echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward Chrzanowski) (06/01/88)
An international fireworks competition is being held this year at Ontario Place. There are 4 countries involved. The presentations are choreographed to music and start at 10:00 (aprox 45 minutes). It is advisable to arrive early. Dates and country: ----------------- June 25th - Italy June 28th - Great Britain July 1st - Canada (naturally) July 7th - France July 10th - Finale - all 4 countries put on about 12 minutes each.
clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris Lewis) (06/02/88)
In article <19202@watmath.waterloo.edu> echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward Chrzanowski) writes: >An international fireworks competition is being held this year at Ontario >Place. There are 4 countries involved. The presentations are choreographed >to music and start at 10:00 (aprox 45 minutes). It is advisable to arrive >early. Make that STRONGLY URGED TO ARRIVE VERY EARLY AND BY PUBLIC TRANSIT IF POSSIBLE! We went to one of them last year - co-incidentally with: - A very large and popular rock concert - Record breaking attendance for the CHIN picnic (120K+) - Record breaking attendance at a Jays game (45K+). Amongst oter things, the Lakeshore was totally blocked for something like 6 hours with abandoned cars etc. The police towed over 400 cars before they abandoned any attempts to keep it clear. What a zoo! The fireworks were worth it. Best vantage point: extreme south-west shore of Ontario Place around the beach (facing south). The fireworks are fired from a barge about 1/4 mile offshore - directly south of the beach. -- Chris Lewis, Spectrix Microsystems Inc, UUCP: {uunet!mnetor, utcsri!utzoo, lsuc, yunexus}!spectrix!clewis Phone: (416)-474-1955
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (06/04/88)
> Make that STRONGLY URGED TO ARRIVE VERY EARLY AND BY PUBLIC TRANSIT IF > POSSIBLE! The right way to see things like fireworks, in fact, is to go there in late afternoon by public transit, and then have a picnic supper and generally laze around until fireworks time comes. Afterwards, hike north a substantial distance to get away from the crush, and take public transit home. (Public transit in the immediate vicinity of the lakeshore will be utterly jammed; unless you are handicapped or very seriously tired, hiking north until you hit an uncrowded east-west streetcar or bus route is better.) -- "For perfect safety... sit on a fence| Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology and watch the birds." --Wilbur Wright| {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry
msb@sq.uucp (Mark Brader) (06/05/88)
Henry Spencer (henry@utzoo.uucp) writes: > Afterwards, hike > north a substantial distance to get away from the crush, and take > public transit home. Or, of course, s/hike/bike/. You can take bicycles on the TTC, except at rush hours or other busy times. Mark Brader, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com C unions never strike!