Ceremonies on UTube, Part 3

[Sir Rols]

5 minutes ago, yoshi said:

You stole a round opening...

She’s got better songs…

Edited January 2, 2023 by Sir Rols

[BigVic]

11 hours ago, Sir Rols said:

Who could forget Iceland’s own Björk!

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The cloth over Bjork was supposed to have a map which failed to project 

[baron-pierreIV]

On 1/3/2023 at 2:47 AM, BigVic said:

The cloth over Bjork was supposed to have a map which failed to project 

They didn't want to wash out the stains.  

[panamfan]

Complete Closing Ceremony of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, USA is now up:

 

[Durban Sandshark]

On 3/17/2023 at 10:59 PM, panamfan said:

Complete Closing Ceremony of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, USA is now up:

 

About damn time we got this! We should've expected this very soon after the closing ceremony commenced, when it could use the publicity the most nationally. What took for the World Games so long to do this?

Got to watch the original 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow again, but I need to discuss this. When it got first uploaded several year back, I commented here about the seemingly "second chance" (my words, of course) it gave under Ted Turner's vision to both American and Soviet athletes who got boycotted from the other's Olympic Games. I did talk about how similar the opening ceremony at Lenin Stadium was--although not exactly--like the Moscow 1980 OC: lots of gymnasts, acrobats, and youth on-field, the mass fake trumpet playing, the prominent card display from one section (even bigger in area than Moscow), the long, tall red flags, the Soviet republic peoples' traditional dress, the Soviet Politburo inside that very box they were in back in Moscow, nod to the cosmonauts, fireworks, and the formations like circles and x's. 

But the one noticable thing lies in the absence of a parade of nations. We get there was actually some competition going on at that moment like the World Basketball Championships in Spain, so the athletes weren't going there. But it was said from TBS/TNT Sports that "every event is a final" in its promotion, so no heats or rounds at the time, right? Was this the reason why we got none? It would've been interesting what a Goodwill Games Parade of Nations would look like here. Keeping with the trend of keeping things reasonably close to Moscow 1980, the nations' placards would've been similar, but there would be more athletes marching than back then behind the signs and enjoy the reception from the Lenin Stadium crowd. Maybe even then it would take too long and boring. But I'm a fan of that segment. Matter of fact, there were less nations participation than back with the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics: 74 < 81. I recall that South Korea and Israel didn't enter because neither had diplomatic ties at the time with the Soviet Union. 

On a side note, we have yet to see a full Friendship Games 1984 opening ceremony unearthed publicly for many of us. Or a Spartakiad one for that matter. Just as a curio.      

[Ikarus360]

RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto. An absolute legend.

 

[Bear]

Opening Ceremony of Lake Placid 2023

[Ikarus360]

1:22:04 RIP Edna Everage (Barry Humphries)

 

[TorchbearerSydney]

Never seen this before- 2 hours of the horses rehearsing for the Sydney 200 Opening Ceremony!

 

 

[BigVic]

On 4/22/2023 at 9:03 PM, Ikarus360 said:

1:22:04 RIP Edna Everage (Barry Humphries)

 

Loved the reference to the 1956 Olympics during her speech. 

[Durban Sandshark]

On 4/3/2023 at 4:22 AM, Ikarus360 said:

RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto. An absolute legend.

 

When I found out when Ryuichi Sakamoto died from cancer, I nearly forgot then that he was part of those conductors handling the live music at the Barcelona Opening Ceremony. This was something that was only repeated with Atlanta four years later. But no more. Yeah, Ryuichi was a musical genius and will be missed. His music certainly will live on with his last album released just before he passed away like working on The Last Emperor score with David Byrne (a movie that he also acted in: "Asia will belong to US!"), his collabs with David Sylvain and Japan, and the Yellow Magic Orchestra. Sayonora, Ryuichi-san!

I still have the Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony DVD. But haven't played it for several years. When I saw this video of 7's broadcast, I noticed instantly some footage that isn't contained in the DVD like Neil Kearney interviewing water polo star Daniel Mardsen while commentating over his hairstyle and later swimming star Kieren Perkins yet to show off his team's OC gear, a Shirley De La Hunty interview, Mike Whitley in the stands discussing the Opening Ceremony goodies everyone has (something NBC did touch on)   Why were all these omitted from the DVD? Space? That, and the countdown clock at the lower right hand corner. I get that Andrew Gaze's interview nearby at the Sydney SuperDome (now the Qodos Bank Arena) is on it because he was the Australian flagbearer here. This is all the pre-Opening Ceremony broadcast stuff since the copyrights are in effect. If you got the DVD and/or seen it on YouTube (on the world SOBO feed minus the Seven Network's commentary), it wouldn't matter:   

 

[Ikarus360]

Opening ceremony of the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia about to begin, for those interested. For what i've seen it seems to be much larger than last year ceremony in Hanoi. https://www.youtube.com/live/LnFfkmAXSBM?feature=share

 

[AustralianFan]

9 hours ago, Ikarus360 said:

Opening ceremony of the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia about to begin, for those interested. For what i've seen it seems to be much larger than last year ceremony in Hanoi. https://www.youtube.com/live/LnFfkmAXSBM?feature=share

Clever Cauldron Lighting Twist, after starting like Beijing

Cauldron sequence Starts at 2:29:00 below >>

 

[AustralianFan]

On 4/23/2023 at 7:47 AM, TorchbearerSydney said:

Never seen this before- 2 hours of the horses rehearsing for the Sydney 200 Opening Ceremony!

 

 

Thankyou @TorchbearerSydney, loved watching this!

[Bear]

10 hours ago, Ikarus360 said:

Opening ceremony of the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia about to begin, for those interested. For what i've seen it seems to be much larger than last year ceremony in Hanoi. https://www.youtube.com/live/LnFfkmAXSBM?feature=share

a very solid ceremony, definitely better than the last two! well done Cambodia

[Ikarus360]

14 hours ago, Bear said:

a very solid ceremony, definitely better than the last two! well done Cambodia

2019 had very good music but that was pretty much it. Hard to believe it was Fivecurrents in charge of that one

I want to be benevolent with the 2021+1 ceremony because of the Pandemic but it was still a poor ceremony which abused too much of VR effects

Cambodia's ceremony, safe some small things which made me eyeroll (like obviously copying the Rio 2016 Amazon forest segment at one moment) felt like an Olympic ceremony most of the time, and it didn't exclusively depeneded in projections (even if these were heavy) The transparent fabric used for projections is an idea which should be definitely more used in ceremonies.

I loled at the fact the flame in the torch was already extinguished before the Giant Naga lit the cauldron. Kind of reminded me of Sheffield's Universiade. Still, considering what Cambodia went through for many decades, it was a very impressive work.

[Scotguy II]

On 5/6/2023 at 8:36 AM, AustralianFan said:

Clever Cauldron Lighting Twist, after starting like Beijing

Cauldron sequence Starts at 2:29:00 below >>

 

What a great ceremony - very impressed. Who would have thought that Cambodia would have outclassed most of the ceremonies of the past 10 years.

and FINALLY we get a proper cauldron and flame again

[AustralianFan]

9 hours ago, Ikarus360 said:

I loled at the fact the flame in the torch was already extinguished before the Giant Naga lit the cauldron. Kind of reminded me of Sheffield's Universiade. Still, considering what Cambodia went through for many decades, it was a very impressive work.

I’m not so sure about that.  Sometimes in torches we think the flame visibly looks extinguished because we cannot see the familiar yellow flames flaring up, but it’s still there alive and well, especially some of those torches who don’t have a visibly big flame anyway for safety and environmental reasons.

I know at times during Olympic theatrical movement sequences and at other times during the torch relay, the flame sometimes temporarily looks to be “gone for all money”, but then either the flame or the heat mirage from the active flame becomes visible when the camera shot is closer and/or the torch is stationary.

All in all a very impressive ceremony.

[BigVic]

Rugby World Cup 2003 Opening Ceremony 

[TorchbearerSydney]

Was there that night. It was a great little ceremony. Sydney still had the Olympic glow.

[Scotguy II]

On 5/26/2023 at 2:44 AM, BigVic said:

Rugby World Cup 2003 Opening Ceremony 

Pretty good. My favourite Rugby World Cup opening ceremony is still Cymru 1999 followed by NZ 2011

[Olympian1010]

2023 Games of the Small States of Europe opening ceremony from Malta. In general, a step up from the last few editions I think. 
 

 

[Bear]

Closing Ceremony, Cambodia 2023 SEA Games

Opening Ceremony, Cambodia 2023 ASEAN Para Games

[Bear]

Opening Ceremony - Olympic Esports Week Singapore 2023

#OlympicEsportsWeek Opening Ceremony LIVE - YouTube

[Ikarus360]

Central American and Caribbean Games opening ceremony in El Salvador