This was a very good display, though there were no effects different to those used by any of the other competitors. However, there were a couple of mis-fires, including some shells which appeared to explode in the launch tube.
One overall criticism of the display was the choice of music and the way it seemed to be unrelated to what was actually being fired.
However, the finale was incredible – especially for a salute enthusiast. There must have been several thousand salutes fired in the last five minutes of the display – including some which could be FELT as a thump in the chest. I was unfortunate enough to be downwind about 2500 feet of the firing site. When the display had finished, the air was filled with thousands of pieces of shattered paper and cardboard, and the cloud of smoke which had formed was enough to obscure a large part of the downtown area of Montreal. Plus the ash and general crap in the air had made it difficult to watch the latter part of the display – this is not a criticism though.
Other notable points were the really good blues, purples and reds used in some of the shells, plus some good whistles too.
Overall, I rated the display one of the best of the competition, if only because of the number of salutes used!