Here is a quick run down of this summers events:
Vancouver, British Columbia; HSBC Celebration of Light -
After winning this competition twice in a row we were back again to defend our title as grand champions. Our show this year was entitled "No Place Like Home" and we told the story of The Wizard of Oz in our trademark style utlizing certain shells to represent different characters and aspects of the story, despite putting up an amazing show we did not take home another trophy.
This is what it looked like from my point of view:
And from another point of view!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOTix39W3AE <-Part one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo4kU8k3nnY <- Part two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKcR6QF69Rs <-Part three
The crew for this show was:
Kelly Guille
Daniel Picton
Ken Bauer
Leiah Beck
Special thanks to the amazing local crew for all their help!
Moosomin Saskatchewan; Living Skies Come Alive -
This was a first annual fireworks competition held in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Although this competition only had two teams competing it was by no means small scale, each night a full sized pyro-musical display lit up the night sky. Our show was titled "Gun fight at the O.K. Corral" and featured a theatrical old western style soundtrack. Our team was chosen as the first winner of this fantastic competition and we are pleased to display the trophy in our showroom.
This video was shot by one of the supervisors on the firing site which can be a pretty intense place to be:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuP63RiWq8o <- beware, some of the language may be offensive to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.
The crew for this show was:
Tim Langevin
Candice Mitchell
Danny McDowell
Dave and Peggy Hildebrand
Andrew Krywonizka
Special thanks to the team from Ruggieri Fireworks from Regina for all their help!
Québec City, Québec; Les Grands Feux Loto-Québec -
This was the first appearence at Les Grands Feux in Québec city, the site is absolutely amazing with firing sites on either side of the tops and base of picturesque Montmorency Falls. The site requires the teams split up and work with local pyrotechnicians at the different firing locations. Although a challenging location the Archangel team is ALWAYS up for a challenge and put up an amazing show titled "Diamonds are forever" and we were able to represent the diamond studded soundtrack beautifully. Our team took home first place at this prestigious international fireworks competition against teams from the UK, South Africa, Spain and Italy.
Kelly Guille receiving the trophy:
Some video of this show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frgnPTrUrS4 <- Part one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOkKtvM4UEM <-Part two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTp_iUQIw4c <-Part three
The crew for this show was:
Kelly Guille
Shawn Frosst
Danny McDowell
Sean Morris
Special thanks to the local pyrotechnicians for all their help!
Saskatoon Saskatchewan; Saskatoon Fireworks Festival -
The Archangel fireworks team had a chance to participate in this wonderful second annual fireworks festival in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. The firing site was located on the Victoria Bridge which spans the south Saskatchewan river through the centre of the city and presented its own special challenges in terms of design and set up, but as I have said before, the Archangel team is ALWAYS up for a challenge! Our show at this festival was titled "Frequency" and featured another (surprise!) non-traditional soundtrack of electronic dance music. As this was a festival and not a competition there were no winners or losers, just a great couple of shows!
I guess most people didn't have their video cameras out that night!
This one was the best I could find to showcase the show, however you can't really hear the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnRuRFsU4I
Some beautiful photos of the festival:
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/summer-guide/Gallery+2009+Saskatoon+Fireworks+Festival/1972298/story.html
The crew for this show was:
Leiah Beck
Candice Mitchell
Kelly Van Caeyezeele
Dave and Peggy Hildebrand
Special thanks to the team from Ruggieri Fireworks from Regina for all their help!
And that, my friends, was the run down of some of the big events that Archangel Fireworks took part in this summer on top of The Forks & Assiniboine Park Canada Day Shows, Kenora Canada Day, Kenora Harbourfest, Portage La Prairie Canada Day, The Winnipeg Goldeyes shows, The Winnipeg Blue Bombers shows and many many many more!
So if you made it this far you can see why it has taken me SO long to update this blog!
We are now looking for a very happy winter with lots more fun events going on, so come visit us at the shop, see our new products/staff/trophys and Happy Diwali, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Day and any other excuse to SHOOT OFF SOME FIREWORKS!!!
Happy Shooting,
The Archangel Fireworks Team
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