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<\/a><\/p>\nWatch 2010 Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremony Live on CTVOlympics.ca<\/a>. (Great video navigation, you can jump back and watch any part you want. Nice.)<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n First of all, I am deeply saddened of the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili during a Olympic training run<\/a>. More news from BBC<\/a>, AP<\/a>, Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n *** The following is my Live blogging of the opening ceremony ***<\/p>\n Sat Feb 13th 7:08am:<\/strong> Yahoo news has an interesting in-person experience report “What you didn’t see on TV during the Opening Ceremony<\/a><\/strong>” and this one is painfully true “Opening Ceremonies fail: Cauldron goes 3-for-4 after malfunction<\/a><\/strong>“. Report from AP “Olympics’ opening day: Not what Canada envisioned<\/a><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n Fri Feb 12th 10:17pm<\/strong> The final lighting of the outdoor cauldron\u00a0was surely the highlight of the evening for me. With all the ways that things could turn out badly, I am so glad nothing bad came from it. Definitely way more excited than I had planned for it and not in a good way. Anyway, things turned out OK at the end.<\/p>\n 10:14pm\u00a0Wayne<\/a> has safely lighted the outdoor cauldron. Wow!<\/p>\n 10:10pm The crowd is totally uncontrolled. I really hope things turn out ok. Wayne<\/a> looks totally exhausted. Sorry to say this, but who in VANOC planned this outdoor lighting with the uncontrolled elements on the street? People running along the police truck can be a bit dangerous to everyone involved?? OMG.<\/p>\n 10:07pm\u00a0Wayne<\/a> is riding on a police truck to light the outdoor cauldron. People are running along the police truck. Lots of people on the side of the street.<\/p>\n 10:04pm Wayne<\/a> is running outdoor now. It is raining hard and really wet. Touch wood. I hope things work out next.<\/p>\n 10:01pm Oh, Catriona<\/a>’s cauldron\u00a0didn’t rise up (there was a hole in the ground). Oh, my gosh.<\/p>\n 9:53pm Final Torchbearers: Rick Hansen<\/a>, Catriona Le May Doan<\/a>, Steve Nash<\/a>, Nancy Greene<\/a>, Wayne Gretzky<\/a>. Oh, the hydraulic cauldrons\u00a0are finally slowly raise up (but just four).<\/p>\n 9:48pm The two oaths (athletes and referees).<\/p>\n 9:47pm One minute of silent for the Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n 9:46pm Beautiful song!<\/p>\n 9:44pm The Olympic flag is up but not flying as well as it should. It seemed tangled a bit.<\/p>\n 9:41pm The Olympic flag was carried in by eight Canadian luminaries:<\/p>\n “astronaut Julie Payette<\/a>. 9:32pm I LOVE k.d. Lang<\/a>. Beautiful Hallelujah (another beautiful\u00a0CTV version by k.d.<\/a>).<\/p>\n 9:31pm GG declares the Winter games open!<\/p>\n 9:21pm Who will be the las Torchbearer? Who?<\/p>\n 9:15pm The speeches. Acknowledging the great sadness of the earlier today<\/a>.<\/p>\n 9:05pm nice effect of the mountain and the skiers.<\/p>\n 8:57pm Playing a song by Joni Mitchell<\/a>. Just saw Patrick Chan.<\/p>\n Ashley MacIsaac<\/a> playing fiddler music.<\/p>\n 8:44pm A nice looking moon. And maple leaves.<\/p>\n 8:37pm The charming Sarah McLachlan<\/a> is singing on stage.<\/p>\n 8:26pm The “cultural component” of the show. Hope this is much better the earlier bit. Will seehalf the<\/p>\n 8:19pm Nelly<\/a> and Bryan<\/a> are singing now.<\/p>\n 8:14pm Yeah, the Canada team is here!!! Go Canada Go !!! Clara looks happy. Good luck Clara! Everyone is excited! Go Canada Go !!!<\/p>\n 8:12pm The US team is in. They have lots of athletes.<\/p>\n 8:02pm The Russia team is in.<\/p>\n 7:48pm Japan team, lead by a female athlete for the first time.<\/p>\n 7:46pm Ireland’s team pants (fluorescent yellow) looks sharp.<\/p>\n 7:45pm One person from Hong Kong. Cross country skiing, I think.<\/p>\n 7:42pm The UK team just came in. Their uniform looks sharp.<\/p>\n 7:39pm A standing ovation for the Georgian team (all wearing black arm band) from the 60,000+ people in the stadium. A sad moment.<\/p>\n 7:31pm The Chinese team just came in. I remember they have a good women curling team (not good enough to beat us last time I watch, but they are trained by the best (a Canadian of course! :))<\/p>\n 7:21pm OK, thats it, the opening ceremony is finished. The athletes from different countries are marching in.<\/p>\n 7:18pm Over 250 first nation people on stage performing.<\/p>\n 7:13pm Representative of our host nations (native Canadians) on stage.<\/p>\n 7:09pm O Canada. (Not a big fan of the way the lady sang it. Who approved this? \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n 7:08pm LOVE the Canadian flag! LOVE LOVE LOVE !!!!<\/p>\n 7:05pm GG and Pres of IOC in the house. And the Canadian flag.<\/p>\n 7:04pm A red maple leaf in snow. Nice entrance into the stadium with a snowboard.<\/p>\n 7pm Yeah, it is starting !!! Cute count down. \ud83d\ude42 Playing a video of a beautiful Canada (BC?) now. Beautiful slopes!<\/p>\n 6:50pm Another good promo clip about Canada. Go Canada Go !!!<\/p>\n 6:51pm An athlete talking about Julie Payette<\/a>. Yeah to the lovely Julie, my former TA at U of T<\/a>, she was very strict (in a good way). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 6:50pm Did I spy rain jackets?? Oh no! Those looked like rain. \ud83d\ude41<\/span> Oops, I was mistaken. BC Place is indoor. But those looks like rain jackets.<\/p>\n 6:47pm Prime Minister Harper speaking on behalf of Canadians the sadness of what happened earlier today<\/a>. The new Canada jacket in black looks ugly. (May be it is just me)<\/p>\n 6:40pm The troops are watching from Afghan!!! Go Canada Go !!! Love you guys and gals!!! Proud of you guys! Enjoy the show!<\/p>\n 6:31pm Nice pre-show. Watching a bit of Canadian Olympic history. Cool.<\/p>\n 6:29pm I am inescapably saddened by what happened earlier today<\/a>.<\/p>\n 6:05pm The Georgian team will participate at the games and tonight’s ceremony. The cultural minister gave the example of 2008 Beijing games where they stayed even when Georgia was attacked by Russia.<\/p>\n 6:00pm Protests right outside of BC Place<\/a>.<\/p>\n 5:56pm The snow looks muddy at spot. MTV host with babes in hot tub. (So CTV is milking the Olympics as much as it can to get its licensing fee worth. Silly MTV stuff.)<\/p>\n 5:55pm CTV is live reporting in Whistler. It is raining hard there.<\/p>\n I am going to do some Live Blogging of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremony. The opening ceremony will start at 7pm. All time will be in MST (Mountain Standard Time)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Filed under: 2010-Olympics<\/a>, Canada<\/a>, drama<\/a>, Love<\/a>, people<\/a>, World<\/a> Watch 2010 Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremony Live on CTVOlympics.ca. (Great video navigation, you can jump back and watch any part you want. Nice.) *** First of all, I am deeply saddened of the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili during a Olympic training run. 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\nsinger Anne Murray<\/a>.
\nformer figure skater Barbara Ann Scott<\/a>.
\nSenator Romeo Dallaire<\/a>.
\nhockey legend Bobby Orr<\/a>.
\nauto racer Jacques Villeneuve<\/a>.
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