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Then came the "Oslo Ceremony" (so called because the original Olympic flag, which was used for transfer of the Winter Games, was first used at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo), which is the transfer of the replica of the Oslo Olympic Flag from the mayor of Salt Lake City, Rocky Anderson, to Jacques Rogge, and then to the mayor of Turin, Sergio Chiamparino.
The closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 28, 2010, beginning at 5:30 pm PST (01:30 UTC, March 1) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first Olympic Closing Ceremony held in an indoor venue since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Following the conclusion of the ceremony protocol, it is not uncommon for the ceremony to continue on with an "afterparty" of concert performances as a finale; the 2000 Summer Games closing ceremony features various Australian musicians, the 2010 Winter Games closing ceremony featured various Canadian musicians, the 2016 closing ceremony ...
The third movement was featured during the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony during the Sochi 2014 handover segment. [citation needed] The symphony plays a major role in E. M. Forster's novel Maurice (written in 1913 and later, but unpublished until 1971), where it serves as a veiled reference to homosexuality. [36]
Billie Eilish performed “Birds of a Feather” from her third studio album “Hit Me Hard and Soft." Red Hot Chili Peppers performed the 2003 jam “Can't Stop.” Tom Cruise makes grand entrance
Due to World War II, the Olympic Games were not held in either 1940 or 1944. ... Three Olympic Villages were constructed for the 2006 Winter Games in Torino -- one in Turin, one in Sestriere and ...
Athletes from Team USA enjoy the atmosphere during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games on August 11, 2024, in Paris, France. / Credit: Steph Chambers/Getty Images
The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 25 February 2018 from 20:00 to 22:05 KST . The ceremony took place at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang County , South Korea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]