03. July 2009

Canada Day @ Downsview Park (Toronto)

July 3, 2009 at 12:04am

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Canada Day @ Downsview Park (Toronto)

July 1st 2009 marks the birthday of our “home and native land”- Canada! Downsview Park held a free 12-hour celebration for the city. On a ‘normal’ Canada Day in Toronto there are usually many city ran events that are free. Due to the current civic city strike most events were cancelled. With limited choices to celebrate with the family many people traveled to Downsview Park to enjoy Canada Day. (Also, it was an extra special occasion to mark HOOKEDUPB’s ‘one-year strong’ for writing underground related news).

Downsview Park had lots of attractions to bring out hundreds of people such as: bouncy tents, games, rides, The Fire Show, Aidan Orange, and the main squeeze the Fireworks Show. The place was packed, the line-ups for rides and games went on forever, the fields filled with cars, and diversity contributed to the excitement in the air.

A nice surprise was Aiden Orange (he’s been on the David Letterman Show before) and the entertaining tricks he did like: juggling rods of fire, double jointed Aiden in a way turned himself inside out, and fit his body through a tennis racket sized object juggling balls at the same time. Not too long after was The Fire Show with The Fire Guy, Aiden Orange, and a few other talented and funny fire tricksters. This drew out a large audience who laughed and were held in suspense. When the Fireworks Show started, everyone was having fun; most had to run to the fireworks site so that they wouldn’t miss a moment.

At the end of the night herds of people scrambled to find a way out of Downsview Park by foot, car, and bus; causing traffic jams in every direction surrounding the park. Canada Day at Downsview Park was: fun, exciting, and they definitely get props for not canceling out on Canadians; Fireworks Show was major!

Fireworks Video from HOOKEDUPB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-awMdAe0Yo&feature=channel_page