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Festivities

The Paralympic medals

March 20, 2010

Way back on February 18th, I took the morning off from work to stand in line to see the Olympic medals. Looking back, it was a good call by me as I only had to wait 2 hours in line to see them. The next few days and weeks the line up would grow and [...]

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The indoor cauldron gets lit.

March 17, 2010

***This is my final installment of the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies. I blogged about them in 7 parts including this post. Here is where you can read about the whole event: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, & Part 6.*** Unfortunately I did not get a usable shot of Rick Hansen. He gave a [...]

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Opening Ceremonies – the flame is nearly lit!

March 17, 2010

I just realized today that the Paralympics are finished on Sunday! The heck? I thought there was going to be another week of this! I’d better get to the indoor Paralympic cauldron being lit. EEP. This also means that I need to get to the outdoor cauldron this week for photos while it’s still lit! [...]

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Game on!

March 15, 2010

But before the Sledge Hockey game begins, there’s the huddle. Both teams huddled. Norway’s huddle is below.

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Sledge Hockey – the warm up

March 14, 2010

I’ll go back to the Opening Ceremonies coverage, but I wanted to switch over to Sledge Hockey. We went to see Norway VS. Italy at UBC this morning. These games are definitely worth going to see even if we had to get up early on a Sunday morning on Daylight Savings Time morning. Our buddy, [...]

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Paralympic Opening Ceremonies – Part 4

March 14, 2010

Time for the Teams from all over the world to arrive at the stadium. Just when I thought, “Oh man. Can we sit down now?” I realized, “Wait a sec, these guys came a really long way to come to these games, I’d better make sure they feel welcomed!” More pompom shaking ensued. Also, if [...]

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Paralympic Opening Ceremonies – Part 3

March 13, 2010

Next up, the opening of the opening ceremonies. Before the teams were welcomed in, all kinds of people were trumpeted in by this band perched on the scary platform stage. Watch out, guys! Don’t worry. They were okay. Just in case you miss them, here is Part 1 of the ceremonies, and Part 2. Below [...]

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Paralympic Opening Ceremonies – Part 2

March 13, 2010

Just in case you missed Part 1 of the Ceremonies, you can read it here. As members of a live stadium audience, we all had to practice our choreography. And I’m happy to announce that we were all part of a real world record last night – biggest flash mob – due to the coordinating [...]

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The Paralympic Opening Ceremonies – Part 1

March 13, 2010

I’m going to have to break this up into a few posts because there was so much going on that I don’t want to miss anything. Going to the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies was one of the most fun experiences I have ever had – and that’s saying something, because if you read my blog at [...]

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The Paralympic Opening Ceremony was beautiful

March 12, 2010

Here’s Team Canada arriving at BC Place: They went all out for the ceremony – another big light show and full audience participation. I have so much to tell you and 200 photos to go through, but I’m too tired to say anything elszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. See you tomorrow!

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