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8 January, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘China’

16-Days of Oranje Celebration

By Denis Campbell • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Media
The Dutch know how to throw a party. In 2000 in Sydney, the hottest Olympic ticket was not to the Opening or Closing Ceremonies. It was to Holland House beside Sydney Harbour where the parties were so festive and long that athletes from other countries clamoured to join in and one eventually had to produce [...]



Let the Games Begin

By Denis Campbell • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Features
The most spectacular opening ceremony of a modern Olympiad is in the bag. 15,000 in the cast. Synchronised fireworks, drumming and dancing wowed an audience of 4 billion globally on the telly. A remarkable festival of colours and digital effects combined with movements that took a year to rehearse under what had to have been [...]