CELEBRATION OF LIGHT VANCOUVER 2011 CHINA FIREWORKS

CELEBRATION OF LIGHT 2011 VANCOUVER, China. Celebration of Light at English Bay on 30 July, 2011. Thousands turn out at English Bay to watch the fireworks. Crowds began to gather by 5pm to get a good spot to watch the fireworks disply, the Celebration of Light featuring China. Video by Terry David Silvercloud (Butch) with Sony Nex-5 with 16mm lens and microphone attachment.

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Travel & Events

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• fireworks
• English Bay
• Vancouver
• 2011
• celebration of light
• China
• terry david silvercloud
• butch
• canada

[wikct2]

too bad and too sad...cannot hear the music very well and lost purpose of the whole show that is about music with fireworks..

[butchnews]

@wikct2 I try not to have too much music as YouTube claims copyright violation... in fact they DID declare copyright violation on this video but I protested it and they allowed the limited music under "fair comment".

[nicokilla11]

I was there

[kamilhand]

@rrhev Hmm I'm not so sure if they have been treated unfairly in the competition , at least looking back the last 10 years. since 2001 we have China and Canada winning 3 times - most of everybody else competing; we got Spain and Sweden twice, and once Mexico. I agree I shouldn't have said China's challenged at art performances; what I really meant is compared to Canada and Spain's shows I don't see how they won without political interference...I'm not the only one if you look at fcbk page...

[rrhev]

@kamilhand You're totally entitled to your own opinion, but I have to disagree. I think China deserved to win. Their fireworks were nothing short of breathtakingly beautiful. Truly dazzling and mesmerizing. China has been competing for many years and they rarely win. This has nothing to do with politics.

[rlai2201]

Kamilhand: why take it sow

[kamilhand]

so unfair that they won, to me it was the worst performance, music is off sync, and didn't have any unique input.... when comes to art China has never had advantage over anyone and the case isn't any different this time...:( I wish politics wouldn't mess with art...

[Hishika]

Thanks for the upload!

Hate hauling my butt all the way downtown plus i don't like the crowds :P

[frankplusjen]

@wikct2 i have a version with amplified music. watch?v=xSKRmdxSscI

[skrtrain]

Thanks for taking time to do this .

[restoreheritage]

Good stuff, thanks butch...