I will film the awards ceremonies this year as I believe there are going to be special extras this year. More details when I have them.

Paul, have any details surfaced about the potential "extras" at the ceremony tonight?

Tyler

Paul, have any details surfaced about the potential "extras" at the ceremony tonight?

No, I'm not sure now - with the bad weather I have a feeling there will be no extras - there are actually contingency plans to hold the awards inside the Jardins des Etoilles if it's pouring with rain - in which case I doubt there will be any pyro in the awards ceremony. Let's hope the weather continues to improve - so far it hasn't been as bad as was initially predicted.

As for forum activity, it is definitely up this year - but overall site traffic is only marginally higher than last year, except for video downloads

Paul.

"I feel bad for saying this, but I'm starting to find the ceremony before the displays a bit boring, except for the music! These ceremonies seem to be more for the average non-pyromaniac audience. " quote
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Maybe it's more for the pyrotechnicians and designers than the audience. It is amazing being able to represent your country, and this is sort of the Olympics for fireworks. It would be very cool to be in the boat waving your countries flag singing to your anthem, knowing that you just spent 5 days busting your butt setting the show up in Montreal, plus countless hours/days/weeks before that. A small reward for some hard work!