The Singapore Fireworks Celebrations was an annual event held in

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as part of its National Day celebrations. It featured several local and foreign teams which launched

firework Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a large number of devices in ...

s 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

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. 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

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. The amount of fireworks used grew in magnitude 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 - *August 8, 2030 hours - *August 15, 2000 hours - 2005 ( Marina Bay) *August 6, 1940 hours - *August 8, 2359 hours - *August 14, 2000 hours - 2006 ( Marina Bay) *August 5, 2100 hours - (''Dynamic City'') *August 8, 2100 hours - (''Our City of Colours'') *August 11, 2100 hours - (''Nature & Mystique / Truly Malanesian'') *August 12, 2100 hours - (''Celebration of Life'') 2007 ( Marina Bay): ''The World Celebrates with Singapore'' * August 17, 2100 hours - Pirotecnia Igual, * August 18, 2100 hours - Lidu Fireworks Corporation, 2008 ( Marina Bay): ''The World Celebrates with Us'' *August 22, 2100 hours - Féérie, (''French Romance'') *August 23, 2100 hours- (''Korean Fantasia'')

References

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External links

Former official site
Last archived 21 December 2018

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