tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83326780584656638672024-03-13T14:54:05.898-07:00Bryan Pinkall's World of Opera, Olympics, and MoreOlympic Ceremony Database, video and info on every summer and winter Olympic Opening CeremonyBryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-44912060515509865102018-02-12T12:42:00.001-08:002018-02-14T19:02:33.610-08:002018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony (entire ceremony)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">XXIII Olympic Winter Games</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1896</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1900-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1900</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">1904</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1906-intercalated-games-opening.html" target="_blank">Intercalated</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1908</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1912</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1916</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1920</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1924</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1928</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1932</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1936</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1940-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1940</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1944-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1944</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1948</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1952</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1956</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Equestrian</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1960</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1964</a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_932003596"></span>1968<span id="goog_932003597"></span></a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1972</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1976</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1980</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1984</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1988</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1992</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1996</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2000</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2004</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2008</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2012</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/2016-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">2016</a><br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-31045875075246714802018-01-27T10:45:00.001-08:002018-01-27T10:45:29.415-08:00Top 10 Olympic Opening Ceremony FailuresThe Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is among the world's largest theatrical and artistic events. This live event inevitably contained some of high-stakes moments that ended up in failure. Let's take a look at the top 10 failures in Olympic Ceremony history!<br />
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And if you're interested in further information, please visit <a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/">www.olympicceremony.org</a> for more history about the Olympic Ceremonies.<br />
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<b>10. <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Tokyo 1964</a> - Perfume Explosion</b><br />
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At the opening ceremony in Tokyo, the cauldron entered the stadium carried by a survivor born in Hiroshima on the day of the Atomic Bomb blast. For many in the stadium and as described by athletes in attendance, the cauldron lighting would be far more memorable not as the climatic moment we see on television, but they described it as a "perfume explosion" and "gas attack" when ceremony organizers decided to mass disperse chrysanthemum perfume to coincide with the entrance of the torch.<br />
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<b>9. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/2016-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Rio 2016</a> - Where have all the athletes gone?</b><br />
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The Rio Opening Ceremony in 2016 was smaller in scale than the several prior games, but one oddity occurred after the athletes entered. Many abruptly left! Without volunteers to keep athletes in the middle of the stadium floor, the extremely long parade of nations left many athletes bored and tired leaving around 2,000 of originally over 10,000 to watch the end of the ceremony.<br />
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<b>8. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Athens 2004</a> - Hydraulic Lift</b><br />
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Bjork performed at the 2004 opening ceremony in Athens during the Dove of Peace segment. She was to be raised by an hydraulic lift several stories above the athletes on the field while her skirt extended over the entire field where a dove would be projected onto it. The hydraulic lift failed leaving Bjork awkwardly drowning in a mass of white curtains.<br />
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<b>7. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Los Angeles 1984</a> - Swarm of Athletes</b><br />
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As the torch entered the stadium in the 1984 Opening Ceremony in Los Angeles, the athletes weren't surrounded by enough volunteers and they swarmed onto the track impeding the torchbearer, slowing her down to a walk as she tried to round the track.<br />
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<b> 6. St. Moritz 1948 - Sexism</b><br />
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The official video of the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz included a male narator and a female commentator. The video is filled entirely with extremely sexists comments especially during the lighting of the cauldron.<br />
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On the entrance of the Norwegians:<br />
Female: "Look, they're still wearing the old style of trousers!"<br />
Male: "Trust a female to notice that!"<br />
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On the entrance of the Italians:<br />
Female: comments on the "handsome boys"<br />
Male: scolds her for the comments and concludes, "you're very embarrassing"<br />
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On the cauldron lighting:<br />
Male: "...and the Olympic Fire blazes up!"<br />
Female: "Well it's nothing more than a gas burner!"<br />
Male: "That, my dear, is a symbol. But who could expect women to have an understanding of abstract things."<br />
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<b>5. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/1992-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Albertville 1992</a> - Premature Cauldron</b><br />
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In 1992, the cauldron lighting featured a strange anomaly. It was accidentally lit remotely slightly before the flame reached the cauldron.<br />
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<b>4. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Sydney 2000</a> - Mechanical Cauldron</b><br />
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Near disaster hit in 2000, when the cauldron was lit in water, rose above the torch bearer and became stuck for several minutes until a worker hit a straining bar, freeing the cauldron to rise up above the stadium.<br />
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<b>3. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Sochi 2014</a> - Asterisk</b><br />
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A devastating moment to begin Russia's massive ceremony, one mechanical ring failed to open, leaving the look of an asterisk. An auspicious symbol for the criticism surrounding the bribing and doping scandals which would see Russian athletes banned from future games. On Russian TV, the rings were shown to work perfectly, using video from dress rehearsals.<br />
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<b>2. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Seoul 1988</a> - Burning Doves</b><br />
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In 1988, the Olympic cauldron was placed in an unusual spot, alongside the track. Before the lighting, thousands of doves were released, and conveniently, the edge of the cauldron provided the perfect place for the birds to perch. When the cauldron was lit, the birds lit up in flames flying into the stands, falling upon the athletes below, and subsequently, live doves were banned from use after 1992.<br />
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<b>1. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2010-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">Vancouver 2010</a> - Cauldron Failure</b><br />
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The biggest failure in the history of the Olympic Opening Ceremony must be the cauldron lighting in 2010 in Vancouver. The cauldron was to be formed by four arms hydraulically controlled and emerging from the ground - one of the arms did not cooperate.<br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1896</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1900-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1900</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1904</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1906-intercalated-games-opening.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Intercalated</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1908</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1912</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1916</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1920</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1924</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1928</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1932</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1936</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1940-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1940</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1944-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1944</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1948</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1952</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1956</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Equestrian</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1960</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1964</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;"><span id="goog_932003596"></span>1968<span id="goog_932003597"></span></a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1972</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1976</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1980</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1984</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1988</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1992</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">1996</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">2000</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">2004</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">2008</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">2012</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/2016-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration: none;">2016</a><br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-6395546376419344942016-08-06T07:15:00.003-07:002018-02-14T19:02:45.421-08:002016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony (entire ceremony)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Games of the XXXI Olympiad</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">2016</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rio tells the history of Brazil's native peoples</td></tr>
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<b>Opening Ceremony Records</b><br />
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First Opening Ceremony in South America<br />
First Presentation of an Olympic Laurel<br />
First Two-piece Olympic Cauldron<br />
First Kinetic Sculpture Cauldron<br />
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<b>VIDEO</b><br />
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<b>CEREMONY OVERVIEW</b><br />
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Rio exhibited the party culture of carnival with a serious message of becoming an eco-conscious planet. The ceremony used nearly 5,000 performers and exhibited much of the same technology that had been used in previous ceremonies, but a tiny budget especially compared to Beijing and Sochi. What Rio lacked in monetary support, it made up for in joyful spirit. The following is the ceremony overview from the official event guide:</div>
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<li><b>Welcome to Brazil</b></li>
<li><b>Countdown:</b> "The countdown is an Olympic celebration of gambiarra, the spirit of improvisation: the Brazilian way of making the most of almost nothing. A sheet of paper becomes a musical instrument and triggers and enormous batucada"</li>
<li><b>Brazilian National Anthem:</b> "An artist alone on stage presents the national anthem in all its poetry. The anthem is yours, you can sing along. Athletes who gave us joy and medals at the Olympic Games encounter athletes of the new generation. They carry the Brazilian flag, great companion of their victories. The environmental police of Rio de Janeiro, guardian of the largest urban forest in the world, hoists the flag.</li>
<li><b>The Beginning of Life: </b></li>
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<li>"A storm announces the forces of nature and the beginning of life on Earth. Microscopic beings appear and transform themselves. Organic lines, intertwined, tell of the birth of the immense forest. Each species is a triumph of life, a DNA that prevails in a process taking billions of years.</li>
<li><b>The Forest People:</b> "Four million descendants of the first people who inhabited this forest were here when the Portuguese arrived, 500 years ago. Today there are 800,000 Indigenous people. As all around the globe, traditional cultures are the greatest protectors of millenary DNA. In Brazil, it is no different: Indigenous people protect 13% of our territory.</li>
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<li><b>Geometrisation: </b> "Over time, in Brazil and across the world, the process of civilization redesigned nature. Forests gave way to agriculture and pasturage, to mining, to the generation of power, to urbanization and industrialization, to what we are today. We built our identities replacing nature's complex geometry with our own.</li>
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<li><b>The Old World Leaves it Mark on Pindorama:</b> "In 1500, after a long journey across unknown waters, the Portuguese found 'the land where everything grows', the paradise to be conquered. From there, they extracted many riches. The first one was a tree, the 'pau brasil', that gave its name to the country. Thirty years later Africans disembarked, having been taken from their land to work as slaves. The great Brazilian riches that marked the colonial period, such as sugar cane, gold, silver, and diamonds were the product of black slave labor. Slavery lasted 388 years in this country, and as a result African culture has had a deep effect on Brazilian culture. From the 19th century, Brazil began to welcome large waves of migration from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. We incorporated traces of their cultures without asking their permission. The Brazilian identity is the mix of those cultural traces.</li>
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<li><b>Bossa </b>- </li>
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<li><b>A Brazilian Announces Modern Brazil: Santos Dumont:</b> "It is true that many have contributed to the invention of the aeroplane, but it was Santos Dumont who made the first flight on a plane with his 14 bis, in Paris, in front of journalists and a large audience. According to the Aero-Club de France, he was the first man in the world to take off with a machine heavier than air. Before him others flew launched by catapults or down slopes or without witnesses." *<i>these statements are factually incorrect as documented by many scholars of the Wright Brothers ability to take off many times prior to the 14 bis. This was added as "our patriotic licence" by the committee.</i></li>
<li><b>Modern Brazil or When Brazil was Born to the World: </b>"Disregarding the straight lines of urbanization, the curves of Bossa Nova cross the seas. Through architecture, music, painting and literature, Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Oscar Niemeyer, Burle Marx, and Jorge Amado, among others, created the image of a cool, sensual land with its beaches, music, colors, and curves. The mythical Girl from Ipanema "goes walking" all over the planet."</li>
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<li><b>Pop</b>: "What identifies us as Brazillians comes from popular culture. This is the force that takes over the stadium. Through music and dance, Brazilian culture is reborn every day, absorbing and recreating the influences of the global pop scene with an exuberant creativity. We celebrate this vibration without hiding our differences in a country still striving for social balance. We do not want a divided country or world, and for this reason we propose the harmony of a huge Brazilian soul party. Stadium, Brazil, the whole world: let's dance together!"</li>
<li><b>After the Party</b>: "The party was good, but we've gone too far. We are beginning to pay the bill. After all, everything we buy contains a piece of the world we live in. Science shows us maps that are like x-rays of our illness. Oil and coal use is increasing the greenhouse effect. The planet is warming up faster than expected. The Arctic and glaciers are melting. Droughts last longer and deserts are expanding. Coastal cities are threatened by the sea level rise. A message that the world knows but pretends not to know: Re-thinking our way of life and adapting ourselves to climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity now."</li>
<li><b>A Simple Solutions/Parade of Nations</b></li>
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<li><b>But Wait, There Is a Light At the End of the Tunnel: </b>"Trees capture the main gas that traps heat in the atmosphere - carbon - and reduce its concentration. Replanting forests is the fastest, most efficient and cheapest way to revers global warming. And on top of that, it brings back shade and fresh water, the song of birds, the multitude of life. There are large reforestation projects taking place around the world. It's a big movement. We invite everyone to join in: where there is room fro a tree, plant a seed.</li>
<li><b>One Athlete = One Tree</b>: "207 delegations, 207 species. Upon entering the stadium, each athlete will receive the seed of a native Brazilian tree specie to plant in a tube filled with soil. Over 10,000 seedlings will be planted in the "Athletes' Forest" at the X-Park in Deodoro: a legacy for the city of Rio de Janeiro."</li>
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<li><b>Peace: </b>"The white dove has been a symbol of peace since Ancient Greece. in the Olympic Ceremonies, the flight of doves marks the commitment to peace among peoples. We went to the children of public schools in Rio de Janeiro to ask what peace meant to them."</li>
<li><b>Speeches, Laurel, Oaths</b></li>
<li><b>Olympic Flag and Anthem: </b>"Carriers of the Olympic flag unite their ideals for the promotion of a better world. Brazilians, leaders in sport and life, symbolize and inspire our commitment to the Olympic values. The Olympic anthem is performed by the More Project NGO children choir. The organization works among communities in Niteroi promoting cultural and sport activities for children. The children were invited to sing the anthem after the ceremony's music composers saw a video fo the choir, that had gone viral on the internet, produced by the children themselves."</li>
<li><b>Apotheosis:</b> "We will give the athletes the party that they have traveled thousands of miles for! A carnival powered by the percussionists of Rio's 12 main samba schools and the colors and shapes of carioca contemporary artist Beatriz Milhazes."</li>
<li><b>Cauldron Lighting</b></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rio Opening Ceremony - Girl from Ipanema</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Favela Funk </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OsHO81mhtuo/V6XvN1rgaOI/AAAAAAAAE8Y/5odhMI_L9_QebC0yGWBWhxYEMIUEwbrHgCLcB/s1600/Rio%2BOpening%2BCeremony%2BCauldron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OsHO81mhtuo/V6XvN1rgaOI/AAAAAAAAE8Y/5odhMI_L9_QebC0yGWBWhxYEMIUEwbrHgCLcB/s640/Rio%2BOpening%2BCeremony%2BCauldron.jpg" title="Rio de Janeiro Olympic Opening Ceremony 2016 Cauldron" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olympic Cauldron is Lit</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_AihwtLcRw/V6XwGkCFr0I/AAAAAAAAE80/nRZsazWG4sIfP2BDSa969prI4ztdz5lxwCEw/s1600/Rio%2BOlympic%2BMedal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="382" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_AihwtLcRw/V6XwGkCFr0I/AAAAAAAAE80/nRZsazWG4sIfP2BDSa969prI4ztdz5lxwCEw/s640/Rio%2BOlympic%2BMedal.jpg" title="Rio de Janeiro Olympic 2016 Gold Medal" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rio Olympic Medals </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rio Olympic Torch</td></tr>
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-47099381997337257422016-08-04T15:18:00.001-07:002016-08-04T15:53:49.983-07:001 Day to Go: Rio Welcomes the WorldThe Olympic Torch is in town - Rio's about to welcome the world tomorrow night! Put yourself in the shoes of every Brazilian here. Tomorrow will hopefully be a time for them to celebrate their history, culture, and their importance in this world of ours. Imagine the feeling every Brazilian will have when their team enters the stadium or when their national anthem is performed for the world. It should be an amazing event.<br />
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Although I can't show any snippets of this year's ceremony before it happens, I want you to know some of the things that are going on behind the scenes. First, there are thousands of performers, directors, managers, and technicians from around the world, working feverishly in multiple languages. Thankfully, there is a staff of translators that relay directions through individual headsets - just like the United Nations!<br />
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But in all seriousness, these also allow for the soundtrack to be pumped through so everyone stays on target, and it allows for everyone to move at the right time, receive commands, or translate all of these items. It is a very necessary tool, and one that has been used for these large ceremonies for years. Here is someone's very sneaky hidden camera from 2012 in London - listen for the dots (beats to the music), the commands, and finally the music cues in their headset once they are on the field of play.<br />
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Perhaps when they do one of the many close-ups, you can look at the ground and see a series of letters and numbers. The entire "stage" is called "field of play" here, frankly because it is an enormous stadium - much larger than a stage, but it is made into a perfect grid. This allows for choreographers, actors, and lighting designers to be perfect all the time - always locating the same exact spots. This is one of the practice facilities with the exact same layout - you can see the grid markings on the floor.<br />
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Above the field are a series of wires, pulleys, motors, and trains to pull large objects through the air, including cameras. It will be a long time before anyone can match the size of the Sochi production, but since Sydney 2000, every Olympic ceremony has used the air space over the field as a canvas to move large objects in spectacular fashion. The following videos I have included show the original concept art followed by the actual moment in the production.<br />
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Because of the complexity of the production, some musical events are prerecorded and some are performed live. The protocol events (I'm proud to say) are live and have often been performed by classical or folk artists, acoustic instruments, and arranged in the western art music tradition. Much of the other music performed has been prerecorded so the choreographers, designers, and broadcasters can make precise plans for their various tasks.<br />
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A new innovation (and one of my favorites) has been the use of projections to put the viewer into a sort of virtual space. Sochi made for a great little segment with the soldiers of Peter the Great. Although it looks like they're walking the entire time, they are actually walking to the very middle of the stadium and marching in place, spinning every once in a while. Although when the projection system lays a moving map, it appears as if they're moving.<br />
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These are just some of the things that are happening behind the scenes. I hope you enjoy the show tomorrow! Until then, here is a final little teaser...the Olympics are in Brazil!<br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-35087515958198553312016-08-03T15:55:00.003-07:002016-08-03T17:16:09.681-07:002 Days to Go: Behind the CurtainTwo days to go and behind the scenes here at the opening ceremony, there are some exciting and innovative ways that the show accomplishes so much! You better read this one, there are some things here that Russia would HATE for me to "spill the beans" about. Perhaps people are amazed at how something like this comes together, but it's no secret - it takes a LOT of people working many hours, but sometimes we get so close only to change something at the very last minute, at the very last rehearsal.<br />
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In 2014 in Sochi, we performed the last dress rehearsal for broadcast supplemental video. For instance, if something went wrong during the actual ceremony, then a correct version could be put into the broadcast - you know where I'm going with this. Although the whole world saw the asterisk, click the video below the picture to see what Russia saw!<br />
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Another interesting change from the 2014 Sochi rehearsals and the final result was the cauldron lighting. Sochi had a domed arena and an outdoor cauldron. One way to fix this would be to light an indoor cauldron that would ignite a series of flames through the top of the stadium and run all the way out to the outdoor cauldron. The following is a concept video of the Sochi cauldron.<br />
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Here was what actually happened after the concept was scrapped.<br />
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So, sometimes a LOT of change happens between the final dress rehearsal and the actual show. Tomorrow I'll have several more "behind the scenes" elements to talk about - you won't want to miss it. As always, if you want to see every summer Olympic opening ceremony, go to <a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/">www.olympicceremony.org</a>.<br />
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Today's teaser - remember yesterday's (if not, you have to click "Behind the Scenes: Rio 2016" on the green bar above). This was some construction work only few weeks ago! Wonder what it looks like now? There are more secrets behind the curtain...<br />
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<br />Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-53957886073679588892016-08-02T14:55:00.000-07:002016-08-02T15:01:40.311-07:003 Days to Go: Feijoada and FavelasThere are only three days left until the Opening Ceremony! If everything goes as planned (and I hope they do this time) it will be one BIG party. No doubt, there should be plenty of jaw-dropping moments to enjoy from your TV at home. There are some exciting new innovations and from what I have experienced of Rio, the ceremony describes Rio's artistic contributions to wold culture in a stunning way. Also, in case you missed any posts or are curious, by clicking the button above that says "Behind the Scenes: Rio 2016," you can find all my earlier posts.<br />
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With that said, since I've been on my feet all the time, I've been walking many miles every day, sometimes eating small meals at strange intervals. So today I made sure to have a decent, sit-down meal downtown by the Old Cathedral.<br />
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To give you an idea of what is going on here - this is called Feijoada, and I've had it before in Miami with my Brazilian/American friend and former college dorm roommate, Michael. He also introduced me to Guarana, which is a soda - more popular than Coke down here. My feijoada meal pictured here is stewed black beans and various pork parts (quite salty), rice, water, a shot of tequila and lemon (for some reason - I didn't ask for that, but I wasn't going to complain!), cooked cabbage with bacon, mandarin oranges, fried pork chunks, and masala. The people around me laughed at the sight - as did I - but how should I know that it would be so much food? It cost me $13.50 USD!<br />
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For Americans, you would certainly enjoy Rio (especially in Winter) - they have had significant negative press lately, but hopefully once the games begin, and the media lands in Rio, you will hear again and again the same things that I write about and that many of the tourists here comment. It is a friendly place, you get a bang for your buck (as you can tell), and especially in Winter - it is cool, beautiful, and you will have a hard time finding any bugs, or anyone who has had a bug sighting. I feel safe, there are many police out and about, and yeah, it smells terrible sometimes, but so does New York City, and I love that place too.<br />
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Tomorrow is the last of the dress rehearsals. There are still a few areas that need work, or need to be tested. Sometimes a segment is dropped from the program because the visual effect or preparation just isn't up to snuff. That may be the case here, but there is still time to tinker so we'll see.<br />
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Today's "teaser" needs a bit more explanation than the past ones. For months, I've been preparing for Rio, but back in May, long before I arrived on site, a special construction project began in Maracana specifically for the Opening Ceremony. The grass was removed, a wooden stage was erected covering the stadium floor, and thousands of seats were removed!<br />
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This was just the beginning of the process, and I'll give you two more great teasers before the ceremony, but the concept behind this was to create a ceremony that best described Rio's history. You will see this unfold in great spectacle, but in describing Rio, the history of all the music that originated here (samba, bossa nova, funk carioca, choro) and in describing the ethnic diversity - all of those stories begin in the favelas, the slums of Rio. Even the great Brazilian film, City of God, which is also Rio's nickname, is about life in the favelas. Not surprisingly, the director of that film is the chief artistic director of the ceremony.</div>
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As they plaster the sides of the many mountains, which tower over the beaches and wealthy, seaside neighborhoods, the favelas are a curiosity to most but a vital part of the cultural history of this city. So, thousands of seats were removed and slowly, a large "favela" was built within the stadium, serving not just as a backdrop, but a feature from which the story of Rio will be told in the ceremony. Is your imagination racing yet?<br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-85584201338505212322016-08-02T14:50:00.001-07:002016-08-29T09:08:18.709-07:00Behind the Scenes: Rio 2016Read through my trip to Brazil and the 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Rio!<br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/olympic-dreams-in-south-america.html">Olympic Dreams in South America</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/behind-scenes-brazilian-music.html">Behind the Scenes: Brazilian Music</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/bossa-nova-wine-and-swag.html">Bossa Nova, Wine, and Swag</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-worlds-pilgrimage.html">The World's Pilgrimage</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-simple-pyramid.html">The Simple Pyramid </a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/blue-earth.html">Blue Earth</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/native-empire-diverse-creativity.html">Native Empire, Diverse Creativity</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/city-of-god-and-favela-kings.html">City of God and Favela Kings</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/cauldron-lighting-101.html">Cauldron Lighting 101</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/shock-and-awe.html">Shock and Awe</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/symbols-of-peace.html">Symbols of Peace</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/brazil-is-loud.html">Brazil is Loud</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/3-days-to-go-feijoada-and-favelas.html">3 Days to Go: Feijoada and Favelas</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/2-days-to-go-behind-curtain.html">2 Days to Go: Behind the Curtain</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/1-day-to-go-rio-welcomes-world1.html">1 Day to Go: Rio Welcomes the World</a><span id="goog_1242399892"></span><span id="goog_1242399893"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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The puzzle-pieced sidewalks of stone, sand, and grime are crowded with people going about their day. Many aimlessly passing the time, reading the newspaper on a bench or staring at what the genetic diversity of this place has given its beaches - beautiful people that is. Vendors call; tourists fill corner stands for barbecue and Guarana; a homeless man grabs his pet dog's grungy front paws to dance to the music of a street-busking accordion, tambourine, and drum trio. </div>
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But for those memories, I learned more about being Brazilian yesterday than I have through any of my stay so far. The people, these joyous people, love to celebrate so raucously that their singing overcame the stadiums amplification many times. Our first full dress rehearsal went exceedingly well. </div>
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There are some items that won't be practiced for an audience, including the cauldron lighting, but the visual and technical effects worked or rather fooled the mind. The story line is comprehensible and (thank goodness) the anthems sound fantastic. A few things need some work in the parade - particularly some pronunciation problems - but cross your fingers and toes that all the athletes can be corraled effectively. That's rather difficult to practice.</div>
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Brazil loves to party, and the audience LOUDLY sang and danced as passionately as they could throughout. No, you won't see the formal propriety of Athens 2004 (by far one of my favorites), and it won't be as orderly as Beijing 2008, but it will certainly be Brazilian, and most importantly FOR Brazil. It is part hilarious, vivacious, intimate, serious, colorful, and unbelievable - but when you watch, pay attention to the crowd if the coverage allows you to. Their joy will infectiously bring a smile to your face.</div>
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It will also be an education for the viewing audience not only in the history of Brazil, but also for its music. I've mentioned some of the major styles in previous posts, but honestly, I think the ceremony will be a great teaching tool for all these Brazilian music genres. I realized yesterday that I didn't mention a style called Funk Carioca or Favela Funk when I was covering the other music genres. It may seem pretty harsh at first (especially to stuffy academes like myself) but keep an open mind and the visual elements will help you to understand it. Actually,what you will hear is mostly favela funk and samba fusion. More on that to come, but just like many popular music genres, it often reflects culture and allows for people/groups to uniquely and passionately express themselves. And this music, just like the other major dance genres in Brazil, originates in the favelas.</div>
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-58236579988574887502016-08-01T11:15:00.002-07:002018-02-12T13:36:53.439-08:00List of Olympic Ceremony Records - Olympic Ceremony Database<div style="text-align: center;">
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The following is a list of known records as it regards the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The learn more about every Olympic Ceremony, please visit <a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/">www.olympicceremony.org</a>.</div>
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<li>First Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony Spanning More than One Day - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Incorporation of a Religious Service with the Olympic Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Olympics Without an Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1900-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Paris 1900</a></li>
<li>First Christian Prayer Read - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>THE FIRST OLYMPIC FLAME - The two towers of the stadium were fit with oil-burning beacons used previous to the 1912 games and later during the 1956 Equestrian Games. This was the first Olympic Flame in history as the extended official report (not included) details the specifics of the beacons, that they would burn during the "greatest festivals" held at the stadium, the IOC President first mentions the "Olympic Flame" in his speech at the Closing Ceremony, and the 1956 Equestrian Games Official Report confirms that these were indeed lit during the 1912 Olympics - according to the International Olympic Committee, the first Olympic Flame was lit in 1928 in Amsterdam, and the first Olympic Torch Relay was in 1936 in Berlin. - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony to be Canceled (World War I) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1916</a></li>
<li>First Athletes' Oath - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Release of Doves - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Flag - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Torch Relay - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Athlete's Oath Taken on Horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Presentation of the "Antwerp" Olympic Flag (the Olympic flag from the Antwerp Olympics of 1920 - actually from the 1924 Paris Olympics because the 1920 flag was stolen when an American diver climbed the pole and stole the flag only to return it in 2000 at the age of 103 - is presented to the Mayor of the host city who will keep the flag in the Town Hall until the following Olympics) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Rome 1960</a></li>
<li>First Woman to Take the Athlete's Oath - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Munich 1972</a></li>
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<li>First Opening Ceremony in Europe - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Eastern Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in North America - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Western Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in Oceania - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Southern Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in Asia -<a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank"> Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in Latin America - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in a Developing Country - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
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<li>First Use of the Olympic Anthem - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Use of an Orchestra - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Choir - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Playing of the National Anthem at an Official Opening Ceremony (The Star-Spangled Banner was performed in 1904 but it was neither the official National Anthem of the U.S. nor was it an official Opening Ceremony) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Christian Hymn (Our God, He is a Castle Strong to the hymn tune EIN FESTE BURG) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Marching Band - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony Theme Song - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of Electronic Music - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Gospel Choir - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Use of Pianos (most pianos used - 85) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Opera Written and Performed for the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Summer Olympic Ceremony to Not Sing the Current Olympic Hymn (instrumental version performed: this version of the Olympic Hymn was performed in 1896, 1960-present) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<li>First Mass Demonstration Performed at an Opening Ceremony (mass Gymnastics display) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Dancing Display in the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Mass Artistic Demonstration Performed at an Olympic Games (The Great Choral Festival) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Airplane Flyover - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Canon (canons were also used in the Closing Ceremony of 1920 Antwerp) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Paris 1924</a></li>
<li>First Use of Loudspeaker - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Paris 1924</a></li>
<li>First Large Open-air Play Performed at the Olympic Games - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Amsterdam 1928</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Mechanical Scoreboard - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1932</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Bell - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Use of an Audio Recording (voice of Baron Pierre de Coubertain - deceased founder of the modern Olympics) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Official Olympic Film/Broadcast - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Mass Artistic Display in an Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Use of an Electric Scoreboard - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First Mass Dance Display at an Opening Ceremony (the mass play of the 1936 Olympics occurred immediately following the opening ceremony, however this was part of the official program, breaking IOC ceremonial protocol) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Use of Balloons - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of Fireworks - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Release of Perfume - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of Sky-writing by Airplane - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Videoboard - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Live Broadcast from Space During the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>First Large-scale human picture-board (thousands of people carrying flip cards forming pictures throughout the ceremony) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>First Use of Large Props in an Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>Largest Cast (16,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Jet Pack During the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Ceremony to Present the Artistic Portion Before the Ceremonial Portion (current design) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Ceremony to Use Audience as Artistic Participants (card stunt) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Ships - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First Parachute Stunt - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First to Use a Floor Covering - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First to Cover Stadium Floor and Peopel (athletes) with Olympic Flag - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Mass Use of Puppetry - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Artistic Use of Cars - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Use of Silhouette Imagery - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Use of Puppets in Dove Release - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Tribute to an Individual Not Associated with the Olympics (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Use of Suspended Puppetry - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Use of Suspended Performers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Use of Fire-breathers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony to Fill Stadium Floor with Water - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a></li>
<li>First Holograph - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Ceremonies to Use LED Projection Floor - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Stadium Specifically Designed to Host a Ceremony Performance - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First to Use LED Screen Effects in Stadium Seating - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First Emphasizing Live Film Production - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First to Use Livestock - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First to Cover the Stadium Floor in an Interchangeable Stage - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY PARADE OF NATIONS FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b><br />
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<ul>
<li>First Parade of Athletes (not separated by country) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>*First Parade of Nations in Alphabetical Order - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1906-intercalated-games-opening.html" target="_blank">Athens 1906 Intercalated Games</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations in Alphabetical Order - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations to Use a Standard Displaying the Country Name - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations Led by Greece and Concluded by the Host Nation - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Amsterdam 1928</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony Requiring Athletes to Not Give Olympic Salute (This was a salute with the hand held up and outstretched with palm down - identical to the Nazi salute - you will notice many old films on this site show the Olympic salute. Because of the similarity, the salute was banned.) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony to Feature the Parade of Nations on Horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Flag-bearer to Hold their National Flag with Prostrated Arm (without carrier) - USSR - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations Not Enforcing a Strict Marching Step Order (athletes could now walk casually out of step) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Entrance of the Athletes from a Ramp Above the Stadium - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY CROWD AND STADIUM RECORDS (</b><b><a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a></b><b>)</b><br />
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<b>Largest Stadium to Host the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b></div>
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(45,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
(68,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></div>
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(105,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1932</a><br />
(110,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a><br />
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<b>Largest Crowd to Attend the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b><br />
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(80,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
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(105,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1932</a><br />
(110,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></div>
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<b>Smallest Stadium to Host the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b></div>
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(45,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
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*(4,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></div>
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(33,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></div>
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(12,711) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></div>
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<b>Smallest Crowd to Attend the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b></div>
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(80,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
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*(4,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></div>
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(40,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></div>
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(33,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></div>
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(20,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></div>
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<b>OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY RECORDS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Olympic Torch Relay - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First double-relay (the Olympic Flame was lit by the rays of the sun in Olympia, Greece, while the organizers planned another relay beginning in the Arctic Circle with a flame lit by the rays of the Midnight Sun) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First to Use Two Different Torch Designs (the final torch was unique to the other torches) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Torch Relay to be Run on the Track at the Ancient Stadium in Olympia, Greece - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First torch relayed by swimming (amazing photos in the official report of the swimmer swimming with one arm holding the flame high out of the water) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>Most Torch Designs - 7 (previous Melbourne 1956 - 2) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Electronically Transmitted Olympic Flame (as described in the official report: "She then presents the Olympic Flame to the sensor, which detects the ionized particles, converting them into coded impulses that are transmitted by satellite to Ottawa, where they activate a laser beam which instantly recreates the Olympic Flame in its original shape." - while the statement that it could recreate the flame in its original shape is laughably false, this statement is hyperbole - simply, the flame touched a sensor in Athens causing a computer in Ottawa to shoot a laser) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Protested Olympic Torch Relay (people could purchase a spot in the relay for $3,000; this move was objected by the Greek Olympic Committee; the torch lighting and relay in Europe was performed privately, secretly transported to Athens by helicopter, and then by Air-Force One to New York under heavy security to ensure the Olympic tradition continued. The previous plan was to have the flame kindled at the Olympic headquarteres in Switzerland and "electronically" transmitted, a bogus relay method, to a computer in New York - similar to the relay of Montreal 1976 - the purchase program raised $10 million for American youth and handicap organizations) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Flame Brought into the Stadium from Underground - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Torch Carried by a Runner - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by an Automobile - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by Canoe - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by Bicycle - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by Ship - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a></li>
<li>First torch flown on an airplane - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First torch carried on horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First Flame Transported by Train - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Flame Carried in a Wheelchair - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Flame Bungee Jumped - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Surfed - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Carried by Camel - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Carried Underwater - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Skied (summer Olympic record) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Torch to Summit Mt. Everest - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Torch White-water Rafted - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried on Zip Wire - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY RECORD TIMELINES (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b><br />
<b>Longest Olympic Torch Relay Record Timeline</b></div>
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3,075km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></div>
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3,160km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a></div>
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4,735km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></div>
17,412km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></div>
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27,065km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a><br />
34,011km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a><br />
38,646km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></div>
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132,129km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a></div>
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137,000km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a><br />
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<b>Shortest Olympic Torch Relay Record Timeline</b><br />
3,075km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a><br />
1,863km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Rome 1960</a><br />
775km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a><br />
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<b>Most Nations Traveled Record Timeline</b></div>
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7 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></div>
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7 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a><br />
8 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Munich 1972</a></div>
27 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a><br />
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<b><br />Most Torchbearers Record Timeline </b></div>
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3,308 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></div>
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3,374 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></div>
5,244 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a><br />
6,200 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></div>
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9,484 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></div>
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13,267 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></div>
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21,880 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a><br />
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<b>OLYMPIC CAULDRON FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Lighting of Two Olympic Cauldrons - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First Ceremony to Light Three Olympic Cauldrons at the Olympic Stadium - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Not Ignited by Hand-delivered Torch - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Mechanically Moving Olympic Cauldron - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Completely Hidden Until Lighting - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Assembled During the Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OPENING CEREMONY MODES OF LIGHTING CAULDRON FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Cauldron Lighting by an Individual - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Lit on Horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Woman to Light the Olympic Cauldron - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Lit by Two People - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Person of African Descent to Light the Olympic Flame - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit Using Hydraulic Lift - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit by Three Torchbearers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Ignited by Archer* (remote control ignition of cauldron) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Lit by Wire and Pulley - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Lit into Water - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit by Suspended Torchbearer - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit by Seven Torchbearers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/06/olympic-ceremony-database-every-summer.html" target="_blank">OLYMPIC CEREMONY DATABASE</a><br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-28301820602880827502016-08-01T11:15:00.001-07:002016-08-04T16:03:53.051-07:00List of Olympic Ceremony Records - Olympic Ceremony Database<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY RECORDS</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/" target="_blank">Olympic Ceremony Database</a></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/">www.olympicceremony.org</a></div>
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The following is a list of known records as it regards the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The learn more about every Olympic Ceremony, please visit <a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/">www.olympicceremony.org</a>.</div>
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(*) designates records that regard either unofficial Olympic Games (1906) or unofficial ceremonies (1900,1904)</div>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<li>First Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony Spanning More than One Day - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Incorporation of a Religious Service with the Olympic Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Olympics Without an Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1900-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Paris 1900</a></li>
<li>First Christian Prayer Read - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>THE FIRST OLYMPIC FLAME - The two towers of the stadium were fit with oil-burning beacons used previous to the 1912 games and later during the 1956 Equestrian Games. This was the first Olympic Flame in history as the extended official report (not included) details the specifics of the beacons, that they would burn during the "greatest festivals" held at the stadium, the IOC President first mentions the "Olympic Flame" in his speech at the Closing Ceremony, and the 1956 Equestrian Games Official Report confirms that these were indeed lit during the 1912 Olympics - according to the International Olympic Committee, the first Olympic Flame was lit in 1928 in Amsterdam, and the first Olympic Torch Relay was in 1936 in Berlin. - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony to be Canceled (World War I) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1916</a></li>
<li>First Athletes' Oath - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Release of Doves - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Flag - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Torch Relay - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Athlete's Oath Taken on Horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Presentation of the "Antwerp" Olympic Flag (the Olympic flag from the Antwerp Olympics of 1920 - actually from the 1924 Paris Olympics because the 1920 flag was stolen when an American diver climbed the pole and stole the flag only to return it in 2000 at the age of 103 - is presented to the Mayor of the host city who will keep the flag in the Town Hall until the following Olympics) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Rome 1960</a></li>
<li>First Woman to Take the Athlete's Oath - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Munich 1972</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY LOCATION RECORDS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<li>First Opening Ceremony in Europe - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Eastern Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Northern Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in North America - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Western Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in Oceania - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in the Southern Hemisphere - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in Asia -<a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank"> Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in Latin America - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony in a Developing Country - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY MUSIC FIRSTS (</b><b><a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a></b><b>)</b></div>
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<li>First Use of the Olympic Anthem - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Use of an Orchestra - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Choir - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>First Playing of the National Anthem at an Official Opening Ceremony (The Star-Spangled Banner was performed in 1904 but it was neither the official National Anthem of the U.S. nor was it an official Opening Ceremony) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Christian Hymn (Our God, He is a Castle Strong to the hymn tune EIN FESTE BURG) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Marching Band - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony Theme Song - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of Electronic Music - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Gospel Choir - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Use of Pianos (most pianos used - 85) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Opera Written and Performed for the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Summer Olympic Ceremony to Not Sing the Current Olympic Hymn (instrumental version performed: this version of the Olympic Hymn was performed in 1896, 1960-present) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY ARTISTIC FIRSTS (</b><b><a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a></b><b>)</b></div>
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<li>First Mass Demonstration Performed at an Opening Ceremony (mass Gymnastics display) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Dancing Display in the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Mass Artistic Demonstration Performed at an Olympic Games (The Great Choral Festival) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Airplane Flyover - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Canon (canons were also used in the Closing Ceremony of 1920 Antwerp) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Paris 1924</a></li>
<li>First Use of Loudspeaker - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Paris 1924</a></li>
<li>First Large Open-air Play Performed at the Olympic Games - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Amsterdam 1928</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Mechanical Scoreboard - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1932</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Bell - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Use of an Audio Recording (voice of Baron Pierre de Coubertain - deceased founder of the modern Olympics) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Official Olympic Film/Broadcast - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Mass Artistic Display in an Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Use of an Electric Scoreboard - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First Mass Dance Display at an Opening Ceremony (the mass play of the 1936 Olympics occurred immediately following the opening ceremony, however this was part of the official program, breaking IOC ceremonial protocol) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Use of Balloons - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of Fireworks - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Release of Perfume - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Use of Sky-writing by Airplane - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First Videoboard - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Live Broadcast from Space During the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>First Large-scale human picture-board (thousands of people carrying flip cards forming pictures throughout the ceremony) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>First Use of Large Props in an Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>Largest Cast (16,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></li>
<li>First Use of a Jet Pack During the Opening Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Ceremony to Present the Artistic Portion Before the Ceremonial Portion (current design) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Ceremony to Use Audience as Artistic Participants (card stunt) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Ships - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First Parachute Stunt - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First to Use a Floor Covering - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First to Cover Stadium Floor and Peopel (athletes) with Olympic Flag - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Mass Use of Puppetry - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Artistic Use of Cars - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Use of Silhouette Imagery - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Use of Puppets in Dove Release - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Tribute to an Individual Not Associated with the Olympics (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Use of Suspended Puppetry - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Use of Suspended Performers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Use of Fire-breathers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony to Fill Stadium Floor with Water - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a></li>
<li>First Holograph - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Ceremonies to Use LED Projection Floor - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Stadium Specifically Designed to Host a Ceremony Performance - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First to Use LED Screen Effects in Stadium Seating - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First Emphasizing Live Film Production - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First to Use Livestock - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First to Cover the Stadium Floor in an Interchangeable Stage - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY PARADE OF NATIONS FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b><br />
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<ul>
<li>First Parade of Athletes (not separated by country) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></li>
<li>*First Parade of Nations in Alphabetical Order - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1906-intercalated-games-opening.html" target="_blank">Athens 1906 Intercalated Games</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations in Alphabetical Order - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations to Use a Standard Displaying the Country Name - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations Led by Greece and Concluded by the Host Nation - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Amsterdam 1928</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony Requiring Athletes to Not Give Olympic Salute (This was a salute with the hand held up and outstretched with palm down - identical to the Nazi salute - you will notice many old films on this site show the Olympic salute. Because of the similarity, the salute was banned.) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a></li>
<li>First Opening Ceremony to Feature the Parade of Nations on Horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Flag-bearer to Hold their National Flag with Prostrated Arm (without carrier) - USSR - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Parade of Nations Not Enforcing a Strict Marching Step Order (athletes could now walk casually out of step) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Entrance of the Athletes from a Ramp Above the Stadium - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY CROWD AND STADIUM RECORDS (</b><b><a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a></b><b>)</b><br />
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<b>Largest Stadium to Host the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b></div>
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(45,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
(68,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></div>
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(105,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1932</a><br />
(110,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a><br />
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<b>Largest Crowd to Attend the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b><br />
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(80,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
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(105,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1932</a><br />
(110,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></div>
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<b>Smallest Stadium to Host the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b></div>
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(45,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
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*(4,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></div>
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(33,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></div>
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(12,711) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></div>
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<b>Smallest Crowd to Attend the Opening Ceremony Record Timeline</b></div>
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(80,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 1896</a></div>
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*(4,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">St. Louis 1904</a></div>
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(40,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1908</a></div>
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(33,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></div>
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(20,000) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Antwerp 1920</a></div>
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<b>OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY RECORDS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Olympic Torch Relay - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First double-relay (the Olympic Flame was lit by the rays of the sun in Olympia, Greece, while the organizers planned another relay beginning in the Arctic Circle with a flame lit by the rays of the Midnight Sun) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First to Use Two Different Torch Designs (the final torch was unique to the other torches) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Torch Relay to be Run on the Track at the Ancient Stadium in Olympia, Greece - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a></li>
<li>First torch relayed by swimming (amazing photos in the official report of the swimmer swimming with one arm holding the flame high out of the water) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>Most Torch Designs - 7 (previous Melbourne 1956 - 2) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Electronically Transmitted Olympic Flame (as described in the official report: "She then presents the Olympic Flame to the sensor, which detects the ionized particles, converting them into coded impulses that are transmitted by satellite to Ottawa, where they activate a laser beam which instantly recreates the Olympic Flame in its original shape." - while the statement that it could recreate the flame in its original shape is laughably false, this statement is hyperbole - simply, the flame touched a sensor in Athens causing a computer in Ottawa to shoot a laser) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Protested Olympic Torch Relay (people could purchase a spot in the relay for $3,000; this move was objected by the Greek Olympic Committee; the torch lighting and relay in Europe was performed privately, secretly transported to Athens by helicopter, and then by Air-Force One to New York under heavy security to ensure the Olympic tradition continued. The previous plan was to have the flame kindled at the Olympic headquarteres in Switzerland and "electronically" transmitted, a bogus relay method, to a computer in New York - similar to the relay of Montreal 1976 - the purchase program raised $10 million for American youth and handicap organizations) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Flame Brought into the Stadium from Underground - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Torch Carried by a Runner - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by an Automobile - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by Canoe - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by Bicycle - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried by Ship - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a></li>
<li>First torch flown on an airplane - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First torch carried on horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First Flame Transported by Train - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Flame Carried in a Wheelchair - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></li>
<li>First Flame Bungee Jumped - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Surfed - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Carried by Camel - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Carried Underwater - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Flame Skied (summer Olympic record) - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Torch to Summit Mt. Everest - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Torch White-water Rafted - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
<li>First Torch Carried on Zip Wire - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY RECORD TIMELINES (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b><br />
<b>Longest Olympic Torch Relay Record Timeline</b></div>
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3,075km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></div>
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3,160km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a></div>
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4,735km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></div>
17,412km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Melbourne 1956</a></div>
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27,065km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a><br />
34,011km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a><br />
38,646km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></div>
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132,129km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a></div>
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137,000km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a><br />
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<b>Shortest Olympic Torch Relay Record Timeline</b><br />
3,075km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a><br />
1,863km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Rome 1960</a><br />
775km - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a><br />
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<b>Most Nations Traveled Record Timeline</b></div>
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7 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></div>
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7 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 1948</a><br />
8 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Munich 1972</a></div>
27 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Athens 2004</a><br />
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<b><br />Most Torchbearers Record Timeline </b></div>
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3,308 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></div>
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3,374 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></div>
5,244 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Tokyo 1964</a><br />
6,200 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow 1980</a></div>
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9,484 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></div>
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13,267 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Atlanta 1996</a></div>
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21,880 - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a><br />
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<b>OLYMPIC CAULDRON FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1912</a></li>
<li>First Lighting of Two Olympic Cauldrons - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Helsinki 1952</a></li>
<li>First Ceremony to Light Three Olympic Cauldrons at the Olympic Stadium - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Not Ignited by Hand-delivered Torch - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Barcelona 1992</a></li>
<li>First Mechanically Moving Olympic Cauldron - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Sydney 2000</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit by Suspended Torchbearer - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Assembled During the Ceremony - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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<b>OPENING CEREMONY MODES OF LIGHTING CAULDRON FIRSTS (<a href="http://www.olympicceremony.org/#!summer/cod0" target="_blank">SUMMER</a>)</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>First Cauldron Lighting by an Individual - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Berlin 1936</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Lit on Horseback - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Stockholm 1956</a></li>
<li>First Woman to Light the Olympic Cauldron - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1968-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Mexico City 1968</a></li>
<li>First Olympic Cauldron Lit by Two People - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Montreal 1976</a></li>
<li>First Person of African Descent to Light the Olympic Flame - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles 1984</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit Using Hydraulic Lift - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit by Three Torchbearers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Seoul 1988</a></li>
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<li>First Cauldron Lit by Suspended Torchbearer - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Beijing 2008</a></li>
<li>First Cauldron Lit by Seven Torchbearers - <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">London 2012</a></li>
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-4631111853513689322016-07-31T15:30:00.000-07:002016-07-31T19:17:54.164-07:00Symbols of PeaceThis will be posted as we are performing our first full dress rehearsal. I'll make sure to give you any details tomorrow (of what I can share that is). In the meantime, two days ago, I posted about some parts of the protocol of the ceremony to look for, and what past ceremonies have done -<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/cauldron-lighting-101.html" target="_blank"> the cauldron lighting</a> and <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/shock-and-awe.html" target="_blank">the presentation of the Olympic Rings</a>.<br />
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One final moment to pay attention to is the release of doves. This has a rather strange history. The Olympics were very young by the time World War I ravaged Europe. The <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1916 Berlin Olympics</a> were canceled and there was serious doubt as to whether the Olympics could move on after the conflict. In a brilliant move, the <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">IOC awarded Antwerp, Belgium the games in 1920</a> - the most devastated country in the war. It was a way to celebrate peaceful competition and with that, the ceremony added a few new elements: oaths, the Olympic flag, and release of doves (symbolizing peace).</div>
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The oaths and Olympic Flag presentation have remained unchanged since that time. The Olympic Hymn tradition is even older, beginning with the first modern games in Athens in 1896, but the release of doves ran into some issues. After 1920, the release of doves became a visual spectacle in a ceremony that didn't offer much spectacle outside of the parade of nations and cauldron lighting. Many early ceremonies were very austere and simple.</div>
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By the 1980s, the Cold War instigated, by far, the largest ceremonies up to that point in time - mega events in <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Moscow</a> and <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a>, each with enormous flocks of doves being released as part of the celebration. Then in <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1988, Seoul</a> tried to adapt to this trend. They produced a large (and very long) ceremony, but the cauldron would be set high within the Olympic Stadium - a nice place a perch if you were a lazy dove. Then this happened<b> (warning: burning living things)</b>.<br />
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For the doves that escaped, some plummeted to their deaths hitting the athletes below and spectators. Obviously, many in the viewing audience were appalled, so the IOC instituted a brilliant protocol change eliminating live doves and instead requiring an artistic "release of doves." Here are some of my favorites versions of how the recent Olympics have adapted this new tradition. Again, the clips are short since I've cued them up, so why not watch them all!<br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-23886264126738315362016-07-30T16:54:00.002-07:002016-07-30T17:49:26.507-07:00Shock and AweBring in the audience! Tomorrow, begins the first of two full runs with audience. As is the case in most every Olympics, the ceremony is recorded three times. Traditionally, this was necessary so the television broadcasters would be able to specifically edit portions of the ceremony into, or know which ones to take out of, the television broadcast.<br />
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Many of you, I suspect all of you, remember the epic ring failure from Sochi. That was one of the moments that could have easily been edited out, and a successful version put in. Actually, the Russian broadcast did just that! But we all felt devastated in a way when that happened, because the opening segment is usually one that is intended to pack a punch. More on that in a bit.<br />
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But every so often, a segment is deleted from the broadcast like the 2000 member marching band in Sydney (2000). But by far, one of my favorite moments that didn't see airtime in <span style="text-align: center;">the US was in 2012. There was a tribute to those who died in the London subway bombings, which happened the day after the games were awarded to London - 7/7/05. The segment features 52 dancers representing the 52 who died in the 4 attacks in a performance called "An Ending (Ascent)"- performed to the old hymn, "Abide with Me." It's about a father taking his son into eternity - I nearly cry every time I see this.</span><br />
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As I mentioned yesterday, the display of the Olympic Rings and welcome have been a part of the opening moment of the ceremony for decades. Later, a countdown was added and since 1992, the nighttime ceremony would begin at the clock time of their year. Does that make sense? In this case, it is 2016, and the ceremony will begin at 20:16, or 8:16pm. These have mostly been traditions, not protocol, but are often treated just as important in the planning stages.<br />
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By 2000, the countdown and Olympic Rings Welcome became a sort of "shock and awe" moment in the evolution of the ceremony, a way to say, "these are the Olympic Games" in the most powerful way. They are all very different and spectacular, and don't last very long since I've cued them up for you - you might as well watch them all!<br />
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<br />Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-80634112519950819762016-07-29T17:55:00.000-07:002016-07-29T18:35:42.486-07:00Cauldron Lighting 101<div>
In the ceremony, there are many protocol elements; these are elements that must happen as part of the ceremony. Some portions are rigidly adhered to: anthems and flag presentations, speeches and declarations, oaths. Others have complete artistic freedom like the cauldron lighting, the display of the Olympic Rings, and the release of doves. I wanted to make you aware of these when you watch because it is always one of my favorite moments to see how each Olympics adapts the ceremony as their own.</div>
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Let's start with the most exciting moment in the Olympic Ceremony, the cauldron lighting. The cauldron lighting originates in the 1912 Stockholm games, although largely unknown, even in Sweden. Swedish public media did a radio feature in 2012 on my research about it, partly because it was something few knew about even though it was in the Olympic record. Again in 1928, a cauldron was used in Amsterdam and in 1932 in Los Angeles. By the time Nazi Germany hosted the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, they introduced a torch relay beginning in Olympia, Greece where the flame was lit by the rays of the sun.</div>
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From then on, there wasn't much innovation. Essentially, the torch was hand delivered (and once by horseback in the 1956 Equestrian Games) to the cauldron in every occasion, until 1992. In 1992, a truly magnificent event occurred in Barcelona:</div>
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Before that moment, say the 1992 Winter games in Albertville held just a few months before Barcelona and in many other instances, the cauldron was lit in the middle or beginning of the ceremony and artistic programs continued afterward. The lighting was just one of several important elements. After 1992, the cauldron lighting became the singular climactic moment of every ceremony, furthering the evolution of the ceremony as an art form. In ceremonies to come, the cauldron lighting would become a plot element around which directors would build a story.</div>
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It's important to note that Moscow's (1980) mega-ceremony spurred a Cold War response by the US with Los Angeles' (1984) even larger ceremony, beginning a string of theatrical extravaganzas that still continue. In a way, each host city was looking to one-up the previous city, especially in its most memorable moment.<br />
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In 1994, Lillehammer tested out another spectacular feat for the world-wide audience adding great risk and drama.<br />
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This added risk proved exceptionally powerful to the world-wide audience and especially to the media. The manner by which the cauldron would be lit soon became just a important as who would light the flame. It was so obsessed over in the media that when the Atlanta (1996) and Nagano (1998) lightings failed to capture the awe of Lillehammer and Barcelona, they were highly criticized. </div>
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With a massive amount of pressure, director Ric Birch knew just how to find that drama in Sydney (2000). His ceremony story arc, with character building, even an operatic score focused toward an enormous secret - where was the cauldron? Birch decided to completely hide it. And with an innovative lighting, Sydney faced near disaster when things didn't go as planned. For the television audience though, it proved to be a nerve-wracking, yet exceptionally exciting few minutes.</div>
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Athens (2004) furthered the trend of introducing a technically bombastic cauldron lighting with this mechanical beast. Thankfully there wasn't a glitch, but check out the tilted, movable jumbotron!<br />
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Unfortunately the spectacle ran into a major mishap in 2010 in Vancouver. Every Winter Games until this point used the simple hand delivered lighting for the most part. In a surprising move, Vancouver attempted a hidden cauldron that spectacularly emerged from the domed stadium floor, but one of the arms of the cauldron failed to rise. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxZpUueDAvc" target="_blank">I'm unable to embed this, so you can watch it by clicking here.</a> The lighting begins at the 3 hr. mark.</div>
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Since then, London and Sochi offered rather simple cauldron lightings - the notable exception to tradition being that London constructed the cauldron during the ceremony. Each country brought out a metal part as they entered the stadium during the parade of nations, and it was slowly put together over the evening. This is what the end result looked like.</div>
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Today's teaser - I had another one planned for today, but then getty images took this from its helicopter. I bet you really want to know what's behind that...</div>
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-53474510255019285382016-07-28T16:26:00.000-07:002016-07-28T16:37:11.855-07:00City of God and Favela KingsFeathers, drums, whistles, skin - it's Carnival in Rio. Prior to Lent every year, the "City of God" breaks out into celebration with one of the most famous of Brazilian holidays. People around the city regularly practice all year for the event, especially in the poorest of neighborhoods in Rio, the favelas, that are interwoven between the rich parts of town. <br />
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There are 12 major samba schools and several hundred others throughout the city. Much like a athletic club or community center, these neighborhood schools practice their dances, build floats, practice music, design costumes, and spend the whole year developing a parade for the Sambadrome stadium. How can we tell the story of Rio without Carnival?<br />
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There are actually very specific guidelines toward creating a Carnival parade in this great artistic competition. Each part of the parade is graded and tells a story.</div>
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<b>Part 1: Comissão de frente</b> - These are the people in the very front of the parade. Sort of acting like the banner at the front of a marching band, they introduce their school with a choreographed presentation and dance that tells a story, the theme of their school's parade. </div>
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This the school Estacio de sa performing these first two parts. It's an heroic tale of the knight making peace with an evil dragon.</div>
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<b>Part 3: Mestre-sala & Porta-bandeira </b>- This is a man and woman couple that are elaborately dressed and dance around each other while prominently displaying the school flag.<br />
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As I mentioned, many of the people involved are from the slums, the favelas, which spread throughout the city, and are adjacent to the nicest parts of town. They spend the entire year building their costumes, practicing their instruments, and practicing their dances.</div>
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-31846073600379162072016-07-27T16:59:00.000-07:002016-07-27T16:59:47.934-07:00Native Empire, Diverse CreativityThe days are counting down and I am moving at an ever increasing pace. Cars honk, vendors yell, flags whip, sweat pours - time is quickly running out, and I have blisters on my toes. In the rehearsal tents, dancers and actors with colored bibs spend hours practicing with few breaks, all in silence. Meanwhile, acrobats and models move toward opposite ends of the floor to review movement charts, while marshals flood in to line the way for the invisible athletes, all in silence.<br />
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In order to get the job done, completely rehearsed and staged, and ready for the masses, everyone is practicing with earphones channeled to listen only to their own translator, instructor, choreographer, or music. It's a strange sight to see hundreds "shadow box" their separate performances simultaneously, but this is how you put on a production with 6,000 performers. <br />
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It's also the one moment that Brazil will show the world its culture, people, and importance in the world. To do that, there are numerous historic moments taken into account in telling Brazilian history. Take notes of these, because they will appear in one form or another - how would you stage these?<br />
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<b>The Amazon & Indigenous Peoples:</b> Before European explorers came to Brazil, thousands of tribes existed in the Amazon region. The largest rain forest and river on earth was their means of life, food, and travel.<br />
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<b>The Portuguese & Slavery:</b> Brazil was claimed in 1500 for Portugal by Pedro Cabral. These Europeans developed a slave trade with Africa to help develop the cash crop of sugar cane. By the 1700s, gold was discovered and more African slaves were brought in to mine. Even after freedom in the late 1800s, black citizens settled into slums, called favellas, that sadly still exist and separate the people and affluency today.<br />
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<b>Empire: </b>The Portuguese king Joao VI was driven from Portugal in 1808 by Napoleon, and he fled to Rio de Janeiro, where he reigned the Portuguese Empire until 1821, after which he returned to Portugal leaving his eldest son Pedro in Brazil. Pedro had other goals in mind, so the following year, he declared war on his father, won independence, and was crowned Emperor of Brazil.<br />
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<b>Republic, Crops, & Modernization:</b> After years of many wars, a coup was thrown in 1889, and the Brazilian Republic began. Along with democracy, immigrants from Japan, Europe, and Africa came to grow new cash crops like coffee and extract rubber. <br />
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<b>*First* Airplane:</b> As a proud American, I have to mention that although the first airplane was flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903, Brazil is VERY proud to call their own Alberto Santos-Dumont the first to fly in 1906...<br />
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It later was authenticated that the Wright Brothers' Flyer successfully took off on its own several times 3 years before the 14-bis, but you can probably guess how I fared in this argument.<br />
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<b>Military Rule & Return: </b>After a military coup in 1964, artistic, political, and social change was halted until a return to democracy in 1985. Brazil is a young country - they have a great story to tell!<br />
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Finally, today's teaser...hmmm, yesterday I mentioned a little construction project going on. I wonder where/what it is?<br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-73966142800742384832016-07-26T17:46:00.001-07:002016-07-26T17:47:34.697-07:00Blue EarthRio feels very European, but as one kind local mentioned to me about her street stand, "We work when we want to, we're happier that way." And yes, Brazilians are very happy, joyful people and have been quick to share that joy. Especially since my only Olympic experience before this was in Russia, I am eternally grateful to be in a country where people smile.<br />
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Around town, and in the Olympic areas, there are still projects and construction. That's not all that surprising, as most of the venues are temporary or easily assembled/disassembled venues that can be used over and over again. It reminds me of the days before the county fair, all the rides and carnival equipment get rolled into town - obviously, this is just a bit larger than the county fair.<br />
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Historically speaking, Rio has been very innovative in keeping costs down. The games at large will cost less than 1/5 of the smaller Winter games in Sochi! The ceremony will "officially" cost only about 1% of what Sochi spent if you include Sochi's elaborate construction costs! Perhaps that's more a reflection on Russia's handling of the games, but Rio's ceremony will cost less than the ones of recent. Outside of some specific large projects, like the athletics stadium, most of the venues are temporary. They look nice on the inside, and amazingly, are reusable venues that will be used by their athletic unions all over the world. This aerial photo I found online, but have a closer picture below it, so you can see how simple it is. By the way, I'm staying at the tallest building at the right of the picture.<br />
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The ceremony will be performed at Maracana. And it has had it's own construction project. A tent city was set up months ago for the ceremony. Tents for costumes, changing, offices, practicing, and full football-field sized ones for choreography. This allows for us to assign different performance groups to practice simultaneously instead of waiting for their time inside the stadium. There has been a construction project going on inside the stadium, but I'll save that teaser for another post!<br />
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This is the main entrance to the stadium. I usually am transported by car and enter in another location, so this was actually the first time I went to the front of the stadium since I took a bus. There are many armored soldiers surrounding the stadium, and I have a great picture of one carrying a bazooka of all things! Learning my lessons from the Russia, I will refrain from posting military photos until I know it's safe!<br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-40967674041378330942016-07-25T15:17:00.002-07:002016-07-25T15:36:02.454-07:00The Simple PyramidHello again from Rio! Today, I had a brief meeting at the Cathedral downtown. Brazil is the world's largest catholic country, and you may be surprised with one of it's largest churches.<br />
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This "new" cathedral took 12 years to complete and finished in 1976. It is not fancy in any respect other than the design, based on a Mayan pyramid. It is open air, made of what now is weathering concrete, dirtied from air pollution, rusted steel, but still smelling of incense and so simple, one would have to think Pope Francis, a South American who loves the simplicity of life, would be pleased. The bell tower, also very austere is an actual, manually controlled bell tower, which I had the privilege to see and hear at noon. If you look closer, you can see all the rusted spiral staircases that go to the top of the tower.<br />
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If you wondered, the old cathedral is gorgeous. I found the images below online and I probably won't get to see it until after the ceremony. Here is where the ceremony becomes involved. Since the Olympic Flame began its continuous use in the ceremony in 1928 in Amsterdam, there has been a standing rule that the Olympic Flame be continuously lit over the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic Stadium is the stadium specifically designated for Athletics (track and field). Rio's Opening Ceremony is not at the Olympic Stadium but in Maracana, the most famous football (soccer) stadium in Brazil. So, the Organizing Committee asked the IOC for help in changing the rule. They allowed Rio, for the first time ever, to do something different! The flame will be lit at the Opening Ceremony, but cauldron will spend the games in the square in front of the old cathedral downtown. "Hmmmm...how is that going work," you say? I'll let you figure that out! The design, how it's going to be lit, and who will light it are all big secrets but are sure to be amazing.<br />
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It's beautiful down here and this being the second time that I've experienced the games, the media surrounding it always surprises me. Rio certainly is better suited and prepared than Sochi was. It's very easy to make negative reports, but people down here seem mostly annoyed with all the concerns. Frankly, it has been too cold and dry for bug problems. I find it strange that all the top women golfers are attending the games (despite the media's fascination with zika), while many of the top men golfers have pulled out of the games due to "concerns." In many respects, everyone is very excited, definitely not "on edge." I saw the New Zealand Olympic Team and have seen some of the Irish and Austrians - everyone I have met are happy, feel safe, and enjoying themselves. Rio and Brazil, are very welcoming to visitors.<br />
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And finally, today's teaser...yikes, you will feel that music! I have a good teaser coming soon. Nothing to give away anything, but it'll make you think.<br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-44778737909877473252016-07-24T18:10:00.001-07:002016-07-24T18:54:35.598-07:00The World's Pilgrimage<div style="text-align: left;">
Seemingly to bless our feet in the pilgrimage, shimmering clouds of silvery granite dust swirl around the many feet and pathways, guiding our way toward the top of the mountain. Strange fruits grow on the trees within a truly urban jungle where monkeys scatter from curious children wanting to play. The faithful and the tourists trek up to this point for one reason - Christ the Redeemer.</div>
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But once again, let's get some background music to this post - you know what to do. Press play and have fun reading.<br />
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The ceremony will be offering several styles of truly Brazilian music. I've written about samba and bossa nova in the previous two posts. You're listening to a type of music invented in Rio in the 1800s. If Brazil is now best known for samba and bossa nova, choro was the defacto "Brazilian" popular music before WWII.</div>
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It is based in classical music tradition - an amalgamation of the German waltz, Spanish habanera, and other European dance/music forms then combined with West African dance rhythm. It is very similar to the relationship between ragtime and jazz in the US. Both born of African rhythm and the classical music tradition, but once jazz matured, it would reign as THE American music. Similarly, bossa nova and samba evolved out of choro to take the world by storm.</div>
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Early on, when I was learning about the music culture of Brazil, I expected this to be vocal music since it was called "choro" - it looks very similar to the word for "choir" in most every Western Language, but it actually means to "cry" in Portuguese, and choro is predominantly instrumental. I've sort have fallen in love with this music since learning about it. The most famous composer of choro was Ernesto Nazareth, and I've purchased the critical edition of Nazareth's music for my library among other things. The ceremony will beautifully feature a choro performer, Paulinho da Viola, in one of the most prominent segments (of which I have a hand in).<br />
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Preparations are moving toward evening rehearsals which has freed up the time I should be sleeping - the morning! But today, a few of us (and some members of Ireland's Olympic team) were able to go up to see the world's largest art deco statue in the world - Christ the Redeemer. I turned around from the same location in the second panorama. (click photos to see a larger view)<br />
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By population, Brazil is the largest Catholic country in the world. Obviously, we cannot tell the story of Brazil without talking about Catholicism, and we can't tell the story of Rio without Christ the Redeemer. These turn out to be major artistic points in the ceremony - and in a very exciting and beautiful way. Tomorrow, we are making a stop at the nearby downtown Cathedral, one of the World's largest, for some final planning before a week of practice runs leading up to the first dress rehearsals.<br />
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A day of good work comes to the end. Rio, one of the largest cities in the world, is a unique place in many respects. Brazil is very diverse, much like America, yet prosperity in its smallest form still hasn't reached everyone, depending on what block you are on. Quite literally spitting distance from the richest parts of town are favellas, the poorest parts of town. A couple days ago I posted a picture of the view from the top of my building looking toward Copacabana beach and Ipanema beach. Here is the view from the top of my building looking the other direction. Although I'm in a prosperous area, the hill behind me is filled with shack houses. Christ the Redeemer statue is way in the distance. Can you see it? I'll spend some more time on this in the future, but these elements will be prominent features in the ceremony using an amazingly creative design and staging. You'll have to see it to believe it.<br />
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I spent a meal today eating fish, drinking wine, and listening to bossa nova, pondering what I was going to write about in the few minutes I had. What better way to explain this complex city than by listening to bossa nova, a refined art rooted in the favellas and Brazil's multiculturalism. Bossa nova sways with elegant melodic phrases, jazz-influenced improvisations and harmony, touched up with a perpetual samba rhythm - obviously, we can't make a production about Brazil without it!<br />
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And speaking of the show, everything is full steam ahead. The cauldron has been tested, and although it is a big secret - you won't believe how cool this is going to be! Everything is going so well, it's scaring me! <br />
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For example, in Sochi, it took me almost 30 hours to get my credentials. Here in Rio, I merely waited in line and within 2 minutes I received my accreditation. Today I picked up some swag (free stuff promoting the games); a design that would likely send Tim Gunn to hide in some safe corner of Mood - but hey, it's free. I'll make it work!<br />
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All in all, I received a bag, two pairs of strange silky zipper pants that turn into shorts at the knee, three pairs of short socks (long socks are very unpopular in Rio), three polyester shirts, a jacket, a rain jacket, a belt not unlike a boy scout's, a multi-pocket man purse/sachel, handbook, water bottle, water bottle belt clip, a flimsy baseball cap (ironically, baseball is not included in the Olympics this year), and an awesome pair of shoes. This sort of acts as my uniform when we begin full runs. The color indicates my position, similar to the star representing a general in the US Army, everyone knows who I am within the volunteer workforce - although in this case, they can tell our roles using the Google Maps satellite image given how bright everything is.<br />
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Finally, I took a selfie today at one of the samba schools near the stadium. Another "behind the scenes" teaser for you! Tomorrow, I have some adventures planned - hopefully a good blog post will follow!<br />
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<br />Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-13858883190716822902016-07-22T17:47:00.000-07:002016-07-23T20:23:46.396-07:00Behind the Scenes: Brazilian Music<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I can hear people singing and drumming through the window all day and evening along a street filled with restaurants that runs beside us. My favorite parts of discovering culture involve all the sensory delights of those two great arts: food and music. They both involve the amalgamation of skill, time, generations of expertise and experimenting, but best of all, their creations reflect our love for each other - our musical performances and meals exist to be enjoyed by our friends, families, and ourselves. Recipes and musical compositions are passed down through the generations. Today let's go behind the scenes to take a look at the music of Rio, although let me tell you, I will also be VERY passionate about exploring the food scene as well!</div>
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Of course, like every major culture on the planet, Brazil has had a vibrant art music tradition. It was influenced by the Portuguese and music of the Christian World beginning in the Renaissance, African music from the millions who were trapped into slavery, and even the ancient traditions of indigenous peoples in the Amazon. But Brazil invented several younger, sexier styles of music which took the world by storm: choro, samba, and bossa nova.</div>
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Earlier today I had to take a trip out to get a few more instruments and other supplies. What better place than Brazil's largest Brazilian Music store, Bossa Nova & Companhia. A special thanks to Claudio who helped answer all my questions, and introduce me to all sorts of new music and performers.<br />
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I found what I was looking for - cuicas - a type of pitched drum. Pictured below is a professional cuica made of aluminum, rawhide drumhead, and stick attached to the underside of the drum. To play it, you wet cloth or cotton and move it along the stick to create higher or lower pitches. I had to take the picture against a mirror for you to see the inside.<br />
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Here is a terribly hilarious cuica solo. Believe it or not, it's named cuica because that is the local name for the woolly mouse opossum, which makes a high pitched squeaky sound. And this instrument definitely squeaks! Yikes!</div>
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It's often used in samba as the following video shows. Samba is a relatively new form of music and dance that developed from the African music traditions of those living in the poorest communities, favelas. And like jazz, gospel, and blues in the US, Samba transcended race and class and became a truly Brazilian art form. This is a cuica team practicing for the carnival parade at the Sambodromo (pictured at the very top).<br />
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One more exciting use of the cuica is in the victory ceremony music that was just announced today. Although the video is still unlisted on youtube, only about 100 people have heard this at the time of this posting! The bit below is the music that they will play as the medal winners in some of the more modern sports like BMX, moutain bike, and beach volleyball ascend the podium. Can you spot the cuica? Other popular and traditional sports will have different podium music, in case you wondered. <br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-85073107802111419772016-07-21T20:08:00.003-07:002016-07-23T20:23:23.382-07:00Olympic Dreams in South America<div style="text-align: center;">
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In the Copacabana bairro of beautiful Rio de Janeiro, I am getting ready for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony! I have waited until now to make any announcement about my involvement for rather selfish reasons. I needed some "calm before the storm" this time around. But I am super excited to share some of the Brazilian culture (or what I experience of it) with you all over the next several weeks. In case you don't know, I have joined the performance operations team for the ceremonies, which will be incredible. So don't forget to tune in to watch them on the evening of August 5! <br />
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I'll try to not be detained like I was in Russia! <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/creating-sochi-2014-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Click here to reread that amazing journey of the making of the 2014 Sochi Opening Ceremony.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the top of my building here in Rio!</td></tr>
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Before I get started - please check out my Olympic website, <a href="http://www.openingceremony.info/" target="_blank">www.openingceremony.info</a> to learn all sorts of facts about the ceremonies that I've put together over the years. Best of all, it's the largest collection of ceremony video online. It's always a work in progress, but if you're crazy for these gigantic artistic events like me, you'll love it!<br />
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In the meantime, I suppose we should start with a little lesson on Olympic semantics. I'm looking at you, Bob Costas!<br />
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Many people are already incorrectly calling these games the "Summer Olympics." Instead, the correct name for the Rio 2016 Olympics is rather archaic, "The Games of the XXXI (thirty-first) Olympiad," but they're called this for good reason. It is currently WINTER in Rio. Since the seasons of the Southern Hemisphere are opposite of the Northern Hemisphere, it makes it very confusing for everyone down here when you see "Summer Olympics" on a commercial.<br />
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I first landed in Santiago, Chile where it was a brisk 34 degrees. Everyone was wearing winter coats and pants. Where I, in my brilliance, left 100 degree Kansas in shorts and a t-shirt. For what it's worth, it's in the 70s and 80s here in Rio since it is along the coast - perfect weather, if you ask me.<br />
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The cool, damp, diesel-filled air of Rio reminds me remarkably of Sochi. And Sochi was confusing enough for that matter - it was a city in a subtropical climate with palm trees hosting a Winter Olympics! <br />
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In fact, these aren't the first seasonally misplaced games. The first modern "Summer" Olympics were held in Spring. The Games of London in 1908 ended on Halloween and the St. Louis Games in 1904 ended the day before Thanksgiving!</div>
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Prior to 1994, both the Winter and Summer Olympics occurred during the same year. This format helped to allow for one of the strangest years in the Olympic movement, 1956. <br />
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When horses were barred from entering Australia for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics, the IOC added a full-fledged Olympics (ceremony, parade of nations, torch relay, and all) just for the equestrian events in Stockholm, Sweden earlier in the year. <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">You can check out the 1956 Equestrian Olympic Opening Ceremony here!</a> That meant that in 1956, there were THREE Olympic Games! The Winter Games occurred in Italy, during Winter of course. Then the Equestrian Games occurred in June in Sweden and the Summer Games in November and December in Australia; both during their hemisphere's Spring. Craziness!<br />
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But to bring us full circle, Rio not only will be the first South American games, but they will also be the first "Summer" games completely contested during Winter.<br />
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I'm looking forward to new adventures, tidbits, and pictures to share with you all of the course of the next few weeks!</div>
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<b>"Summer" Olympics held outside of Summer</b></div>
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1896 Athens - Spring (6-15 April)</div>
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1900 Paris - Spring, Summer, & Fall (14 May - 28 October)</div>
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1904 St. Louis - Summer & Fall (1 July - 23 November)</div>
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1908 London - Spring, Summer, & Fall (27 April - 31 October)</div>
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1920 Antwerp - Spring & Summer (20 April - 12 September)</div>
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1924 Paris - Spring & Summer (4 May - 27 July)</div>
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1956 EQUESTRIAN GAMES Stockholm - Spring (11 June - 17 June)</div>
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1956 Melbourne - Spring (22 November - 8 December)</div>
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1964 Tokyo - Fall (10-24 October)</div>
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1968 Mexico City - Fall (12-27 October)</div>
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1988 Seoul - Summer & Fall (17 September - 2 October)</div>
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2000 Sydney - Winter & Spring (15 September - 1 October)</div>
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2016 Rio - Winter (5-21 August)</div>
Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-3942440538569177142016-07-21T17:55:00.001-07:002016-08-02T14:48:35.750-07:00Behind the Scenes: Sochi 2014Read through my trip to Russia and the 2014 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - from innocence to detainment! Then check out the full event at the end.<br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-countdown-begins_12.html" target="_blank">The Countdown Begins</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/cyrillic-emails_13.html" target="_blank">Cyrillic Emails</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/looking-forward-venue_14.html" target="_blank">Looking Forward: The Venue</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/hello-from-sochi_16.html" target="_blank">Hello from Sochi!</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/sickly-ritornello_17.html" target="_blank">Sickly Ritornello</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-access-pass-rehearsal-life_18.html" target="_blank">All Access Pass: Rehearsal Life</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/secrets_20.html" target="_blank">Secrets</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/la-grece-greece_21.html" target="_blank">La Grèce! Greece! Греция!</a><br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-big-finale_21.html" target="_blank">The Big Finale</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/vacation-day-in-mountains_21.html" target="_blank">Vacation Day in the Mountains</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/ethnic-patterns_22.html" target="_blank">Ethnic Patterns</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/all-access-pass-performance-secrets_24.html" target="_blank">All Access Pass: Performance Secrets</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-top-4-olympic-ceremonies_24.html" target="_blank">The Top 4 Olympic Ceremonies</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/chewbacca-wake-up-call_26.html" target="_blank">Chewbacca Wake-up Call</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/uh-oh_27.html" target="_blank">Uh oh!</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-she-prisoner-of-caucasus-trout_27.html" target="_blank">The She-Prisoner of Caucasus Trout</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/no-reservations_29.html" target="_blank">No Reservations</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/speechless-excitement_31.html" target="_blank">Speechless Excitement</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/01/an-audience-awaits_31.html" target="_blank">An Audience Awaits</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/frustrated-enthusiasm_2.html" target="_blank">Frustrated Enthusiasm</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/4-days-to-go-anxious-expectations.html" target="_blank">4 Days to Go: Anxious Expectations</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/3-days-to-go-secret-preparations_4.html" target="_blank">3 Days to Go: Secret Preparations</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/all-access-pass-final-preparations_5.html" target="_blank">All Access Pass: Final Preparations</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/1-day-to-go-olympic-flame-arrives_6.html" target="_blank">1 Day to Go: The Olympic Flame Arrives!</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/silenced-by-paranoia.html" target="_blank">Silenced by Paranoia</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2014 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Sochi (entire ceremony)</a></div>
Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-28331876485631157672016-07-11T10:02:00.002-07:002018-02-14T19:02:58.623-08:001984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony (entire ceremony)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lake Placid 1980 - <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1988-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Calgary 1988</a></div>
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1896</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1900-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1900</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">1904</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1906-intercalated-games-opening.html" target="_blank">Intercalated</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1908</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1912</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1916</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1920</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1924</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1928</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1932</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1936</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1940-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1940</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1944-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1944</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1948</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1952</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1956</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Equestrian</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1960</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1964</a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_932003596"></span>1968<span id="goog_932003597"></span></a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1972</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1976</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1980</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1984</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1988</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1992</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1996</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2000</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2004</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2008</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2012</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/2016-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">2016</a><br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2010-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2010</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2014</a> <a href="https://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2018/02/2018-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">2018</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">XVI Olympic Winter Games</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Albertville, France</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">February 8, 1992</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1896-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1896</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1900-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1900</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1904-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">1904</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1906-intercalated-games-opening.html" target="_blank">Intercalated</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1908-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1908</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1912-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1912</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1916-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1916</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1920-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1920</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1924-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1924</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1928-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1928</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1932-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1932</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1936-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1936</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1940-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1940</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1944-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1944</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1948-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1948</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1952-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1952</a><br />
<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1956</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1956-equestrian-games-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">Equestrian</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1960-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1960</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1964-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1964</a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_932003596"></span>1968<span id="goog_932003597"></span></a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1972-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1972</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1976-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1976</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1980-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1980</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1984-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1984</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1988-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1988</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1992-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1992</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/1996-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1996</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2000-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2000</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2004-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2004</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2008-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2008</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2012</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/08/2016-summer-olympic-opening-ceremony.html">2016</a><br />
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<a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/09/1924-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1924</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/09/1928-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony-st.html" target="_blank">1928</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2013/01/1932-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1932</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2013/11/1936-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1936 </a>1940 1944 1948 <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1952-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1952</a> 1956 1960 1964 1968 <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1972-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1972</a> 1976 1980 <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/1984-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1984</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1988-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1988</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/1992-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1992</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1994-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1994</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1998-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1998</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2002-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2002 </a><a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2006-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2006</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2010-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2010</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2014</a>1980 <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/1984-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1984</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1988-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1988</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2016/07/1992-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1992</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1994-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1994</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/1998-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">1998</a> <a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2002-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2002 </a><a href="http://bryanpinkall.blogspot.com/2012/11/2006-winter-olympic-opening-ceremony.html" target="_blank">2006</a><br />
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Bryan Pinkallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517306851252945426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332678058465663867.post-45345738072954221692015-03-05T07:45:00.001-08:002015-03-05T07:45:57.463-08:00Record Release - Rachmaninoff All-night Vigil, 100th Anniversary Recording!Hello to my nearly 700,000 readers! Please take a look at my new recording with the Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Chorale - both multi-Grammy-winning ensembles. We got to together with 3 multi-Grammy-winning producers at Chandos Records and are releasing this album: Rachmaninoff All-night Vespers on the exact 100th Anniversary of its premiere.<br />
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As of this morning, we are 7th in the iTunes charts, and this is only the SECOND classical album ever offered on iTunes First Play! Get your copy today on iTunes or Amazon. The album release date is March 10. I'll give you updates along the way. And be sure to join me in a live chat as Minnesota Public Radio hosts a world-wide listening event on the evening of March 10 at www.rachparty.com<br />
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rachmaninoff-all-night-vigil/id964253884<br />
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http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninoff-All-night-Vigil-Phoenix-Chorale/dp/B00RPNPAU0<br />
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