The opening ceremony will give the official start of the Olympic Games
The
opening ceremony XXX Summer Olympics in London, which will be held on
Friday evening, will give the official start of the Games competition,
which began July 25.The
first opening ceremony of the modern Olympic Games took place on April
6, 1896 in Athens, in the presence of 80,000 spectators. It
laid the first two Olympic tradition: the opening of the Olympics head
of state in Greece, it was King George I, and the execution of the
Olympic anthem. Hymn, written by Spiros Samaras and Kostis Palamas, sang the chorus, consisting of 150 persons.The parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the Games was first held in 1908 in London. Front of the stands were 18 teams, carrying national flags. The procedure output commands to the stadium regulated English alphabet.1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, gave the opening ceremony of the Olympic oath and the Olympic flag. The
idea to revive the ancient tradition to say the opening of the Games,
the Olympic oath of allegiance to the ideals belonged to Pierre de
Coubertin. The idea of the design of Olympic flag - five colored rings on a white background - and the Baron de Coubertin.Creativity
de Coubertin found an echo in the hearts of fans: a couple of days
after the opening ceremony of the flag was stolen, but thanks to the
police after some time returned to the stadium.Lighting
of the Olympic flame - another mandatory ritual games - the first time
at the opening ceremony was held in Amsterdam in 1928.Expensive, brighter, biggerEvery
year the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games are bigger and grander,
which leads to an increase in the budget for the organization of the
show. To
develop and implement scripts opening ceremonies attracted the best
producers, directors, writers, experts in special effects. Binding was the participation of world-famous show-business stars, actors, musicians, top models in the productions. The
opening ceremony begins with a theatrical performance, which should
provide viewers face of the country and the city, to acquaint them with
the history and culture.Games are written specifically for their own anthems. Perhaps
the first anthem of the Games, which became a hit and sold many
millions of copies worldwide, was the song Barcelona, written in 1988
by Freddie Mercury and Mike Moran. Song performed by Mercury and the Spanish opera diva Montserrat Caballe. The
duo appeared in 1988 in Barcelona at the festival dedicated to the
arrival of the Olympic flag from Seoul, the capital of Catalonia. Organizing
Committee of Olympic Games in Barcelona and Spain's National Olympic
Committee recognized the song the anthem of the Games-1992. However,
at the opening song was recorded, as Freddie Mercury died the year
before the Olympics, and to entrust the execution of someone else Games
organizers decided not to.The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 1992 was remembered as one of the world's most colorful and unusual. Until now, perhaps, no one managed to surpass the original method of lighting the Olympic flame at those Games. Spectacularly
lit the Olympic flame Spanish Paralympic archer Antonio Reboly by
shooting flaming arrows into the cup, while in the center of the
stadium.The
original method of lighting the Olympic flame came up with the
production team the opening ceremony 2000 in Sydney: Australian athlete
Cathy Freeman, 'burned' the water, and a moment later the flames had
already blazed a bowl of the stadium.In
Athens in 2004, the stadium during the opening ceremony turned into a
swimming pool, which represented the Aegean Sea, and the audience
witnessed the history of ancient Greece. The most ambitious was the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The show has been involved 15,000 people. Producer
of the ceremony was the famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou, the author
of the films "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero." The budget of the opening and closing of more than $ 100 million.British StyleThe organizers of the Games every subsequent attempt to surpass the previous ones. Will the Brits do it, the world finds out in the evening on July 27. Script opening ceremony kept secret. Although from time to time in the press leaks some information. Thus,
it is known that at the end of the ceremony by the legendary Paul
McCartney, who sings the hit group The Beatles Hey Jude. The author of the anthem of the Games has become known British band Muse, who wrote the song Survival.The most famous English footballer David Beckham said that he assigned a certain role in the ceremony. What kind of a player, "the Los Angeles Galaxy" is not reported, saying that it "does not light the fire."The budget of the opening ceremony was about 27 million pounds. The director of the show - "Oscar-winning" director Danny Boyle, author of films, "Slumdog Millionaire," "Trainspotting".The
opening ceremony of the Games-2012 is called the "Island of Miracles,"
and in it you will learn about the history of England. In addition to the actors, the show will be involved goats, cows, sheep, chickens, geese, horses, dogs.A
few days before the Olympics organizers had to shorten the ceremony for
half an hour, as it was feared that because of the late end of the show
viewers will not be able to get home on public transport, which is
already out its work. Total live the opening ceremony will see about 80 thousand people. TV audience around the world are projected to be about four billion people.The beginning of the ceremony at 21.00 local time (00.00 GMT).
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