2010 Winter Olympics
 

I am going to have one thread that anything that is Olympic related I will post here.

July 2ND 2003 was almost 7 years ago.
Here is Vancouver being awarded the games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpSqv1jx-8M

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Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics (Unofficial) theme song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCA0HK-yO0

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Winter Games theme composed by David Foster for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdzJhFyN0MY

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Ron what time zone is the olympics in?

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Location is Pacific time. The opening ceremony will be at 7:30 p.m. CST tonight on NBC.

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Just announced on the radio that changes will be made to the Luge track before the races start.

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http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/...urn=oly,219193

1. The first indoor Opening Ceremony -- For the first time in history the Opening Ceremony of an Olympics will be held indoors. BC Place, a domed arena in downtown Vancouver and the largest air-supported structure in the world, will play host to the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony of the Games of XXI Winter Olympics. A sold out crowd of 60,600 is expected in the oddly-shaped venue (affectionately known as "the marshmallow" by Canadians). The decision to hold the ceremony inside worked out well for organizers. Rain is forecasted for Friday night in the host city.

2. This won't be a replay of Beijing's Opening Ceremony -- After the stunning Opening Ceremony display two years ago in China, Vancouver organizers have smartly downplayed expectations for their show Friday night. With a wildly disproportionate budget, thousands of fewer volunteers and an inability to come close to matching the man-hours put in by Beijing performers, Vancouver couldn't possibly have expected to match the pageantry put on in the Bird's Nest in 2008. But that doesn't mean Friday night won't be special. Officials have said to expect "more emotion than spectacle."

3. Canadian themes -- A good Opening Ceremony doesn't need a massive budget or thousands of performers, it needs to entertainingly reflect the culture of the host country in a manner that's easily relatable to the three billion people watching on television. As such, expect sections this evening about aboriginal culture, the frigid weather and the sports that accompany it and, perhaps, some theatrics from Canada's most famous performing troupe, Cirque de Soleil.

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I am going to our local Community Centre where they have a large screen & watch the opening cerenonies to see what 2 Billion bucks buys!

Actually, the budget for the opening ceremony is 25 Million.

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Well, we just returned from seeing the opening ceremonies & except for a lesbian singing & some of the outfits, I thought it represented Canada well!

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Ron ~ How exciting to be able to attend the opening ceremonies. As a violinist I was very excited to see all the violins and I really enjoyed the opera. I thought everything was very good and I actually like it more than China. It was really nice to see the parade of nations early on in the program, as opposed to waiting until the end.