***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 speech before this – alone in a spotlight. It was lovely.
I’ll get right to it. After a video about Terry Fox and his story, his mom and dad arrived in the stadium with a lit torch.
They walked over to a circle of people all holding Olympic torches – Terry Fox’s parents lit one torch – then that person lit the torch next to the person next to him.
They passed the flame around the circle until it was completely lit…
And then…they passed the torch to a young man who got to light the cauldron! He was described as a “future Paralympian”. He’s a snowboarder and he has a prosthetic leg. Pretty amazing. We saw videos of him on the news after we got home and he’s great.
Yay! The cauldron was lit and the games had officially begun.
And then there was even more dancing.
I guess at the same time this indoor cauldron was lit, the big one by the Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre lit up as well. I’ll go see it tomorrow.
And to think this will be over this weekend? Too soon! Too soon!
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That must have been so moving! We do pass it on, don’t we? What ever it is we are, we pass it on. I would like to pass on stuff a bit more positive today than the stuff I passed on yesterday.
Thanks,
Very cool! I love all your shots – so awesome!! What a cool thing to go see in person, I bet it was really exciting!!