Aug 14 2008
Olympic Gold
The Olympics are in Beijing, China this year and no matter what you think of politics, they put on an amazing show for the opening ceremonies. I did not get to see the whole thing but I did get to see most of it. I think my favorite part was when they brought out 2,008 Tai Chi masters doing forms in unison. Also, there was a bit where a large group of people carried a very beautiful woman on a platform they were holding up. Not only did this woman balance on the platform, she was dancing! That’s what I call grace.
The biggest achievement of all, in my opinion, was when they had a large number of people under multi-layered boxes that extended when they stood up. They created a visual feast for the eyes as the boxes formed waves and Chinese characters from their language. Apparently, the performers had been working eight hours days for 4 months before the ceremony. For the last few days leading up to the ceremony they worked even longer hours. The really interesting part is that they did not have a perfect performance until the ceremony itself. Talk about Olympic Gold!