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 Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject: Koalas and ballerinas highlight ceremony |
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| Quote: | MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Surreal giant koalas, a tram with wings, aerial ballerinas and a performing duck took center stage as the 18th Commonwealth Games opened in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The ceremony preceded by a game of ‘backyard’ cricket, utilizing garbage bins for stumps, as more than 81,000 people filled the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
An 18–beat countdown highlighted the previous hosts of the games and as the sun set, a flotilla of craft sailed down the Yarra River that cuts through Melbourne.
The 18 surfboats were flanked by illuminated fish and water creatures representing every nation.
Inside the stadium, the spotlight fell on a small boy carrying a skateboard and a toy duck – his adventures the key theme of the ceremony. The idea was inspired by “The Duck Poem” by Australian writer Michael Leunig.
A winged tram – the public transport synonymous with Melbourne – flew into the middle of the stadium, where passengers alighted and removed overcoats to reveal colorful costumes.
The flags of England, which hosted the 2002 edition in Manchester, Australia and 2010 host India were raised and the queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were driven into the stadium.
After Australia’s national anthem, fireworks were let off around the stadium and down the Yarra River. Aboriginal dancers and performers dressed as birds entertained the boy before his duck transformed into a winged female dancer.
He followed her up into the stadium and found himself stranded on a cloud.
In a surreal sequence, koalas attempt to rescue the boy with ladders and kites. A mother koala wheeled her baby into the stadium in a pram then inflated and rose into the air. The head of another koala fell off and a game of soccer was played with its head. Another koala entered the stadium on a giant flip–flop and another unzipped his fur to be left in his y–front shorts.
Just when the boy is about to be rescued a thunderclap sparked a mini rainstorm – a nod Melbourne’s ever–changing weather.
The ceremony also featured of ballerinas from the Australian Ballet Company performing in the air while their movements were mimicked by motorcycles on the ground. When a puff of smoke revealed a real duck in the boy’s arms, the parade of nations began.
The Commonwealth Games flag was raised, the athlete’s oath given and New Zealand opera singer Dame Kiri de Kanawa sang “Happy Birthday” to the queen, whose 80th birthday is April 21.
Tye queen was to officially open the games.
The MCG opened in 1854 but has been renovated for the games. It also hosted the 1956 Olympic Games.
Andrew Walsh was the ceremony’s artistic director and producer.
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I am hunting high and low for that cute boy!!!! He's 12 and his name is Sean Whitfeat (I don't know if I spell his name right coz I only heard it from the commentator!!!) I want to have a picture of him! Does anyone know his real proper name? |
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haha lol!
sorry.....im not laughing at HiM......
you got me jc lol!
but he looks like my brother......but he is more dark there
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   at both of you!!!! Are you telling me the duck is cuter than Sean??!!!! 
He doesn't look like your brother! Your brother's a bit irritating but I think Sean is not!!! 
Go faint on the floor! |
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| HuiXian wrote: | at both of you!!!! Are you telling me the duck is cuter than Sean??!!!!
He doesn't look like your brother! Your brother's a bit irritating but I think Sean is not!!!
Go faint on the floor! |
LOL HuiXn!
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Okay... I'm crazy over him. When he smiled at the camera last night, my heart melted!!! 
haha LOL!
