2008 Opening Ceremonies

Submitted by geoff on Fri, 08/08/2008 at 11:23pm.

Well, if you missed the opening ceremonies, that is too bad. It was the most amazing large-scale show I have ever seen, ever. It put to shame any Super Bowl show, awards show, anything. At times, 2000-3000 people perfectly choreographed, synchronized, a 500 foot LED screen as a "floor" that displayed high definition images. 2000 drummers, dancers, costumes. It's just impossible to describe how visual it was.

The Chinese are UNbelievable. Wow.

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by Jay - 3 years ago
San Jose United States

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did you cry?

by Brittany - 3 years ago
Tualatin, OR United States

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I agree is was spellbinding - and the history we learned by sitting there watching the whole thing. Plus my mom and I really enjoyed our geography lesson on where in the world all these countries are. I had no idea there are actually 57 separate countries on the African continent.

by Aimee - 3 years ago
Portland OR United States

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I agree, although it would have been even cooler to be there in person. I think I heard the tickets were going for insane amounts.

by geoff - 3 years ago
Fountain Valley, CA United States

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i think american performers, choreographers, and ceremony planners have all just been shown how it should be done.

by Brittany - 3 years ago
Tualatin, OR United States

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I would like to clarify... I was logged on and my mom was posting. I actually knew all the African countries, I had to correctly identify them all in a geography class.

by Valorie - 3 years ago
Orange County United States

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Good for you , Brittany. I missed all except the lighting of the torch--sad to say. I was at Sound of Music. Heard they spent 40 million for that opening.

by laura - 3 years ago
Sandy, UT United States

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There were definitely some countries I'd never heard of. I didn't feel too bad, though, when I saw the entire population was like 12,000.

by Aimee - 3 years ago
Portland OR United States

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Yeah, which was the country where they were commenting on that there were more people in the stands that night than lived in their country? I think it was Andorra maybe?