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2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

12 February 2010 5 Comments

Posted by Sherwin

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Live StreamIt’s just minutes until the Vancouver Olympics kick off. And with millions of viewers expected to watch the opening ceremonies, the pressure to generate both a celebration and a showcase for Canada is enormous.

Unfortunately, death marred the first day of the Winter Games as a member of the Georgian team died in a training accident just hours before the inauguration of this major international sporting event.

Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, lost control of his sled and collided with an unpadded metal post while training at the Whistler Sliding Center. Paramedics immediately rushed to the scene and tried to resuscitate Kumaritashvili, but the athlete later died.

Canadians Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan and Bryan Adams are some of the artists who might perform at tonight’s inauguration. According to reports, the above-named artists were spotted arriving at the dress rehearsal this week.

UPDATE: Over 60,000 people filled the stadium in Vancouver to witness the first ever Olympic opening or closing ceremony to be held indoors. The audience and athletes also paid their respect to Nodar Kumaritashvili.

Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee president, and the top Vancouver organizer, John Furlong, urged the athletes to compete in Kumaritashvili’s honor.

“May you carry his Olympic dream on your shoulders and compete with his spirit in your heart,” said Furlong.

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  • Canadianjoe

    OK. I am embarrassed to be Canadian, tonight. Tomorrow I will be ok, but tonight I joined most of the people in the restaurant where I saw the Opening Ceremonies, and wanted to slide under my table.

    I had to turn off the Ceremonies after Nellie's performance. Maybe it got better. But I doubt it. As Canadians, we do many things very well. But extravaganzas- not so much. Sort of like Stephen Harper does warm and fuzzy, or Michael Ignatieff does “common folk”.

    We are not like the Americans. Our CFL halftime to their Super Bowl. Americans set the bar and we crawl under it. Belly flop under it. What was Nellie Furtado thinking? What was her mother thinking to let her wear that dress? Was it left over from a prom in 1985? What were the organizers thinking with the First Nations “dancers” in flourescent orange and green bouncing in mosh-pit style to the not-so-dulcet tones no one could hear from two performers standing on a blank white circle that was somehow supposed to be a drum. A First Nations drum? Circled by 40 foot ice totems that somehow reminded viewers of a battery-powered plastic item in their sock drawer.

    We had years to prepare for this and… well, it is so Canadian of us to take the proverbial silk purse and turn it into a touque. With Tim Horton's logo on the front. And ear flaps.

    It would be embarrassing if it wasn't so very Canadian.

    God help us if we don't win the gold in Hockey. At least we do THAT well.

  • Canadianjoe

    OK. I am embarrassed to be Canadian, tonight. Tomorrow I will be ok, but tonight I joined most of the people in the restaurant where I saw the Opening Ceremonies, and wanted to slide under my table.

    I had to turn off the Ceremonies after Nellie's performance. Maybe it got better. But I doubt it. As Canadians, we do many things very well. But extravaganzas- not so much. Sort of like Stephen Harper does warm and fuzzy, or Michael Ignatieff does “common folk”.

    We are not like the Americans. Our CFL halftime to their Super Bowl. Americans set the bar and we crawl under it. Belly flop under it. What was Nellie Furtado thinking? What was her mother thinking to let her wear that dress? Was it left over from a prom in 1985? What were the organizers thinking with the First Nations “dancers” in flourescent orange and green bouncing in mosh-pit style to the not-so-dulcet tones no one could hear from two performers standing on a blank white circle that was somehow supposed to be a drum. A First Nations drum? Circled by 40 foot ice totems that somehow reminded viewers of a battery-powered plastic item in their sock drawer.

    We had years to prepare for this and… well, it is so Canadian of us to take the proverbial silk purse and turn it into a touque. With Tim Horton's logo on the front. And ear flaps.

    It would be embarrassing if it wasn't so very Canadian.

    God help us if we don't win the gold in Hockey. At least we do THAT well.

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