Fireworks festival will open tonight ( 2003-09-30 10:52) (eastday.com)
With the Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival opening tonight,
organizers of the annual event pledged yesterday the show will feature exquisite
and innovative designs.
The festival includes three shows, tonight and on October 3 and 6, at Century
Park in Pudong, each of which will include a strong exotic European flavor.
"So far, the 12,000 tickets for each show have almost been sold out," said
Sun Xiaoyun of Century Park.
"As our park successfully hosted the fireworks performance for the past three
years, many visitors have already expressed their high expectations for this
year's event."
The three shows will be directed by renowned pyrotechnic designers from
Italy, Sweden and Germany.
Tonight's italian show called "Life is beautiful" was designed by Benito
Pagano of IPON, a noted Italian fireworks company with nearly 150 years of
history. Pagano said that he plans to lead the audience into a romantic,
artistic world.
With the golden sparkle "rain" slowly floating down above the park's Jingtian
Lake, the show will reach its climax and create a heated ambience in celebration
of China's National Day, he explained. Pagano has been selected as the fireworks
designer for the 2004 Olympic Games.
The theme of the Swedish show on October 3 will be "All colors of Music."
"The highlight of our show is the perfect combination of music and
fireworks," said Rainer Haag, chief designer from Pyroteknik, a Swedish company
that has participated in many big events such as the 90th Anniversary for the
Nobel Foundation in 1991.
