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Archive through August 13, 2004

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Laluna
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07-29-2004

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
TY so much for doing this, Padivius!!

My best friend in the world is at the ceremony right now...wish I could see it live!

Great job!! :-)

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And NOW we're talking to her husband! Even though they can't hear the announcers and what they are saying.

Laluna
Member

07-29-2004

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great Britain, wearing white blazers. I was right earlier about Tony Blair, they just showed him again. Princess Anne shown, former Olympic athlete?! Interesting!

Mexico, some wearing entirely tan suits, others entirely green suits.

2012 Summer Olympics in Paris? Did I hear right?

2006: Turino, Italy, I know that for sure.
2010: Vancouver, Canada, I know that for sure.

Anybody know about 2008 or 2012 for sure?


Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh no, I went for a Popsicle and missed some!

Bangladesh, missed.

Barbados, wearin ROOTS brand shirts (a Canadian company).

Bahamas, wearing blue blazers (a very interesting shad eof blue too, I can't identify it.)

Bahrain, long red robes. Very original.

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Belize, four athletes, very conservative suits.

Another break?!?

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's Beijing in 2008, I don't think 2012 is decided yet. I hope I'm still here (Vancouver) in 2010.

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Princess Anne competed as an Equestrian back in the 1970's.

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
New Zealand, Navy Blue suits.

Another Canadian interview via cellphone.

Laluna
Member

07-29-2004

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Padivius...you should have been hired to commentate on the Ceremonies...you're doing a great job, IMO...and cracking me up, too!

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Norway, all-white suits. Oh wait, no, very light tan blazers.

South Africa, wearing darkwhite/blue robes.

Netherlands, Wearing white suits, red ties.

OH, I just realized how those signs (country names) work!

Netherlands' Antilles, four athletes.

Oman, Six athletes, in white robes.

Honduras, very excited flagbearer, tan/brown blazers.

Hungary, first third weraing light blue, second third wearing white, back third in blue again.

Uganda, in almost all black, small contingent.

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah...and I would stand by with popsicles so you wouldn't have to miss anything! lol!

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Uzbekistan, colourful outfits, followed by tan suits.

Ukraine!, combination of tan and blue suits, fairly large group.

Uruguay, nice, yellow blazers and shirts. "URU 146" sign??

Pakistan, in black blazers and tan pants.

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Palestine, flagbearer with a peace sign with her hands.

I'm missing the next two countries due to commentary on Palestine/Israel/Greece politics. And now there's a commercial.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's Dawn Staley:

Dawn Staley

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Hamsterlady, I hadn't seen that article!!

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Canadian contingent:

Canada

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poland, in dusty rose suits (for the women) and tan suits (for the men)

Peru was mentionned, but I think they were before Poland.

Portugal, deep red (I hesitate to say "blood red") blazers, with tams on their heads.

Puerto Rico, mostly black blazers, scattered red blazers with a 40% chance of white shirts.

Macedonia (introduced as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia")

Rwanda, in white.

Romania, in differing shades of blue. Men in sky blue, women in baby blue.

Russia (Russian Federation), dressed in off-white... ("mother-of-pearl"??) They are ALSO stopping for recognition!

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, awesome, Yankee, how did you do it?

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(Photo credits: AP and Reuters)

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
From the opening ceremony:

opening

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Interview with another Canadian athlete via cellphone. (Who happens to be from my city!}

Hamsterlady
Member

07-03-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Yankee! :-)

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
USA Team:

USA

Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Slovakia (Missed)
Slovenia, in off-white as well.
Solomon Islands, male opless flagbearer, small contingent in colourful uniforms.
Somalia in very light blue, five athletes.
Swaziland, in colourful shirts, tans pants.
Sudan in white/tan robes.
Sweden, blue pinstripe blazers.

Commercial break.