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Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics 2008 Fireworks

by Milieunet | July 18, 2008 at 05:59 am

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Update: i found out that this second rehersel is probably the rehersel for the fireworks of the Closing Ceremony. That makes sense to me. Because why should you rehersel the same fireworks twice? So this was for the Closing Ceremony.

One week for the start of the games a second rehersel of the fireworks took place. See the nice videos

And there is more news on the opening ceremony: So the video was some moments on the internet and then disappeared. But once on the internet is most of the time for ever on the internet.

Here you can see almost the complete fireworksshow. Can not upload by the NP system. That doesn't work good. Sorry, misses a lot of news.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=X7gE6VjlK2g

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=JmKGAIKSASc&feature=related

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=i81Io8LWf1U&feature=related

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvtCVT5wWI&feature=related

All athletes are in their final practice weeks. So also in Beijing where everything that is possible to pratice is taken place at the moment. Two days ago they had a general try-out for the Opening Ceremony on August 8th at 8 minutes after 8. You know already that chinese have something with figures.

Number eight is: good luck.

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Uwe Paschen

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 21:23 on August 22nd, 2008

Milieunet, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Edmund Jenks

at 04:54 on August 25th, 2008

The production, while large in scope ... reminded me of Cirque du Soleil on steroids (a North American performance art staple) and then it morphed into some kind of American sing-a-long video production like we grew up with on Sesame Street or Electric Company ... the cultural connection in the show to our paradigm and experience was almost disturbing.

Flattery, they say, is the highest form of honor. As an American who believes in the ideals of self-reliance, rights, and freedom from government oppression, I'm not willing to kiss off the 21st Century to China.