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T8N MAGAZINE

VOLUME 8 ISSUE 2 Summer 2021 PUBLISHER

EDITOR

Rob Lightfoot

Gene Kosowan

ART DIRECTION

Brenda Lakeman DESIGN & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

B. Timothy Keith PHOTOGRAPHY

Brenda Lakeman CONTRIBUTORS

Paula E. Kirman, Gloria Loitz, Markwell Lyon, Corbin Stewart, Shima Zonneveld OFFICE MANAGER

Janice Lightfoot CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES Image page 16 ©Viktor Birkus/Adobe Stock Image page 43 ©Riko Best/Adobe Stock

ISSN 2368-707X (PRINT) ISSN 2368-7088 (ONLINE)

Culture 10 Loungewear’s Latest Look

Athflow leads the ultra-casual pack in time for summer

16 Just Add Air

How inflatable movie theatres can project the ideal family night outdoors

Living 26 FOOD & GATHERINGS Slide into Summer Snacks designed to put family night into a spin

32 THE 8S

Tints Times Two Light and dark shades share the stage for 2021

38 THEN & NOW

Drives of Destiny How the streets of northwest St. Albert got their names

Spotlight 40 Don’t Look Down

Defy gravity and vertigo in the river valley at Alberta’s first aerial park

43 Lighting up the Night

Pyro-musical fireworks make for a panoramic summer evening

Down Time 44 Search For Summer

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Here’s a reminder of what the sunny season was like and could be again

City 35 MEET YOU THERE The Art of Gelato

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a half of the worst health scare in more than a century, some hope. In May, the provincial government announced a three-stage plan to reopen the economy and reverse the lockdown, which if things go well, could see us reclaim the summer season as early as July. At T8N, we prefer to remain optimistic and as long as we follow the guidelines prescribed by Alberta Health Services, realizing that goal could be a welcome reality.

We remain undaunted in providing information pertinent to your lifestyle, from covering the athflow fashion trend in this edition’s photo essay (page 10) to offering a novel way to enjoy flicks outdoors (page 16). And keeping safety top of mind won’t prevent families from catching attractions like fireworks (page 43) to finding nifty snacks to share with one another (page 26). Or getting the clan together to enjoy some of the best gelato this city has to offer (page 35).

Getting outside to catch some rays safely comes highly recommended from health officials, but those still conscious of staying inside can still benefit from other content in this issue, including a roundup of how streets in the northwest part of the city got their names (page 38) or getting a sample of wares coming out that bear two unique shades as recommended by Pantone (page 32).

While the light at the end of this pandemic tunnel is starting to get brighter, we may still face a few dark days in the process. Which is why I wish each and every one of you to stay aware, stay healthy, and above all, stay safe.

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On the Cover That’s model Brittany LeGlace who highlights our photo essay feature on the athflow fashion movement that blends comfort with class. Her apparel includes a BB Dakota “Dream Girl” dress ($193), a C’Est Moi Kint “Kimono” cardigan ($97) from Bella Maas Boutique, Vans “Old Skool” Skate Shoes ($80) from Legit Kicks and “Dawn” earrings ($130) from Seven Praire. The photography was by Brenda Lakeman with makeup by Ashley Skrocki.

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Athflow leads the ultra-casual pack in time for summer PHOTOGRAPHY AND STYLING BRENDA LAKEMAN MODEL BRITTANY LEGLACE MAKEUP ASHLEY SKROCKI

A YEAR OF quarantine has no doubt

been a challenge for the fashion-conscious. But with the summer heat promising to mitigate the threat of the virus and vaccinations going full throttle since the spring, this extended period of flopping around in gym shorts, pajamas and sweatpants is about to end.

That means adding a touch of class to your outdoor attire, but not by sacrificing comfort. That’s the message Pinterest Business is delivering by dubbing the latest trend in summer wear as “athflow”−athletic wear with a bit of flowing grace to the wardrobe. Adds Pinterest about the wardrobe shift, “Athflow is professional enough for the ‘office,’ stretchy enough for the yoga mat and comfy enough for the couch.”

More specifically, the focus will be on soft and oversized fashions that effortlessly glide across barriers between business and casual, such as loose dresses and wider pant legs with a push towards more natural fabrics. With that in mind, here’s what’s in store to ensure comfort is priority whether at home or at work. t8n

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Gentle Fawn “Amelia” cardigan $149 and Gentle Fawn “Wesley” dress $140 from Bella Maas Boutique with Gailbelle Cork sandal $46 from Diverse Boutique and “Edith” earrings $80 from Seven Prairie

Dex Clothing panelled wide-leg jumpsuit $80, Bella Dahl round hem pocket button-down $205, Piranha “Elys” sneaker $249 and Lack of Color “Zulu” fedora $119 from Bella Maas Boutique with “Nostalgia” Series earrings $48 from Bang Bang Bijoux

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Mink Pink “Kellie” cardigan $99, “Fray Edge” Cami $158 and Fidelity Design House “Jasper” jogger, $309 from Bella Maas Boutique with “Nostalgia” Series earrings $48 from Bang Bang Bijoux

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Kuwalla double cargo sweatpants $69.99, Champion hoodie $84.95, and Vans “Old Skool” skate shoes $80 from Legit Kicks

Bella Dahl “Pocket” jogger $198 and JSlides “Rollie” slide sandal $180 from Bella Maas Boutique with Z Supply “Britton” offset tie dye top $87 from Diverse Boutique and “Nostalgia” Series earrings $45 from Bang Bang Bijoux

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How inflatable movie theatres can project the ideal family night outdoors

BY CORBIN STEWART

DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRES have

been a summertime staple in Canada dating back all the way to 1946 when the first facility of its kind swung open its gates. After their glory years during the ’50s and ’60s, the popularity of driveins has since lost its sheen, due to the arrival of multiplex cinemas in malls, making it convenient to shop and catch a flick in one stop.

But the pandemic has sparked a revival of sorts, with social distancing allowing for passenger-packed vehicles to flock to spots occupied by everything from outdoor concerts to political rallies.

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realizing that you don’t need to own a patch of land to operate a drive-in as long as the infrastructure can be portable via an inflatable giant screen. All you have to do is contract out your services to anyone with a large yard and a hankering to catch flicks the old-fashioned way: outdoors and with eager friends and families attending.

That’s how Twilite Music has been operating all across Alberta the past several years, although they have added a few sideshows to the mix. “One thing that we do that no one else does is that we do a lot of entertainment before and after the movie,” says CEO Ron Waterfield. These add-on packages are delivered in the form of pre and postmovie entertainment such as dance parties, photo-booths, and game shows

with prizes handed out. Along with the entertainment, Twilite Music provides popcorn machines, professional stereo systems, inflatable couches, and even an usher to guide you to your seat. This is all featured in their “open-air cinema” package.

While classic Disney fare is popular for children-themed movie nights, Twilite Music also offers themes such as drivein-style ’50s car nights with a screening of American Graffiti. Sports nights and musical nights are also featured in the theme packages, where the likes of Field of Dreams and The Sound of Music are screened. Waterfield says that although children-themed packages are the most popular events, even adults want to get in on the fun and transport themselves to the nostalgic times of their youth.

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GAME NIGHT a nd movie night are all

fun ways to spend time together and connect. Well, we have another retro inspired idea…a slide show! Why not pull out those slides and photo albums and stroll down memory lane while snacking on raspberry-lemonade popcorn and a make-your-own soda bar?

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Sliding Into Summer Snacks designed to put family night into a spin

BY SHIMA ZONNEVELD

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Pink Lemonade Popcorn Kettle corn is yummy all on its own. However, adding in a mixture of lemonade powder and crushed freeze-dried raspberries elevates the sweet and salty of kettle corn and adds in a hit of pucker power!

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. ⅓ c. un-popped popping corn ⅓ c. avocado oil ¼ c. white sugar

1 tbsp. crushed freeze-dried raspberries 2 tsp. kosher salt

1 tbsp. lemonade powder (not sugar-free)

In a small dish, combine the lemonade powder and the crushed freeze-dried raspberries and set aside.

Place the first three ingredients in a hand-crank popcorn maker (alternatively, you can buy microwave kettle corn to skip this step!).

Over medium heat, keep turning the popcorn until all the popping has stopped and remove from heat immediately.

Pour the kettle corn into a bowl and sprinkle the lemonade/freezedried raspberry mixture over top of the hot popcorn and stir to combine. Continue to stir until not much of the lemonade mixture is left at the bottom of the bowl. Toss in the kosher salt and do a final stir.

Spread the popcorn onto the lined baking sheet and let cool completely.

Bacon, Gouda and Strawberry Skewers Anything with melted cheese is a win. Combine melted Gouda with salty, maple bacon and the sweetness of strawberries and these skewers are a tasty treat to enjoy during your trip down a memory-lane slideshow.

4 slices of good bakery bread 8 slices of cooked bacon, chopped in half Gouda cheese, sliced (quantity depends on cheese to bread preference)

A handful of whole, small strawberries, washed, dried and tops removed Butter 3 large skewers or 6 miniskewers

Pepper

Assemble the two sandwiches in the following order: bread, followed by cheese, bacon, pepper, a bit more cheese and bread.

Butter the outside surface of the bread for both sandwiches.

In a large frying pan over medium heat, place the two sandwiches in the pan and fry on each side until golden brown.

Remove the sandwiches onto a cutting board.

Cut the sandwiches up into cubes and skewer alternately with the strawberries.

Each bite should have a sandwich cube and a strawberry for maximum flavour!

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Brown Butter Chocolate Bar Squares

Rice cereal treats are a nostalgic snack item that lends itself well to new techniques and different add-ins other than the traditional marshmallows. This recipe browns half of the butter first and uses a classic chocolate bar to hold everything together.

Sweet, gooey and crispy—a delicious, reinvented rice crispy treat.

Line and spray an eight-inch by eight-inch baking pan and set aside.

2 c. crispy rice cereal

¾ c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

⅓ c. butter, split in half

1 tbsp. Maldon sea salt

4 Mars bars, regular-sized chocolate bars,‌ chopped

In a medium saucepan over medium/medium-high heat, add in half of the butter. When brown flecks appear and the butter smells nutty, pull the pan off the heat and set aside to cool slightly.

In a large pot over medium heat, add the other half of the butter and the chopped chocolate bars. Stirring the mixture every few minutes, the butter should melt along with the chocolate and nougat of the chocolate bars to form a caramel-like substance. Pull the pot off the heat and add the crispy rice cereal and the cooled browned butter. Stir to combine everything together evenly.

Scoop mixture out of the pot and place into the prepared baking sheet.

Using either a spatula or your fingers, press the cereal mixture evenly throughout the pan.

Sprinkle the chocolate chips over top. Under the broiler, set on high, melt the chocolate chips, 35–40 seconds. Using an offset spatula, spread out the melted chocolate to cover all areas of the cereal underneath. Set aside for 30 minutes and then sprinkle the top with the sea salt.

Finish cooling, slice and enjoy! These bars also freeze well, so can be made ahead of time.

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Pesto and Sundried Tomato Pull Aparts Serving these pizza rolls in a pretty pan makes this recipe great for oven-to-table service! Pizza pull-aparts serve a crowd and are easily adaptable to many kinds of ingredients. Not a fan of pesto? Try pizza sauce and salami!

Basil Pesto

Pizza Pull-Aparts

2 c. fresh basil leaves

1 recipe of the basil pesto

¼ c. toasted pine nuts

½ c. oil-packed sun dried tomatoes, chopped

¾ tsp. kosher salt, more if desired at the end

1 c. Monterey Jack cheese, grated

½ tsp. freshly ground pepper

2 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese, for sprinkling on top

½ c. good olive oil

1 batch of homemade pizza dough or store-bought, which has already risen

½ c. grated Parmesan cheese

In a food processor or blender, add in the basil, pine nuts, salt, pepper, and cheese. Do a quick blend and then slowly pour in the olive oil. Scrape down the sides of the food processor or blender once and then do a final mix.

Taste test and decide if more salt is needed at the end.

This can be made ahead and refrigerated or frozen and then defrosted when needed.

1 tbsp. kosher salt 1 tbsp. olive oil All-purpose flour to dust work surface

Spray a nine-inch by 12-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pizza dough into approximately a 16-inch by 14-inch rectangle. Spread the pesto across the entire rectangle. Place the sun-dried tomatoes across only half of the rectangle and then cover everything with the cheese.

Roll up dough, jelly-roll style starting with one of the long ends. Slice rolls into 16 rolls.

Place rolls in the pan in a checker pattern, alternately between plain pesto and pesto plus sun-dried tomato. Brush the top with olive oil and sprinkle with the kosher salt and Parmesan cheese.

Pre-heat oven to 350°F. While the oven preheats, the pizza rolls will rise a bit more which is fine. Bake the pizza rolls until golden brown, approximately 25–30 minutes.

Take them straight from the oven and serve warm.

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Ice Cream Float Bar The retro vibe of an ice cream float pairs well with the idea of a slide show. Once all the additions have been made it will entice both adult and child alike. Treat this fun idea as both a cool drink and/or dessert!

Cream soda, root beer, orange pop Vanilla ice cream Sprinkles Animal crackers Cotton candy Glasses and fun straws

Chill the pop of your choice. Pour pop into a glass of your choosing.

Top with a scoop or two of ice cream and dress it up with sprinkles, an animal cracker and a few strands of cotton candy.

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BY PAULA E. KIRMAN

launch a cool new chapter in a fa mily’s life. Case in point is Yvonne and Johannes Irnich, a couple originally from Germany whose livelihoods were attached to work i ng at a constr uc tion company. When a facility they were working on burned down, it seemed their livelihoods also went up in flames.

As fate would have it, the Irnich household were looking for a career change and the incident made that switch more timely. Yvonne had learned how to make gelato as a teen from an Italian gelatiere and was pondering the prospects of going at it full-time. “He taught me all the secrets and what is needed to make the best tasting gelato with foods that are pure and natural. I absolutely embraced this art of creating endless possibilities of flavors,” she said on the company’s website.

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handcrafted, properly made, very smooth and creamy. Some stuff out there can be icy and chunky.

Ours is smooth and pleasant.”

level as the kind she knew in Europe. With the support of her family, she put together a sales trailer, a small gelato kitchen, and a used batch freezer. From its humble beginnings in 2015 at the St. Albert Farmers’ Market, the enterprise—dubbed DaVinci— benefited from word-of-mouth and within a year, enjoyed national distribution.

For adults wanting their gelato with a kick, the company has rolled out a Happy Hour gelato line from red wine gelator to a peach chardonnay sorbetto, each with an alcohol content of five percent. DaVinci sought going the boozy route since the beginning but AGLC regulations didn’t cover gelato, prompting the company to change much of its setup.

Son Felix Irnich is the chief operating officer who founded DaVinci together with his mother.

In doing so, he left behind his university studies at MacEwan University, where he was taking commerce and computer science.

Father Johannes was still doing some construction, but joined soon after.

“Our goal for the gelato was to bring quality,” says Felix. “We personally felt there was no good gelato in the country when we started DaVinci. We wanted to bring a good gelato like we knew in Germany, at a price people can afford.”

The company name was chosen because it represents the style of gelato the family wanted to make. “Gelato is Italian, so we wanted something Italian. Da Vinci is an artist, representing creativity. And, everyone knows who he is.”

DaVinci’s gelato is available as pints in retail locations and served in restaurants across the country, including Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria and Sorrentino’s.

The gelato is made completely from scratch, using no artificial flavours, colours, or premixes. All of their gelato is gluten-free with the dairy varieties made from 100 percent Canadian milk and cream. The sorbettos are completely vegan.

DaVinci makes 20 flavours regularly to keep shelves and restaurants stocked.

Felix lists DaVinci’s most popular flavours as vanilla, Belgian chocolate, and strawberry lemonade. Other bestsellers include pistachio, containing pistachios from the Mediterranean, as well as dairy-free coconut, made with coconut milk instead of cow milk. “And you can’t

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go wrong with some good, old salted caramel,” he says.

However, if you’re looking for variety, DaVinci has 120 flavours in stock, including ones that are off the beaten track like blueberry-basil, honey-anise and lavender. What set DaVinci products from its competition is its use of natural ingredients, says Felix.

“A lot of the gelato you buy commercially or cheaper use premixes, powders, and artificial flavours,” he adds. “When you have our gelato—for example, our strawberry lemonade sorbetto—it’s lemons, strawberries, some sugar… there’s no stabilizers and it is a more natural product. If you look at the calories, it isn’t bad compared to other products.

It will have some fibre, which is good for digestion, and it has actual fruit. It’s

One major restructuring involved creating T-Rex Distillery in 2019.

“One of the requirements was that we had to make our own spirits,” Felix explains. “We couldn’t go buy wine and dump it in—we had to make our own.”

Owning a distillery provided a huge opportunity for the company when the pandemic hit. After getting a license from Health Canada, T-Rex produced thousands of bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

But COVID-19 hasn’t deterred DaVinci from making gelato from ingredients grown by local farmers and selling to markets in the region. “We still try to make new flavours and we try to find those really good ones to share with people,” says Felix. “We want to make gelato that is just really damn tasty.” t8n

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I THEN & NOW I

Drives of DESTINY

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UNLIKE THE ALBERTA capital

that opts for the grid system of numbered streets and avenues, St. A lbert individualizes each street with proper nouns of historical people who had a profound impact on this city. In particular, St. Albert’s northwest quadrant maintains that system by choosing vanguards from original settlers to prominent members of the clergy who worked in this region.

developed many western missions in Alberta. He was known as “the Missionary Giant” and passed away in 1940.

Dion Place Métis settler Antoine Dion helped build the first chapel in St. Albert. He arrived in St. Albert with Father Lacombe in 1861 and is documented in early church records until 1900 as a farmer residing just east of St. Albert.

Dover Court Mary Cross Dover was one of the ­founders of the Calgary Stampede.

She was also a rancher and a business woman who joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, which led her to the United Kingdom in 1942. In 1943 she was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given command of Canada’s largest C.W.A.C. centre in Kitchener, Ontario.

Juneau Way Deane Crescent Government surveyor, M. Deane (his first name conspicuously absent from records) arrived in St. Albert in 1882 and completed his official river lot survey of the area in 1883. Deane’s work solidified lot sizes and borders, a boon to the establishment of independent farms.

Desmarais Crescent Six years after Quebec-born Father Alphonse Desmarais entered the Oblate order in 1878, he was sent to northern missions where he founded and

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Two brothers, Edmond and Frank Juneau, both started farms in St. Albert in 1878. Edmond married and had 14 children, one of whom was named after his wife, Marie, recognized as the oldest living resident in St. Albert back in 1985.

Labelle Crescent The Labelle family arrived in St. Albert in 1916. Aldoma Labelle, who was also a member of the Town Council, opened up a butcher shop in 1922 and continued to run the store for the next 30 years.

Lachance Drive Details are fuzzy about this street, but it was possibly named after Forunat and Amanda Lachance who, along with their nine children, arrived in St. Albert in

1943. They had seven more children after buying land near Guy, Alberta and many of their 36 grandchildren are still settled in the Edmonton and St. Albert areas.

Lafranchise Court Joseph Lafranchise was an early ­Albertan newspaper publisher and printer. He and his wife Rosanna moved to St. Albert in 1912 and started the bilingual paper the St. Albert Star. The family also operated the St. Albert Post Office from 1915 to 1945.

Lucien Drive Lucien Boudreau co-owned the Astoria Hotel. His stature of only five feet tall and his political accomplishments probably earned him the nickname the Little Napoleon of St. Albert, who won seats in the 1909, 1913 and 1917 Legislative Assembly.

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DON’T LOOK

DOWN Defy gravity and vertigo in the river valley at Alberta’s first aerial park

BY MARKWELL LYON

IN A WOODED oasis just off the

Whitemud , a n u nusua l tower barely pokes through the canopy, no doubt missed by the thousands of commuters who drive by it every day. And in a way, that overlooked protrusion is symptomatic that Snow Valley Aerial Park might still be one of the city’s best kept secrets. The adventure park and ropes course gives the vertically inclined a chance to test their climbing skills—and challenge their fear of heights—in a beautiful river valley setting.

The Name of the Game Surrounding the park’s 50 foot-high tower are some 100 elements, or “games” as staff call them, that taken together sort of resemble a supersized playground. These games lean heavily toward the acrobatic, though. Imagine tire tubes, rope ladders, steps and lines suspended in the air, which participants use to move from one elevated platform to another. Besides dealing with gravity, participants also need to rely on their strength, agility and imagination to complete each game.

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easy, blue intermediate and black hard.

They’re also arranged at different heights and typically increase in difficulty with elevation. Aerial park manager Ben Evoy describes the games as “challenge by choice,” meaning there’s no set route one must follow. “You’re not forced to do anything you don’t want to do,” he says, before joking, “unless you’re with a bunch of friends who peer pressure you.”

First of Its Kind Adding to the fun is the variety of elements, including a few custom-made for the park. As the park is operated by the same not-for-profit organization that manages Snow Valley Ski Club and the Rainbow Valley campground, many of these fit a ski or outdoors theme.

One game is made up of a horizontal rope ladder affixed with slalom gates.

Another, near the very top, features a canoe that you step in and out of; oars hanging above the canoe provide something to grasp onto with your hands. All while doing your best not to look down, of course.

While aerial parks like this one aren’t new—they’re already well established in Europe and Asia—the concept is just starting to take hold in Canada, with most parks based in B.C. and Ontario.

“We’re the only one in Alberta,” Evoy says.

The park’s centrepiece KT90 Tower is also unique, being the first of its kind in Canada and only the third in North America. The patio topping the tower features great views of the surroundings and is a choice locale for alcohol tastings on summer evenings.

Safety Matters As for the games, naturally it’s all perfectly safe. While taking a wrong step technically means falling off an element, one doesn’t fall far. All participants wear a harness and a specialized lanyard with two connectors, at least one of which is always attached to a cable. Before every adventure, participants attend a short “ground school” showing them how to use the system to navigate the park and its network of safety cables. Additionally, all staff are certified rope course practitioners, at the ready if someone gets unnerved while mid-air.

“It’s just as safe as any regular playground,” Evoy says. “There’s just the bumps and scrapes that happen to anybody when they’re having too much fun.” t8n

NEW ATTRACTIONS In June, Snow Valley patrons will be further preoccupied with the addition of some new attractions on the premises. One is a sluice dubbed the Whitemud Creek Mining Company where kids will be able to extract gold nuggets from the earth via the lost art of gold-panning. And for duffers, a target golf site with a dozen tee-off boxes will be up and running. On top of all that, two new play areas are slated to open.

RESTRICTIONS The minimum height is 125 cm (four feet, one inch). The ground-level Kids Course is for those between 125 cm and 140 cm (four feet, seven inches) and can get full tower access only if accompanied by a chaperone taller than 140 cm and at least 14 years of age. For admission, only bookings online at snowvalley.ca/aerial-park will be accepted; no walk-ups.

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LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT Pyro-musical fireworks make for a panoramic summer evening

BY CORBIN STEWART

PICTURE THIS. I t’s July 1, the

pea k of su m mer ti me. You ’re lou ng i ng out side w it h you r friends, enjoying the hot weather with burgers and hot dogs on the ba rbecue. Nighttime rolls around and it’s time for Canada Day fireworks. Suddenly bright, beautiful displays of fireworks jet into the night sky, leaving all those viewing them in a state of euphoria. Whether it be watching fireworks twinkle from a distance or going out to the lake and shooting Roman candles, fireworks of all shapes and sizes have the wondrous ability to bring people together.

Extensive setup and preparation are essential when dealing with fireworks in a professional capacity. Ken Goosen, producer of Calgary’s GlobalFest, says that their fireworks setups can take weeks or even months to complete. “What we do is not typical for a lot of other [fireworks] shows, because all of our shows are pyro-musicals.”

Pyro-musicals are fireworks shows perfectly choreographed to music, combining the visual grandeur of exploding colours with famous songs. When they shoot up into the sky, fireworks are one of the most enjoyable spectacles you can witness.

Ultimately, safety is paramount when dealing with pyrotechnics. Professional fireworks companies are governed by Natural Resources Canada under the Explosives Regulatory Division, which requires anyone working with professional fireworks to carry a license. All Canadian pyrotechnicians must also undergo a safety and legal awareness course.

For some in the business, the brightest part of the job is sharing their passion for fireworks with those who watch them.

“You can lose a hockey game, but how can you lose in a fireworks show? Everyone wins with a fireworks show,” laughs Rob Kowalyshyn, owner of Thunder F/X Fireworks in St. Albert. “I like listening to people after the show and I love people walking away smiling.”

Goosen echoes a similar sentiment when it comes to creating great fireworks shows. “We can blow stuff up, we have a lot of fun doing that, but unless somebody is there to see it and to enjoy it, it’s a really self-serving thing.”

Even though the majority of people aren’t familiar with the lingo, everybody surely has a favourite type of firework that stands out above the rest. Kowalyshyn says some of the most popular fireworks they use for shows are the brocade crown shell and the Spanish titanium weeping willow, which explodes into a shower of raining light.

“They’re hot, they’re pricey, but they’re gorgeous.”

Kowalyshyn and his crew at Thunder F/X complete a wide array of different events such as weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries, and large-scale municipal showings all over the province. Like GlobalFest, they also produce pyro-musicals as well as water shows.

According to Goosen, other fireworks popular with crowds include smiley faces, hearts, flying saucers, and a certain type of shell that shoots from under the water and explodes at the surface.

Typical projectiles have lift-charges that shoot straight up into the air, whereas more complex fireworks, such as the flying saucer, use what Goosen describes as a “bicycle wheel with four spokes.” The fireworks are mounted on the outside of the wheel, and as the intensity of the spin increases, it causes the fireworks to lift up in the air. What’s also special about this type of firework is that it’s all done electronically by a computer. “The science and engineering behind it is very unique,” explains Goosen.

Fireworks have come a long way since their origins in China roughly 2,000 years ago. And no doubt fans of these exploding light displays were as multigenerational back then as they are today.

“There are so many different things that people love about fireworks,” says Goosen. “The wonderful thing is that if you’re three years old or 100 years old, everybody has that same enjoyment of fireworks.” t8n T8N Summer 2021 43

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