Fireworks 2009 Team China won!
Vancouver Sun – Team China has won Vancouver’s 2009 HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks competition.
China topped three other nations — Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom — with its crowd-pleasing presentation Saturday, the conclusion to the four-night event.
None of the participating countries exploded as many fireworks shells as China, which synchronized its pyrotechnics to music that ranged from traditional Chinese to a whimsical rendition of Kung Fu Fighting — the latter igniting cheers from spectators.
Among the fireworks that impressed the judges were floating shells that resembled swimming swans, twisting snakes that spiralled low in the sky, and a “weeping willow” that sparked long branches from high above the fireworks’ barge to the water.
Fireworks’ organizers also revealed that the United Kingdom’s presentation, entitled Parasols Over the Pacific, had been named winner of the People’s Choice Award, sponsored by BC Hydro.
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