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2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

2010 Winter Olympics
opening ceremony
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Canadian fiddlers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games at BC Place stadium
Time 18:00 – 21:00 PST (UTC−8)
Date 12 February 2010 (2010-02-12)
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°W / 49.27667; -123.11194Coordinates: 49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°W / 49.27667; -123.11194
Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album
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Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released February 13, 2010
Genre Pop
Length 68:56
Label EMI Music Canada
Producer David Atkins
2010 Winter Olympics chronology
Canada's Hockey Anthems: Sounds of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games
(2010)
Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Opening Ceremony Commemorative Album
(2010)
Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Closing Ceremony Commemorative Album
(2010)

The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010 beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins.

The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died earlier in the day in a training run. An audience of 61,600 were in attendance at the venue. There were an estimated 4,500 performers.

The production's director was David Atkins, who directed the Sydney 2000 Olympic and 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies. The Opening and Closing Ceremonies had a combined budget of $48.5 million (it received $20 million (CA$) funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage while VANOC contributed the rest). Much of the instrumental music for the ceremony was written by Dave Pierce, Gavin Greenaway, and Donovan Seidle.


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