Friday, September 23, 2011

London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony - How it all happens

Do you want to be at the Olympics in London? Don’t have tickets? It doesn’t matter!! There are a range of free events and London is going to be alive as the XXX Olympiad starts off on July 27th next year.

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With months of build up for organizers, years, hours, minutes and seconds of training for athletes, like all Olympic Games, London Olympic Park will put a show to let the world know IT HAS BEGUN!!!

opening_ceremony_torchThe Olympic torch is lit in Olympia, Greece, and will have travelled for 70 day, across all nations competing, and through 8,000 torchbearers to light the famous Olympic Flame. Once the Olympic Flame is lit, it ignites the fire in an Opening Ceremony watched by a third of the world population. With the ground rumbling and the air shaking, a multimillion dollar fireworks display will concludes the ceremony. It is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to see it in person and experience the real festivities of the Games.
The Opening Ceremony starts a celebration of not only the world’s top athletes, but of music, dance, and culture. The ceremony typically commences with the raising of the host country’s flag as the national anthem is performed. The act that follows is a display of the host countries history and culture, symbolized by dance, singing, and music.


opening_ceremonyThe traditional phase of the ceremony is started with the “Parade of Nations” in which all the athletes are introduced into the stadium, country by country, holding their national flag. As originators of the Olympics, Greece has a special and place and leads the parade, with the host nation marching in last.
Once countries have entered, the president of the Organizing Committee declares the games open.
The Olympic flag then enters the stadium horizontally and is hoisted to the sound of the Olympic Hymn. It is then circled by a flag bearer from every nation competing, embracing the unity and spirit of friendship of the Games.

It would not be a complete ceremony if the Olympic torch was not passed from athlete to athlete, country to country, where it is finally given to the host nation to light the Olympic Cauldron.
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