Path: utzoo!yunexus!spectrix!clewis
From: clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: fireworks competition
Message-ID: <641@spectrix.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 88 21:15:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: spectrix.641
Posted: Wed Jun  1 17:15:12 1988
References: <19202@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Distribution: ont
Organization: Spectrix Microsystems Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In article <19202@watmath.waterloo.edu> echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward Chrzanowski) writes:
>An international fireworks competition is being held this year at Ontario
>Place.  There are 4 countries involved.  The presentations are choreographed
>to music and start at 10:00 (aprox 45 minutes).  It is advisable to arrive
>early.

Make that STRONGLY URGED TO ARRIVE VERY EARLY AND BY PUBLIC TRANSIT IF
POSSIBLE!

We went to one of them last year - co-incidentally with:
	- A very large and popular rock concert
	- Record breaking attendance for the CHIN picnic (120K+)
	- Record breaking attendance at a Jays game (45K+).

Amongst oter things, the Lakeshore was totally blocked for something 
like 6 hours with abandoned cars etc.  The police towed over 400 cars
before they abandoned any attempts to keep it clear.

What a zoo!

The fireworks were worth it.

Best vantage point: extreme south-west shore of Ontario Place around
the beach (facing south).  The fireworks are fired from a barge about
1/4 mile offshore - directly south of the beach.
-- 
Chris Lewis, Spectrix Microsystems Inc,
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