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Vancouver’s massive annual fireworks extravaganza that sees fireworks companies from all over the world showing off their skills is in dire need of extra funding.

The non-profit event has struggled over the past couple of years to find the necessary investors to allow the show to go ahead.

$350,000 has to be found to ensure that the fireworks can go on this summer. Last year a restaurant group and local radio station dug deep and chipped in the difference to fund the free event and ensure other sponsors wouldn’t bail. However this year the organisers are struggling to produce the 4 million needed to keep Vancouver’s biggest annual event alive.

The event features teams from across the globe setting off spectacular displays from a barge in English Bay to a variety of music.

The free event attracts families and visitors from all over and it would be a real shame if it could not go ahead this year because of a lack of money, so dig deep you sponsors and business’ in Vancouver, your display needs you!

The 9th Edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival will be organised by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority. Grand Harbour will once again provide the perfect setting for this event, which will take place on the 29th and 30th of April 2010. The festival shall also form part of the 6th Anniversary Celebrations of Malta’s accession into the European Union. (2004).

Participating in the festival will be numerous Maltese and two Italian Fireworks Companies. Orzella Fireworks Company of Rome will open the first evening on April 29. There will be numerous fireworks displays synchronized to music. This will be coupled with a variety of competitive displays by numerous Maltese fireworks factories. A fireworks display synchronized to music will close the event on each evening. One of these will be designed by the Santa Maria Fireworks Factory of Mqabba and the other will be designed by the Mount Carmel Fireworks Factory of Zurriq. On April 30, the world renowned Parente Fireworks Company of Italy will be closing the festival with its own grand pyro-musical display.

The best view points to enjoy the fireworks displays will be from Barriera Wharf on the Valletta sea front or else from on top of the bastions of the capital city Grand Harbour.

Tradition of Fireworks in Malta

Fireworks in Malta have a long tradition which goes back to the time of the Order of the Knights of St John. The feu de joie, the musketterija, the solfarelli d’aria, St Catherine’s wheels (irdieden) and other forms of fireworks originated from explosives that were lit off from mortars as an expression of rejoicement on special occasions, such as the election of a Grand Master or a Pope as well as on the birth of a prince. This centuries-old tradition is still very much alive in the crowded calendar of village festas that take place all over Malta and Gozo.

Brilliant picture of a Black Cat scooter. These were given away a few years ago in the USA as part of a promotion by Black Cat Fireworks. The classic yellow background and the iconic Black Cat face has become synonymous with fireworks. Note the funky water bottle holder and the complete lack of care to the scooter. its filthy!

From Epic Fireworks – Star Bursts – Part 1

Most hotels in central Da Nang City are fully booked for the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2010 to be held on March 27-28, according to the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The competition, with the participation of five teams from Vietnam , the US , Japan , France and Portugal , is expected to attract 70,000 tourists, including 10,000 foreigners.

The Da Nang City People Committee has ordered all hotels and restaurants and other services businesses not to increase prices during the festival, warning that those who violate the order will be punished.

Organizers of Danang International Firework Festival will distribute 15,000 festival tickets to travel firms to sell throughout Vietnam from March 5th 2010.

Seventy thousand visitors are expected to come the March 27-28 festival, with tickets selling for VND200,000 (US$11).

The city is building a new grandstand with 25,000 seats, expected to be completed March 20th 2010.

So far there have been heavy bookings, but rooms were still available at the city’s 142 guesthouses and 170 hotels.

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