2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Canadian fiddlers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games at BC Place stadium
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| Time | 18:00 – 21:00 PST (UTC−8) |
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| Date | 12 February 2010 |
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°WCoordinates: 49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°W |
| Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | February 13, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 68:56 | |||
| Label | EMI Music Canada | |||
| Producer | David Atkins | |||
| 2010 Winter Olympics chronology | ||||
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The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010 beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins.
The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died earlier in the day in a training run. An audience of 61,600 were in attendance at the venue. There were an estimated 4,500 performers.
The production's director was David Atkins, who directed the Sydney 2000 Olympic and 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies. The Opening and Closing Ceremonies had a combined budget of $48.5 million (it received $20 million (CA$) funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage while VANOC contributed the rest). Much of the instrumental music for the ceremony was written by Dave Pierce, Gavin Greenaway, and Donovan Seidle.
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