Opening/Closing Ceremonies Discussion

[ozonemania]

Originally Posted by nova9

Ummmm........no. She isn't a performer. (that's not breaking the 'rules, I didn't tell a secret, just shot down a rumour)

Anyways, no Celine aside. There are some AWESOME performances. And I am thinking of one in particular, odd choice, but BOLD and classy choice.

As for the anthem, the singer is young and I thought she rocked it! It was a good rendition - just because people don't like smoother, RnB versions doesn't make it a bad rendition, it just makes it not THEIR taste.

I think the 'no Celine' thing is a bit of a spoiler... SPOILER ALERT!!! shame on you... j/k

I agree about the AWESOME performance, I am probably thinking of the same one as you are nova. It must be the one where when the performer first started out, ppl had to pause for a moment to figure out who it was, then once the voice came out it was like OMG and the reaction was amazing.

[mr.x]

i'm a bit surprised no fireworks were tested tonight...

[SpongeG]

Celine was on Oprah today too busy to be here

[Yume-sama]

Well, I hope you don't mean Sarah McLachlan or Jully Black. Cuz that's not a surprise.

Originally Posted by SpongeG

Celine was on Oprah today too busy to be here

Oprah isn't taped and aired on the same day And Celine can afford a plane ticket.

[djun]

No fireworks, cause it'll be perfect!

Yes indeed, stunning performer. Still trying to figure out name, missed it on screen unfortunately...

[Rusty Gull]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

No Celine?! What?! When will she come around, I wonder.

I'm guessing the bold and classy one wasn't Drake with "Best I ever had". Would have been bold, though.

Here's the weird thing. Monday night's Victory Ceremony for which I bought tickets is still listed as To Be Announced. What does this mean??

Given that it is Quebec night, my guess is that they will either go big (ie, Celine or something of that nature) or that they simply ran out of money and can't even bring in anyone at the level of Loverboy or Barenaked Ladies.

By the way, there is also a To Be Announced show in Whistler, and the rumour (it is -just- a rumour at this point), is that it might be the Tragically Hip.

Who knows. Anyways, between Surrey, Whistler and Vancovuer, there are some amazing musical acts coming through town in the next 2 weeks.

[SpongeG]

i know that

I was trying to dispell the spoiler

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by Rusty Gull

Here's the weird thing. Monday night's Victory Ceremony for which I bought tickets is still listed as To Be Announced. What does this mean??

Given that it is Quebec night, my guess is that they will either go big (ie, Celine or something of that nature) or that they simply ran out of money and can't even bring in anyone at the level of Loverboy or Barenaked Ladies.

By the way, there is also a To Be Announced show in Whistler, and the rumour (it is -just- a rumour at this point), is that it might be the Tragically Hip.

Who knows. Anyways, between Surrey, Whistler and Vancovuer, there are some amazing musical acts coming through town in the next 2 weeks.

don't forget Richmond also big names there

[vancityrox]

hmm is it Bryan Adams?
Shania Twain?
Alanis?

cmon spill it!

[SpongeG]

bryan adams had a feature in today's paper...

[djun]

Vancouver Olympic Committee CEO John Furlong criticized spectators for leaking details of Friday’s highly anticipated event.

“I don’t think it’s classy,” he told media on Wednesday.

There's less than 48h to go, so let's not ruin the element of surprise!

[Yume-sama]

Hmm, I wish I could find these leaked details so I could scold the leaker.

[SpongeG]

people were tweeting about it if u know anyone on twitter who went maybe they would know and have leaked

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by vancityrox

hmm is it Bryan Adams?
Shania Twain?
Alanis?

cmon spill it!

We were playing a game at Christmas speculating which Canadian musicians would be in the opening or closing ceremonies.

(in no particular order)
Brian Adams
Celine
Gordon Lightfoot
Randy Bachman (with or without Turner Overdrive)
Burton Cummings (with or without the Guess Who)
Rush
Triumph
Lighthouse
Shania
Saga
Stompin Tom
Ian Tyson
Sylvia Tyson
Anne Murray
April Wine
Loverboy
Chilliwack
Tom Cochrane
Dalbello
Corey Hart

(anyone else who had a video on MuchMusic, but we can't think of their name)

Some of these are somewhat too obscure & too canadian to register with world audience.

Someone on the list will be right.
Someone will make a surprise appearance.
Someone on the list will be at the other entertainment stages.
Someone on the list won't be here at all.

In any case, we'll be bursting with pride for 17 days.
(or longer)

[WarrenC12]

I'm pretty sure Brian Adams was already confirmed for the opening ceremonies. Then he's heading to Molson Canadian hockey house right after that. It was a thinly guarded secret all over the news yesterday. The hockey house has nightly bands playing, but they're all a mystery. I'm sure he's the biggest name and they're still trying to sell tickets.

[SpongeG]

did NBC today just show some footage of the rehearsal?
they showed some opening cermeony and it was inside a domed stadium :O

[slurrey]

I went to the dress rehearsal too it definitely did not disappoint. While we didn't have the audience kits to participate, at one point everyone pulled out their cell phones to use instead and it was pretty epic.

[Overground]

I was watching the Today show as well and that was definitely some video footage of the rehearsal. It looked pretty cool.

[s211]

Originally Posted by Rusty Gull

"All together, they expect 100,000 people to be in Downtown for the Opening."

^HOLY!!!

Not really. That's not much different than for the fireworks, is it?

[dreambrother808]

Neil Young?
Joni Mitchell?
kd lang?
Leonard Cohen?