Mattsmom277
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The Olympic torch relay is criss crossing the country before arriving in Vancouver in February. It is passing through our city tonight. There is a huge outdoor (brrrr!! it's sooo cold!) party thrown by the city tonight. There will be a traditional Aboriginal welcome and blessing ceremony, many musical performances. The boy bringing the torch on the leg that will bring it to the stage is a 13 year old special needs student at my difficult child's school. I bet he's awake this early already, full of butterflies and excitement. He will use his torch to light a big Olympic cauldron like the ones you see on tv at the Olympics. The evening will wrap up with a large fireworks display. It will last in total about 2 hours. earlier in the afternoon there is a meet and greet for former Olympians from our area. I plan to take easy child so she can have her picture taken with some former Olympic women's hockey players since easy child is such a hockey buff and is in her 5th season although she is only 10. She'll be so excited. One person who goes to the meet and greet will win their own official Olympic torch to keep. Whoever wins will be so excited I'm sure.
Sounds like a terrific early new years eve party to me!!!! I am sure I'll regret it all in one sense because it is afterall northern Canada in deep winter lol. But luckily the temperature is rising throughout today, instead of the usual lowering temperatures. Hopefully that, plus the large crown, will brace the wind a bit blowing off the lake so I don't come home permanently damaged lol. This wont' likely happen here again, an Olympic thing, during our lifetime, so its all feeling quite exciting
Sounds like a terrific early new years eve party to me!!!! I am sure I'll regret it all in one sense because it is afterall northern Canada in deep winter lol. But luckily the temperature is rising throughout today, instead of the usual lowering temperatures. Hopefully that, plus the large crown, will brace the wind a bit blowing off the lake so I don't come home permanently damaged lol. This wont' likely happen here again, an Olympic thing, during our lifetime, so its all feeling quite exciting