Hello Friends,

as I told you right after the 9th symposium... the 10th edition will take part from 15. to 19. october 2007 in Montréal, again.

official website: www.isfireworks.com
my photos of the 9th edition: www.symposium.fireworksphotos.com

Regards,

*Stardust*

Thanks Stardust! This poster is very nice! I'm pleased to know that the symposium will be back in Montreal, home to the first edition in early '90!

Fred

Stardust,
Paul,

You have attended to several times to the symposium in the past. Is there always a large firework display during this conference? I remember that Paul has already written something in this forum about a very large (and long) display in Spain, 2-3 years ago. Should we deduce that we will enjoy a pyromusical display in October in Montreal? In contrast with the fiasco of the ultimate display in September/October 2006, it would be great to have a show like that in Montreal in October. It may fit with the anticipated celebrations of the 40th anniversary of La Ronde.

Fred

Fred,

In Valencia, there were fireworks almost every night of the convention. Same thing in Japan too. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to Berlin this year but I think there were displays every night as well.

So I'm pretty sure the choice of La Ronde as the venue for the Symposium means that there will be at least one very large display on-site - I'm sure there will be others too (not sure if they will all be at La Ronde though). As President of the Canadian Fireworks Association, I can tell you that we're planning on a special event at the Symposium too (this is still in the early planning stages).

I, for one, am greatly looking forward to the Symposium!

Paul.

Some news about the displays at the upcoming Symposium. According to the official schedule here: http://www.fireworksfx.com/Isfireworks/Schedule.htm there will be displays on Wednesday 17th and Friday 19th from the following companies:

Glorious Fireworks- China
Panzera- Italy
Pirico- Italy
Pirotecnia Caballer- Spain
Pirotecnia Morsani- Italy

Several people have asked me if there will be tickets available and the sad answer I have received is no - the event is private and there will be no tickets sold to the public This is quite a shame as I'm sure La Ronde would have made money - particularly for the displays on Friday 19th.

However, if enough people call La Ronde and ask, perhaps they will change their minds. The main phone number os 514 397 2000 and their email address is info@laronde.com. It's worth a try.

Paul.

Nice to see some delightful fireworks displays coming in a little more than 2 weeks, especially considering that 3 of them listed there are Italian firms, along with a Spanish and Chinese firm. I'm not familiar with Glorious Fireworks, Pirici or Pirotecnia Morsani, so that should make things particularly interesting.

I'll try to give La Ronde a call and send them an email regarding selling tickets when I get the chance today.

Does anybody know the relative longevity of each display? I'm guessing anywhere between 15-20 minutes...

Trav.

I just received an email from La Ronde in response to my question and all I got in return was precisely what they stated to Paul. They wrote:

"Hello,

The fireworks for the Symposium is a private event.The park will be close.

Loking forward to see you another time at LaRonde"

Too bad. I hope they change their minds within the next 2 weeks.

Trav.

I will also send an e-mail after I make my post - but regardless of whether or not La Ronde is open, I'm very excited for the Symposium. De Lormier and Notre-Dame or even the Jacques Cartier Bridge will satisfy me as far as vantage points go; even though neither will be closed to traffic.

I'm wondering if the public is able to take part in any of the Symposium's events such as trade shows, presentations and Galas - does anybody know?

Also, that was my first look at Stardust's pictures from the last Symposium - as if I wasn't excited enough! Thanks Stardust.

I hope there's plenty to discuss under this topic in the coming weeks.

Have a nice weekend all,

TRae

I probably would have ended up attending on Notre-Dame street anyway, but it would have been great if the park was open as well. However, Notre-Dame always offers a good viewpoint, and De Lorimier is on a slight incline relative to Notre-Dame, so it's a prime reason as to why most are capable of seeing over everyone's heads during each fireworks night from De Lorimier.

Looks like we'll be having that Montreal fireworks forum get-together on Notre-Dame for the Symposium.

Trav.

TRae wrote:

I'm wondering if the public is able to take part in any of the Symposium's events such as trade shows, presentations and Galas - does anybody know?

Yes, so long as they pay the registration fee for the Symposium! It costs a lot of money to put on such a conference and all the events. presentations etc. are for those people who pay the fee. Some conferences have a "trade show only" ticket, but that's not the case for this Symposium - it tends to be the larger conferences that do that and, in many cases, that kind of trade show is in the evening so people who are unable to take time off work can still attend part of it.

As for having a forum members' get together, I'm definitely for it. I'll be on Notre Dame / de Lorimier, just like in the old days. I would have attended the Symposium proper, but I can't take the time off work unfortunately.

Paul.

Thanks for the info Paul. I'm guessing it would cost the full registration fee of $750 US to attend all the events. Unless the Canadian dollar has unparalleled success in early October, my chances of registering are slim.

With that being said, it's about time I started watching from Notre Dame & de Lormier like the majority of you - I'm begining to really see what advantage it holds over the bridge from various videos I have seen. I'll be there with my videocamera for what I hope are two memorable displays.

I'll leave you with the e-mail reply I got from a La Ronde representative when asked if tickets would be made available for the displays:

I answer to your quesiton, no there's no thicket available for the
symposium, becaure La Ronde will not be open for the public.But if you want to can see the firework from montreal or longueuil.

Hope to see you this summer at La Ronde

Oh well,
Tyler

Yeah, I figured they'd give everyone a similar response about the tickets. It doesn't really matter anyway, as we will be seeing the fireworks beautifully from Notre-Dame right up front (you'll love the view, TRae).

It's too bad that the Symposium isn't taking place this coming week, mainly because the weather is looking so fabulous, almost like as if it were weather during the actual competition! Furthermore, I might have a couple of of midterms that particular week (during the 15th-19th), so I'll probably be busy preparing for all that. If anything, I'll most likely attend the one on that Friday, which is the 19th.

In any case, does anyone know the relative longevity of each display? And I'm guessing they'll start earlier given that it's practically dark by 7 p.m? (we crossed the 12 hour day/12 hour night threshold a few days ago-night is now slowly overtaking day! )

Trav.

I have 3 videos from last years symposium if anyone wants to see them. I'm sure most of you have already seen them though, as they were on pyro planet for most of last year.

Does anyone know if the streets will be closed while the shows are going on?

I'm not sure if the streets will be closed for the fireworks, but I doubt it.

And I don't mind seeing the videos, canuck.

Trav.

I feel greedy considering the USA '07 video should be made available shortly, but I would really like to see the videos Canuck.

Thanks

Tyler