you live downtown. I don’t know if I could live right downtown in Vancouver, I like the suburb live. Although, it must be nice to be able to out to clubs and be able to walk home. :)
That last sentence..priceless!