Third night - Vancouver's Celebration of Light 2010

Mexico Team competed tonight in the Vancouver's annual fireworks competition: Celebration of Light 2010.

The pyrotechnic demonstration was breath-taking, and depending on where you were, the explosions and pretty colours of the fireworks pounding your heartbeat.

Around 10 p.m. the show was on for real, with the fireworks dancing to the broadcast Rock, pop, Mexican contemporary, and Banda music with electronic elements like in theirs anounces. I liked their syncronization of effects, and the speed up  rhythm of fireworks. - was an awesome "Journey".

Crowds started to gather around 8:30. Hours before the show begins, police closed off roads and rerouted traffic in the west end of downtown.

The weather forecast was calling for clear skies  tonight, and we came late, about 20 min before the show, but still managed to find a prime viewing spot to watch the fireworks, down by the water on First Beach in Stanley Park.

 

The judging process and criteria are often unclear to spectators, but The Celebration of Light is a serious competition, with judges scoring each country's entry on a criteria that includes:
1. general concept with presentation, structure and scale of display;
2. colour;
3. originality: design and architecture,
4. quality of production: rhythm of fireworks, volume of effects and quality of construction,
5. correlation of music.

The first three nights are the competition and the last night will be the grand finale where the winners are announced.

After tonight show, I'm very curious which country will aquire the highest average score and will be the winner. It's pretty hard to decide...