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f i r e w o r k s c o n t e s t th a t w i l l b e
h e ld a t th e M o th e r o f th e N a tio n F e s tiv a l 2 0 1 9 . T h e firs t o f its k in d in th e
U A E , th e c o n te s t w ill s e e re n o w n e d
p y ro te c h n ic s te a m s fro m
fo u r n a tio n s
b a ttle it o u t o v e r tw o a c tio n -p a c k ed w e e k e n d s fo r th e h o n o u r o f c la im in g th e
i n a u g u r a l w i n n e r ’ s t r o p h y f r o m M o t h e r o f t h e N a t i o n F e s t i v a l o r g a n is e r s .
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tra v e llin g fro m C a n a d a , th e N e th e rla n d s , S o u th K o re a a n d A u s tra lia .
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of SLK
F ire w o rk s (R u ss ia ). T h e fire w o rk s w ill b e la u n c h ed fro m
a s e rie s o f
o f f - s h o r e b a r g e s a t C o rn i c h e b e a c h , d e l ig h t i n g F e s t i v a l - g o e r s a n d b r i n g i n g a
v i b r a n t f l a s h o f c o l o u r t o t h e n ig h t s k y .
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th e
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i n n o v a t iv e d e s t i n a t io n f o r o u ts t a n d i n g v i s i to r a t t r a c t i o n s . W e l o o k f o r w a r d t o
w e l c o m i n g th e t e a m s t o A b u D h a b i a n d s e e i n g w h a t th e y h a v e i n s t o r e f o r u s
d u r i n g t h i s s p e c t a c u l a r a n d in s p i r i n g c o n t e s t .�
U A E N e w s d i s p l a y s w i ll b e a s s e s s e d o n f i v e k e y f a c t o r s ; s p a t i a l o c c u p a t i o n ,
d e f i n e d b y h o w t h e c h o r e o g r a p h y f i l l s t h e s k i e s ; o r i g in a l i t y o f t h e d i s p l a y , i n
te rm s
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s u r r o u n d in g s ; p a c e , w h i c h
m u s ic ; a n d
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te a m s
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T h e t e a m s a r e s e t t o l a u n c h a c o m b in e d to t a l o f 8 7 ,1 0 2 s h e l l s o v e r th e c o u r s e
o f th e e ig h t d isp la y s , w h ic h
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f l o a t in g
b a r g e s s p a n n in g a t o t a l o f 3 6 0 m e t r e s . M e d i a A d v e r t i s i n g i n D u b a i m a k e s
u s e o f a n i n v e r t e d T - s h a p e t h a t a l l o w s s i n g l e s h o ts t o b e s p a c e d w id e r a p a r t ,
f i l l i n g t h e a i r s p a c e a n d c r e a t i n g m o r e s p e c t a c u l a r d e s ig n s . T h e r e s u l t s o f t h e
c o n te s t w ill b e
an n o u n ced
on
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23
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a t 1 1 p m , b r i n g in g
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g ro w th
as
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p r o g r e s s iv e
th e n a tio n a l Y e a r o f T o le ra n c e
and
f o r w a r d - t h in k in g
in itia tiv e . T h e
fa m ily -
f r i e n d l y e v e n t o f f e r s s o m e t h in g f o r e v e r y o n e , i n c lu d in g a r a n g e o f a t t r a c t i o n s
t o s e e , d o a n d e x p e r i e n c e f o r g r o w n -u p s , t e e n a g e r s a n d c h i l d r e n . V i s i t o r s c a n
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120
over 35
w o rld -c la s s
p e rfo rm a n c e s ,
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w o r k s h o p s a n d e v e n t s d e s i g n e d to u p l i f t t h e c o m m u n i t y .
T i c k e t s c a n b e p u r c h a s e d o n l in e b y v i s it i n g 8 0 0 t i c k e t s .c o m o r m o t n .a e . E n t r y
t i c k e t s a r e p r i c e d a t A E D 2 5 p e r a d u lt a n d A E D 2 0 f o r k i d s b e t w e e n 6 a n d 1 2
y e a r s o f a g e . A F e s ti v a l F a m i l y P a s s is a l s o a v a i l a b l e ( 2 a d u l t s + 2 c h i l d r e n +
2
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p e o p l e o f d e t e r m i n a t i o n , a n d C i r q u e d u S o l e i l B a z a a r t i c k e t h o ld e r s .
C irq u e d u S o le il is p e rfo rm in g fo r th e v e ry firs t ti m e in A b u D h a b i w ith its
new
sho w ,
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du
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sh o w
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p la c e o n
fro m
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6
- 16
M a rc h
2 0 1 9 . T ic k e ts a re
t i x b o x .c o m , a n d a l l t i c k e t h o ld e r s c a n e n jo y f r e e e n t r y t o
th e M o th e r o f th e N a tio n F e s tiv a l.