Singapore Fireworks Celebrations

The Singapore Fireworks Celebrations is an annual event held in Singapore as part of its National Day celebrations. It features several local and foreign teams which launch fireworks displays on different nights.

History

First held in 2004 at Marina Bay, the event was initially known as the Singapore Fireworks Festival and organised by Unusual Productions.

In 2007, the festival was renamed to Singapore Fireworks Celebrations and had a new organiser Festival Square Circle. The event cost over S$1 million, and featured 130 varieties of fireworks over two days. The event was supported by the Singapore Tourism Board.cite news | author = Shree Ann Mathavan | title = Watch the sky light up | publisher = "The New Paper" | date = 16 August 2007]

The amount of fireworks used has grown in magnitude over the past three years, from 4,000 rounds used in 2004 to over 9,000 in 2006.

List of performances and teams

2004 (Marina Bay)
*August 1, 2000 hours - flag|United States
*August 8, 2030 hours - flag|Singapore
*August 15, 2000 hours - flag|Hong Kong

2005 (Marina Channel)
*August 6, 1940 hours - flag|Portugal
*August 8, 2359 hours - flag|Singapore
*August 14, 2000 hours - flag|France:Fireworks were also launched simultaneously near the Padang, Marina Bay, and Marina Channel during the closing of the National Day Parade, 2005 on 9 August.

2006 (Marina Bay)
*August 5, 2100 hours - flag|Italy ("Dynamic City")
*August 8, 2100 hours - flag|Singapore ("Our City of Colours")
*August 11, 2100 hours - flag|New Caledonia ("Nature & Mystique / Truly Malanesian")
*August 12, 2100 hours - flag|France ("Celebration of Life")

2007 (Marina Bay): "The World Celebrates with Singapore"
* August 17, 2100 hours - Pirotecnia Igual, flag|Spain
* August 18, 2100 hours - Lidu Fireworks Corporation, flag|China

2008 (Marina Bay): "The World Celebrates with Us"
*August 22, 2100 hours - flag|France ("French Romance")
*August 23, 2100 hours- flag|South Korea ("Korean Fantasia")

ee also

* National Day Parade

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.fireworks.com.sg/ Official site]
* [http://www.ndp.org.sg/celebrations/national_day_fest/index.html National Day Festival]
* [http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/apps/event_detail.html?pageName=MonthlyEvent&buttom=detail&eid=8189&eventType=1 Singapore Fireworks Celebration 2007]