Why Olympic Opening Ceremonies give me the chills…
Aug 10, 2008 in Me Me Me
In the best possible way. I had a very small part in the Sydney Olympic Opening Ceremony. The music in the background while the torch was making its way through the stadium, including when Cathy Freeman
lights the cauldron and she’s surrounded by the curtain of water and the Close Encounters of the Third Kind ring of fire, that was us, the 1000 + strong choir that little old me was part of.
Casablanca psp Hamlet 2 dvdrip The Air Up There psp The piece, if you were wondering, is the Tibi Omnes from Berlioz’ Te Deum.
When the cauldron begins to climb we’re actually standing just a couple of metres away from the cauldron. Crazy.
Also, Google’s got a slightly longer version of this that’s not embeddable but it reminded me of the fact that Australia’s Governor-General was three sheets to the wind when he was “declaring the Games open.” I think at one point he almost bats the mic away AND forgets which Games he’s actually opening.