As promised earlier in the season, I have a competition for forum members. You *must* be a member of this forum as of 11:00am today, 28th July 2004 to take part and you must provide some means for me to contact you if you win. In the event of multiple winners, there will be a tie-breaking question.

The prize is one ticket in the Silver Section for the closing display tonight.

The question (in 2 parts) is:

* How many displays have I seen at the Montreal fireworks competition as of 11:00am July 28th 2004?

* What are the names of the companies of the displays I didn't see since my arrival in Montreal in February 1993?

Please send your answers to webmaster@montreal-fireworks.com and give some means of me contacting you. To win, you have to be able to accept the prize and attend tonight's display. I will not be able to provide transport but will arrange to get the ticket to the lucky winner.

The competition will close at 4pm today and I will contact the winner at that time!

Good luck!

Paul.

Paul,

To tell you the truth, I already know the answers, however, the only problem is that there's only one ticket.......Plus, my family is coming and they prefer watching on Notre-Dame. So, I don't want to ruin the opportunity for others who would benefit more from this ticket.

I wouldn't mind winning it, but because of all the constraints. I would've loved to come, especially in gettting the honour of meeting you for the first time. I know I've told you that I might be there for the Panzera show, but unfortunately, I don't think it will happen. Next yesr, though, I will make a big effort in actually meeting you!

Anyways, good luck, everyone, in finding the answers!

Regards,

Trav.

yes, indeed, the answers r very esay

im in the same situation as Smoke, 1 ticket would be good for me only, but others will have to pay to enter

its good for someone, who can go alone

If I had more tickets, I'd willingly give them, but I only have 1. Sorry guys.

Paul.

No sweat, Paul. It's not a big issue. It's very kind of you to make such an offer to fellow enthusiasts, especially since it's for the Panzera closing show!

Anyways, Enkil, any news from EC? You can post your reply in the "weather cooperation" topic.

I can't wait to see the winner!

Regards,

Trav.

Well, sad to say it's now 4pm and no-one has won the competition. Perhaps I'll have to hold it again next year (though with different questions of course).

Paul.

Paul

i think u should have posted this, a few days before and post on the frontpage http://www.montreal-fireworks.com

i personaly had no idea there was going to be a competition today, until this morning,
even if i wanted to go with someone today, i cant tell the person at the last minute
to go to La Ronde, u have to go there earlier and know that ure going that day (well, at least for me)

if i was old enough to go by myself, i would have answered those questions

If I'd have known in advance that I had a spare ticket, I would have certainly done that. In the end, someone called me who needed a ticket so all is not lost.

I didn't have any idea there was going to be a competition until the last moment and then I remembered I'd said something about doing something for forum members. Next time, I'll plan it better.

Out of interest, what are your answers to the questions? (Of course, next time I'll use different ones).

Paul.

the first answer would be 110 displays

the second answer: Pirotecnia Zaragozana and Ampleman

the second one was easy becuz we had the names of the companies on mondialsaq.com, althro im not sure if its only does ones, cuz i checked it very fast

Your first answer is correct, but I'm afraid your second answer is not quite correct!

Cheers,

Paul.

i give up i checked every report

it might be a closing show, cuz in some report u didnt mention if u attend it

or maybe instead of saying Ampleman, i should say Ampleman Pyrotechnie

Smoke, what r ure answers?

I've never missed a closing show so far

But if you take how many shows I've seen so far (for which your answer is correct) compared to how many shows there have been since 1993, then ... well, you'll have to do the research and the maths.

Paul.

Paul,

The 1st question was a breeze for me to get through because I knew right away that you mentioned that Kimbolton, last year, was your 100th display. So, I just counted from there foward and got a grand total of 110.

I'm not so sure about the second question. Out of all the years, the year that which you missed the 2 shows, don't have the company names. How ironic. Still, don't tell me the answers, ok?

Well, I've seen many displays, too, since I've been to the competition since 1990, so my total is around over 127, not too sure, I've lost count!

One question, where were you in 1992?

Anyways, I'm still doing some research to find that second question.

Still worried about the weather.

Regards,

Trav.

In 1992, I was living in Portugal and working at the Universidade de Aveiro in the department of electronics and telecommunications.

http://www.det.ua.pt

I was a professor in that department teaching VLSI Design (chip design).

Paul.

i counted every country lol and i got 111 and and i checked it again


im not sure if in 1993 the was a closing show, cuz in ure report it doesnt mention

anyways, i must be missing something