Their goal: Own the podium!
His goal: The one that mattered most!
Sid the kid... Canada 3-2 in OT. With glowing hearts the home crowd saw the team's sticks rise, and a roar swept across the continent from BC Place to Halifax. Victory for both sexes in the national game... Medals bestowed... O Canada sung at the top of their lungs... Honor reclaimed... Games over.
Vancouver, the west at it's best, opened its arms to the world.
Earthquake, tsunami,
Anyone else notice that the start of Canada's national anthem is the same 4 notes that start the old Olympic theme with all the trumpets and kettle drums?
ReplyDeleteGoood catch!
ReplyDeleteABC Television first used Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" as the theme for the 1964 Winter Olympics from Innsbruck, Austria. Other networks continued using the excerpt from Arnaud's "Charge Suite" (1958) to date.
Film composer & former conductor of the Boston Pops John Williams "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" debuted with LA's summer games in 1984, but has yet to achieve the same recognition. It's opening fanfare is a good match to O Canada as well.