London is the only city to host the Summer Games three times.
And today the eyes of the world are on it
as the Opening ceremony is staged. Beijing's opening ceremony had
2008 pounding drummers and cost a reported $100m. People
said it would be impossible to beat. So it’s a brave man who takes on the
challenge to design the next opening ceremony. Step up Danny Boyle.
The Oscar-winning director
Danny Boyle was given a budget of £27m to work with. Smaller than the Beijing 2008 ceremony and smaller even than
the Athens 2004 ceremony, which cost around £35m.
"I would have thought the difficulty is how
you cram in all that is great about our country," British Prime Minister
David Cameron said Thursday. "Whether it is sport, art, literature,
history, contribution to world events, there are so many things to celebrate
about our country that packing all that in to these hours must be a pretty
tough task. But I am confident they have done a good job."
Boyle’s vision is to represent not just London, but Britain.inspired by William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" the ceremony's theme is "Isles of Wonder." It stretches
from idyllic pastures through Industrial
Revolution to popular culture. It will feature a cast
and crew of 10,000 plus 70 sheep, 12 horses, 10 chickens and nine geese. Exact
details of the show are still being kept secret. Those of us lucky enough to
attend a rehearsal have been urged to #savethesecret.
Considering this is the first social media Olympics, to be able
to “save the secret” so well for so long is an achievement in itself!
And will it still be
spectacular? Having seen part of it I can say “Yes”. Organisers did not show us
the whole show, so I’m looking forward to the bits I don’t know about as well
as re-seeing the ones I already loved.
So at 9pm make yourself a cup
of tea, or pour the wine, and wave your flag in front of the big screen if you
weren’t lucky enough to get tickets to the stadium. It’s going to be a great show.
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