The Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony began at precisely 8 PM Beijing time (that is 8 AM on the East Coast). You can catch the entire Opening Ceremony tonight at 7:30 PM on your local NBC station.

For more on what happened at the opening ceremony, check out this news story on MSN: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26079138/ .

There was also a live blog that was going on during the ceremonies at this link: http://www.nbcolympics.com/blogs/blog=alanabrahamsonsblog/postid=183659.html#ni+from+birds+nest

Haha, I was just look at those pictures, buzz.

Thank you for the information, TravisSch. I'll try to catch the ceremony tonight.

Thanks for the pictures and info.. Wow! That's alot of people right there!

I just saw the Opening Ceremony last night, and the people did a phenomenal job! I have never seen anything like it. This kept me watching until the end. I just know the closing ceremony will be just as good, or even better!

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I as well saw the entire thing last night. I agree with Young_Link, it was just phenomenal! I have to say, the first part of the ceremony was pretty cool. With the drumming and all the lights, along with all the people in the stadium cheering and enjoying it.

The ending just awed me though. Seeing the olympic torch guy get lifted up to the very top of the stadium and then proceed to jog the torch around the outer line of the stadium (Birds Nest) was just awesome. Also seeing all of the fireworks once the torch was lit was cool to.

I can't wait to see more of the Olympic games! If the opening ceremony was this spectacular, I wonder what the ending will bring.. wow.

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the ceremoney was pretty awesome, and the best ive seen in a long time.. i just thought that the guy going around the entire arena was a little bit much.. it just took so long.. the games in Spain started off with a flaming arrow to light it. but the Chinese did go a little over the top with the olympics. about 5 billion US$ over the top, just for olympics-related construction. i find that a little bit too much, while they could be rebuilding the area where the earthquake happened..

I saw the ceremony... and was blown away!!! They did such a great job with everything. The way they projected things on the roof and the giant rolling screen was amazing!

I loved it!

Opening ceremonies were awesome!

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It was the most incredible opening ceremony I've ever seen.

It was colorful and awesome.xD

I really liked the fireworks. My family was jumping and screaming when USA walked in! GO UsA!


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