Vancouver gets first-ever public drone show at Dragon Boat Festival

1000’s of individuals had been at Vancouver’s False Creek on Saturday for the primary day of the Harmony Pacific Dragon Boat Competition.

Racers additionally took to the water for what organizers stated is North America’s largest dragon boat competition.

Greater than 6,000 racers and 250 entries from throughout North America and Australia are anticipated to compete over the two-day occasion, racing a particular fleet of 12-metre, 250-kilogram boats for quite a lot of distances.

The competitors went forward even after sewage leaked from a damaged pipe earlier within the week into the waterway the place the races are held.

Organizers arrange hand-wash stations and cellular showers for racers to make use of.

They beforehand stated that, after consulting with metropolis and well being officers, the leak wouldn’t have a major impression on the race.

About 125,000 guests are anticipated to attend the weekend competition.

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Throughout Saturday night, Vancouver was handled to its first-ever public drone air present.

Greater than 180 drones geared up with LED lights took to the sky for a glowing show.

The drone present has been within the works for roughly 5 months and regardless of the high-tech options, logistically organizers stated its fairly straight ahead.

“Drone gentle exhibits are dazzling so it’s a very superb expertise to witness drone gentle exhibits … (they) actually have this potential to create a way of awe and marvel,” Jean Michel stated, Pixel Sky Animations’ president.

“It’ll raise off and it really doesn’t flip in area. It’ll simply transfer round type of like conserving its orientation in a single path.”

With synchronized music and clear skies anticipated, the present is bound to gentle up folks’s hearts.

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