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Taste of Kingston returns Pg. 6
Fort Henry introduces exciting new light show to Sunset Ceremony
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By Hollie Pratt-Campbell hpratt-campbell@theemc.ca
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EMC News - Think you’ve seen everything a Fort Henry Sunset Ceremony has to offer? Think again. Starting this year, the popular summer attraction has been moved to the later, darker time slot of 8:30 p.m., allowing the fort to come aglow with a dramatic new light show to complement the live performance of the Fort Henry Guard recreating an 1860s-style British military drill. The changes were made possible by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission investing over $750,000 in a state-of-the-art 2.5D projection system. Fort Henry general manager Will Baird explains that the intention is to bring to life the experience of the guard coming under attack with a new action-packed storyline projected onto the walls of the fort. “It’s a really great integration of modern technology and the history of the site,” Baird says. “Imagine, if you will, the guard
are now firing and all of a sudden a charge of cavalry is running towards you, or an enormous lion from England is roaring in your face at the same time that this battle is taking place and the music is being performed.” Baird says that a large part of the motive behind the changes is to try and encourage more local Kingstonians to come out to the show. “One of the challenges we have as a historic site is we can get all sorts of people to come and visit the site from all over the world – Germany, England, all over Europe and South America - but it’s really difficult to get people to come and visit us from as close as Bayridge and other nearby areas. The best way for us to do that is to create these special events and activities.” At the same time, Baird notes that it was important to maintain the strong foundations of the Sunset Ceremony that were already in place, including segments involving the Fort Henry Guard Drums, Drill Squad and Artillery Detachments, complete with the famous
and heart-pounding music and cannon fire. Indeed, one of the biggest challenges the Fort Henry team faced when bringing in the light show was figuring out how to best walk the fine line between being sensitive to the historic significance of the site and implementing these exciting new changes.
“One hundred per cent of the old show is still in place, because it was a great event - a top 100 event in Ontario in the past three years,” Baird says. “So we didn’t want to lose that fabric, but we also wanted to be able to attract new visitors and new people to the site.” The Sunset Ceremony is performed every Wednesday and
Saturday evening during the summer months at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $20 for adults, $17 for senior citizens and youth (6 to 12 years of age) and children 5 years of age and under are free. For more information about Sunset Ceremony and other attractions Fort Henry has to offer, please visit www.forthenry.com.
The Fort Henry Guard performs the Sunset Ceremony with the new light show. Photos/Hollie Pratt-Campbell
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