{"id":557,"date":"2014-02-10T15:23:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T07:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/?p=557"},"modified":"2014-02-10T15:33:32","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T07:33:32","slug":"municipality-asks-for-fireworks-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/10\/municipality-asks-for-fireworks-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipality asks for fireworks proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/0061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/0061.jpg\" alt=\"006\" width=\"762\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/0061.jpg 762w, https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/0061-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A proposal request for fireworks services is hooked to 10 civic events the Halifax Regional Municipality will be hosting from June to December, according to a recent tender notice. The deadline for bids is Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The first pyrotechnic blast is to take place June 26, at a Bedford Days kickoff. The 10th will be a double shot on New Year\u2019s Eve in Grand Parade and at the Emera Oval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalifax Regional Municipality also reserves the right to add additional (fireworks) shows,\u201d says the request for proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The tender notice says the most expensive fireworks event will be a Natal Day display, in August, from the deck of the Macdonald bridge over Halifax Harbour; the cost estimate is $42,000, plus HST.<\/p>\n<p>That display is to be launched off three or four flatbed trucks stopped on the span, the notice says. Some effects \u201cwill be able to be shot from the pedestrian walkway and (bridge) towers,\u201d it says. The fireworks should last 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>A month earlier, a 10- to 12-minute round of colourful blasts is to happen on Canada Day at DeWolf Park in Bedford. The waterfront event will cost around $20,000, plus HST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proposal request for fireworks services is hooked to 10 civic events the Halifax Regional Municipality will be hosting from June to December, according to a recent tender notice. The deadline for bids is Feb. 27. The first pyrotechnic blast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/10\/municipality-asks-for-fireworks-proposals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,53,42,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fireworks-news","category-fireworks-show-photo","category-new-years","category-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}