Opening Ceremonies of 2010 Winter Olympics: Canada’s Best

The 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Vancouver, Canada was a three hour event that brought the glitz of sports to the homes of the world. There were lights, ceremony, tradition and even in the end, a bit of drama.

Canadian pop music ability shone blithely tonight at the aperture ceremonies for the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. One of the top agreeable highlights was a beauteous achievement of Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” by Canadian accompanist k.d. lang. She aboriginal recorded the song in 2004 for her anthology Hymns of the 49th Parallel. She as well performed “Hallelujah” at the 2005 Juno Awards. In the accomplished three years the song has taken on iconic status. In 2008 American Idol adversary Jason Castro delivered a achievement that generated such absorption in the song that Jeff Buckley’s abundant admired 1994 recording of “Hallelujah” topped the Billboard Digital Tracks chart. Later in that aforementioned year X Factor champ Alexandra Burke topped the UK pop singles blueprint with her adaptation and Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” hit #2. More afresh Justin Timberlake went to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his estimation of “Hallelujah” from the Hope For Haiti Now telethon.

The world got to see the beauty of Canada as well. Offering their country as the host for the 2010 Olympics, there was no doubt the world took away scenic beauty that would have never been seen otherwise.

Earlier in the ceremonies top Canadian pop stars Nelly Furtado and Bryan Adams performed a affiliation on a song blue-blooded “Bang the Drum” accounting by Adams. Sarah McLachlan abutting the array of stars with a abandoned achievement at the piano. In addition able accolade to Canadian pop music, Joni Mitchell’s archetypal “Both Sides Now” provided the accomplishments for a affective aeriform and ball performance. Finally, Anne Murray, one of the bestselling Canadian pop singers of all time, was one of the notable Canadian personalities called to backpack the official Olympic banderole into the stadium.

Vancouver, of course, seemed the perfect candidate for the 2010 edition. Unlike its megahyped predecessor in Beijing in 2008, a Canadian-based Olympics offered no fodder for human rights protests, no platform for a nation looking to trumpet its superpower status. Yes, the host country came into these games intent on junking its identity as good-sport and Olympic doormat. “The games are ours,” said Marcel Aubut, the president-elect of the Canadian Olympic Committee insisted on Thursday. “We’re going to own the podium.”