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Olympic closing ceremonies: What did you think of them?
- March 1, 2010 10:44 AM |
- By POV
Canadian speedskater Catriona Le May
Doan lights the Olympic cauldron during the closing ceremony of the
Vancouver Olympics. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
The Vancouver Olympics may have opened with an uneasy, sombre tone, but they closed in a spirit of celebration -- with a tongue-in-cheek nod to everything Canadians are deeply proud to be.
As cheers still rang from Victoria to St. John's, after Canada's dramatic gold-medal win Sunday afternoon over the U.S. in men's hockey, the evening's Winter Games closing ceremony kicked off in hilarious fashion.
Mocking the awkward malfunction that delayed the lighting of the indoor cauldron at the opening ceremony, a mime went through the motions of pulling the fourth arm of the massive cauldron from the floor of BC Place.
Canada continued to bring out its star power. Following Neil Young's performance of his standard Long May You Run, actors William Shatner, Catherine O'Hara and Michael J. Fox came on with a series of humour-tinged monologues.
Singer Michael Bublé, starting out wearing Mountie gear, sang a patriotic, sardonic tune playing off Canadian clichés -- giant inflated beavers, moose, Mounties, table-hockey players and maple leaves circled through BC Place, pulled by lumberjacks.
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Vancouver Olympics closing ceremonies: what did you think of them overall?
The Vancouver Olympics may have opened with an uneasy, sombre tone, but they closed in a spirit of celebration -- with a tongue-in-cheek nod to everything Canadians are deeply proud to be.
As cheers still rang from Victoria to St. John's, after Canada's dramatic gold-medal win Sunday afternoon over the U.S. in men's hockey, the evening's Winter Games closing ceremony kicked off in hilarious fashion.
Mocking the awkward malfunction that delayed the lighting of the indoor cauldron at the opening ceremony, a mime went through the motions of pulling the fourth arm of the massive cauldron from the floor of BC Place.
Canada continued to bring out its star power. Following Neil Young's performance of his standard Long May You Run, actors William Shatner, Catherine O'Hara and Michael J. Fox came on with a series of humour-tinged monologues.
Singer Michael Bublé, starting out wearing Mountie gear, sang a patriotic, sardonic tune playing off Canadian clichés -- giant inflated beavers, moose, Mounties, table-hockey players and maple leaves circled through BC Place, pulled by lumberjacks.
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Vancouver Olympics closing ceremonies: what did you think of them overall?
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