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Come August 8th 2008 and the Chinese capital will announce the opening of the 5th Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at sharp 8:00 PM local time. Truly making the sense to the popular saying that, the first impression is the last impression, Beijing Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony will be a grand event.
This glittering opening ceremony will take place at Beijing National Stadium. Also, known as the National Stadium, this will serve as an ideal venue for the opening ceremony of this 17-day Olympic extravaganza. Presently, this stadium is under construction to give its best appeal on the grand opening day. Apart from hosting the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics 2008, this stadium will also host many competitions.
“Participation, declaration and enjoyment” will be the theme of the Beijing Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony. Such a theme will aim to highlight public participation and enjoyment during the forthcoming Olympics. With the opening ceremony, people will also witness the launch of “Olympic Live Sites.”
Expected to last for about 3 hours, the opening ceremony of this grand event will comprise of events such as, flag raising, march past by the participating athletes, an array of speeches by China’s NOC and IOC presidents, followed by the declaration of Beijing Olympic Games is open by the Chinese premier. After all these events, all the officials and athletes will take the customary pledge for a fair game. Finally this opening ceremony will end with the lightening of main Olympic Games torch. In between there will of course be many colorful cultural events in which thousands of artists will be seen performing their best.
Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the opening as well as the closing ceremony, is looking after everything related to the grand opening of Beijing 2008 Olympics. He is assisted by a team of 300 professionals who are work round the clock aiming to make this one a memorable event in the history of Olympics.
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