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Hidy and Howdy were the official mascots of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were anthropomorphic twin polar bears who wore western/cowboy style outfits. Students of Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary were used as performers during Hidy and Howdy's four years as the mascots of the XVth Olympic Winter Games.
OCO'88 introduced the mascots of the Calgary Games Hidy and Howdy, at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. [2] The mascots named "Hidy" and "Howdy", chosen through a public contest, [3] were a smiling cowboy-themed polar bears designed to evoke images of "western hospitality". [4]
The Games' mascots, Hidy and Howdy, were designed to evoke images of "western hospitality". [81] The smiling, cowboy-themed polar bears were popular across Canada. Played by a team of 150 students from Bishop Carroll High School, the sister-brother pair made up to 300 appearances per month in the lead-up to the Games.
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Hidy and Howdy: Polar bears: Sheila Scott: Both represent Western Canadian hospitality. [4] 1988 Summer Olympics: Seoul: Hodori (호돌이) Siberian tiger: Hyun Kim: Siberian tigers are common in Korean legends. [4] 1992 Winter Olympics: Albertville: Magique: Man-star/snow imp: Philippe Mairesse: The colors of the mascot are based on those of ...
The family moved to Inglewood when Howdy was 19 years old, after his father accepted a ministry position at a local church. By the mid-’70s, the elder Glenn had become the pastor of the Second ...
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