A giant snowball fight took place on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature Tuesday night.

Organizer Kelly Somogyi came up with the idea and posted the event on Facebook Monday morning.

By Tuesday at 8 p.m. hundreds showed up ready for the battle. The chance to take advantage of the record February snowfalls in the capital and throw snowballs at friends and strangers lured the crowd down for the fun, family-friendly event.

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Illuminated only by the little lights that outline the legislature B次元官网网址� and the occasional camera flash B次元官网网址� two lines of people from opposite sides of the field charged each other at the count of three, lobbing easy-to-pack snowballs through the ever-shrinking space between.

Shrieks and laughter erupted as people both dodged and landed shots.

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Somogyi hopes the giant snowball fight becomes an annual event.

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