"Like the Legend of the Phoenix"...
January 26, 2014, 56th Annual Grammy Awards: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis win Best New Artist, Lorde wins Song of the Year for "Royals", and Daft Punk wins Record of the Year for "Get Lucky" and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. (BBC)
Storm of the Century: Typhoon Haiyan
January 26, 2014, 56th Annual Grammy Awards: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis win Best New Artist, Lorde wins Song of the Year for "Royals", and Daft Punk wins Record of the Year for "Get Lucky" and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. (BBC)
And the Grammy's also closed with the Song "My God is The Sun".
November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in recorded history to make landfall, hits the Visayas in the Philippines, with at least three people dead. (BBC News)
Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone that devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, in early November 2013. It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record.The JTWC's unofficial estimate of one-minute sustained winds of 315 km/h (195 mph) would, by that measure, make Haiyan the most powerful storm ever recorded to strike land. Due to extensive damage and high death toll, PAGASA announced that the name, Yolanda, will be retired off the typhoon naming lists. (Wiki)
November 9, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines: The Red Cross says that more than 1,200 people are confirmed dead. It reported that at least 1,000 had been killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province. (RT)
November 10, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: A Philippines police official estimates that 10,000 people have died in that country - the storm next bears down on Vietnam. (Weatherzone Australia)
November 13, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The official death toll in the Philippines is actually reported that 2,500 people were killed.. (Newsinfo)
-The total international aid for the typhoon victims reaches over $140 million. (CNN)
-The total international aid for the typhoon victims reaches over $140 million. (CNN)
November 15, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The United Nations tallies the death toll to around 4,400. The Red Cross estimates that around 20,000 are still missing, many of whom are feared dead. This is contrary to a previous estimate by Benigno Aquino III, who put the death toll to a low 2,000. (NBC News)
November 17, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The number of people displaced reaches 1.9 million people. Numbers vary between 1,000-20,000 for estimates about missing people. (NPR)
November 17, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The number of people displaced reaches 1.9 million people. Numbers vary between 1,000-20,000 for estimates about missing people. (NPR)
November 28, 2013, 2013 Pacific typhoon season: The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan reaches 5,560. (ABS-CBN)
December 2, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan: The death toll in the Philippines is confirmed over 5,700. (ABS-CBN)
December 13, 2013,Typhoon Haiyan: The death toll passes 6,000, officially making it the deadliest recorded typhoon in the Philippines. (Fox News)
----
Haiyan (Chinese: 海燕; literally "petrel")
-Petrel comes from the Latin name for the Christian Saint Peter, and refers to the habits of certain species of birds to hover just above the ocean waves, with their feet barely touching the water, thus giving an appearance of walking on water, as St. Peter is said to have done. Peter was a prominent early Christian leader, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament. He is venerated as a saint and traditionally considered to be the first bishop and Pope by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Oriental Orthodoxy. (Wiki)
-Yolanda is a given name, of Greek origin but existing in many languages, meaning Violet. (Wiki)
November 8, 2013, Shark Tank: Season 5 Episode 8
During the Classic period, the name of the bird, φοίνιξ, was variously associated with the color purple, 'Phoenician', and the date palm. According to an etymology offered by the 6th- and 7th-century archbishop Isidore of Seville, the name of the phoenix derived from its purple-red hue, an explanation that has been influential. This association continued into the medieval period, albeit in a different fashion; the bird was considered "the royal bird" and therefore also referred to as "the purple one".(Wiki)
----
And two days before the Papal Typhoon, Lady Gaga released Artpop. Originally slated for a 8/8/2013 release, the date of hurricane Haiyan.
November 6, 2013, Release of Lady Gaga album Artpop
[Pierrot and Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus (Lucifer) painting has been cited as inspirations for Gaga's creative vision. (Wiki)]
As Above So Below...
[Both films released on November 22nd.]
-----
Catching Fire Synopsis:
[Phoenix/Christ symbolism is Blatant]
-----
Catching Fire Synopsis:
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
[Phoenix/Christ symbolism is Blatant]
----
...as the Papl Typhoon is synced with Lady Gaga's Lucifer themed album and as "Saint Peters Bones" are put on display for the first time ever, two weeks after the Papal Typhoon.
...as the Papl Typhoon is synced with Lady Gaga's Lucifer themed album and as "Saint Peters Bones" are put on display for the first time ever, two weeks after the Papal Typhoon.
November 29, 2013, At least 8 people are feared dead and scores of people have been injured as a result of a police helicopter that crashed into a pub on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. (BBC)
November 30, 2013, 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash: Eight people are confirmed dead following Friday's crash, with a further 14 seriously injured. (Sky News)
And as Jesus, The Pope and The Phoenix are symbols of the Sun...
Weakest in a Century: Solar Cycle 24
December 12, 2013,
As Above So Below: Olympic Torch
The Olympic Torch, a symbol of the flame
(knowledge) of Zeus (God) stolen by Prometheus (Lucifer) ie the apple
from the Garden of Eden, goes into open space and into the deepest lake on earth.
February 6, 2014,
[Largest Meteor in the last Century since 1908 Tunguska Event. The light from the meteor was brighter than the sun.]
December 7, 2013,
[Century Year old Carries Olympic Torch]
December 11, 2013,
February 15, 2014,
Weakest in a Century: Solar Cycle 24
December 12, 2013,
As Above So Below: Olympic Torch
[The 2014 Olympic motto continues the theme with Hot and Cool]
November 7, 2013,
[Last Time in Space was 2000, First Time in Open Space]
November 9, 2013,
November 11, 2013,
November 22, 2013,
Also continuing the theme from the 2012 Summer Olympics games in London with the Phoenix at the closing ceremony...
the 2014 torch symbolizes a "Feather from the Phoenix".
February 6, 2014,
Also related to the Olympics this year is the Meteor from earlier in 2013.
Meteor of the Century: Chelyabinsk
Meteor of the Century: Chelyabinsk
February 15, 2013, 2013
Russian meteor event: A meteor broke up in the vicinity of the city of
Chelyabinsk, Russia, more than 1,200 people are injured, 2 of them
seriously, from the shattering of windows caused by the shockwaves and
the debris. (BBC)
[Largest Meteor in the last Century since 1908 Tunguska Event. The light from the meteor was brighter than the sun.]
Chelyabinsk
meteor, the anniversary of the event will be marked at the games and 7
gold medals will contain fragments from the meteor and be awarded on the
one year anniversary of the impact.
December 7, 2013,
[Century Year old Carries Olympic Torch]
December 11, 2013,
February 15, 2014,
Comet of the Century: Ison
C/2012 S1, also known as Comet ISON, was a sungrazing comet discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok. The discovery was made at the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) near Kislovodsk, Russia. (Wiki)
February 6, 2013,
November 28, 2013,
November 29, 2013, At least part of Comet C/2012 S1 (also known as Comet Ison) emerged from behind the Sun's corona. (CNN)
And now comet Ison with its death has a resurrection as it turns around the sun. Noting: Jesus is jokingly called zombie christ, due to his death and resurrection, alas the Phoenix.
Comet Ison's Perihelion also took place on Thanksgiving or Turkey Day. As seen at the beginning of the month was the release of Free Birds.
November 1, 2013, Release of Free Birds
Synopsis:
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their
differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of
history - and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
[In the film there is a Great Turkey which resembles a Great Bird or the Phoenix]
December 1, 2013, Comet ISON breaks up into a cloud of debris after skimming the Sun?. (NBC)
December 10, 2013,
December 11, 2013,
Perihelion: Paul Walker
November 30, 2013, Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise) is killed in a car accident after attending a charity event in Santa Clarita, California. (CNN)
December 3, 2013,
On November 30, 2013, at approximately 3:30 p.m. PST, Walker and Roger Rodas, age 38, left an event for Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Rodas was believed to be driving the
car, he became friends with Walker after meeting at a race track.
Rodas became Walker's financial advisor in 2007 and helped to establish
Reach Out Worldwide.
Shortly after leaving in Rodas' red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, the driver lost control and crashed into a light pole and tree around a curve in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, on Hercules and Constellation road, the vehicle burst into flames.
Here is Comet Ison's post Perihelion schedule.
[Roww logo is also a winged earth, which can be said to resemble the Phoenix.]
Shortly after leaving in Rodas' red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, the driver lost control and crashed into a light pole and tree around a curve in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, on Hercules and Constellation road, the vehicle burst into flames.
Here is Comet Ison's post Perihelion schedule.
Passing through the Constellation of Hercules twice.
And the day of Paul Walker's Autopsy release, Winter Storm Hercules hits the United States.
January 3, 2014, A winter storm hits the Northeastern United States, bringing snow to the region, affecting travel, and killing thirteen people. (NBC News)
"Hercules Deadly Turn"
January 3, 2014,
And a week later a Hercules movie is released.
January 10, 2014, Release of The Legend of Hercules
Synopsis: After the demigod son of Zeus is betrayed by his royal step-father, he must battle his way back from exile and slavery to depose the king.
Then in another 6 months (As above Bo below) another Hercules film will be released on July 25th, 2014 entitled Hercules: The Thracian Wars.
Paul Walkers final movie release while alive was Pawn Shop Chronicles on August 17, 2013.
Synopsis: A missing wedding ring leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator.
[In his first scene the Phoenix symbolism is blatant.]
And Walkers first posthumously release is Hours released on December 13, 2013.
Synopsis: The film is set in 2005, during the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.
Nolan (Paul Walker) is the father of a newborn baby, and what should
be one of the happiest days of Nolan's life quickly spirals out of
control during the wake of a Hurricane that floods the hospital and
causes failures in the power supply, Nolan faces a life-or-death
situation when no one returns to help and struggles on his own to keep
his infant daughter alive inside a Neonatal ventilator, as
minute-by-minute passes, the ventilator runs out of power and the
minutes become long hours.
[Katrina
as seen above was mentioned in comparison to Typhoon Haiyan in terms
of biggest storm, which (Haiyan) could be said to be responsible for
his death as he was in that location due to said storm. Paul is also in
a car (colored red) accident in the film.]
As above So below, a day after Paul Walker crashed on a Hercules (God) curve in Los Angeles, on the opposite end of the country in New York a train is derailed going through a curve in Spuyten Duyvil where "Spuyten Duyvil" literally means "Spouting Devil". It may also be translated as "Spewing Devil" or "Spinning Devil", or more loosely as "Devil's Whirlpool" or "Devil's Spate."(Wiki)
:Spuyten Duyvil
December 2, 2013,
[The Train is also named Royal Mail]
December 18, 2013, British criminal Ronnie Biggs, best known for his role in the Great Train Robbery and escape from Wandsworth Prison, dies in the North London suburb of East Barnet. (BBC)
As above So below, a day after Paul Walker crashed on a Hercules (God) curve in Los Angeles, on the opposite end of the country in New York a train is derailed going through a curve in Spuyten Duyvil where "Spuyten Duyvil" literally means "Spouting Devil". It may also be translated as "Spewing Devil" or "Spinning Devil", or more loosely as "Devil's Whirlpool" or "Devil's Spate."(Wiki)
:Spuyten Duyvil
December 1, 2013, At least four are dead following a Metro-North Railroad train derailment near Spuyten Duyvil, The Bronx, New York City. (CNN)
December 2, 2013,
Heist of the Century: The Great Train Robbery
February 28, 2013, Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind of the Great Train Robbery, dies in the United Kingdom at the age of 81. (NPR)
December 18, 2013, Series Premiere of The Great Train Robbery
[The Train is also named Royal Mail]
December 18, 2013, British criminal Ronnie Biggs, best known for his role in the Great Train Robbery and escape from Wandsworth Prison, dies in the North London suburb of East Barnet. (BBC)
January 3, 2014,
Man of the Century: Nelson Mandela
[South Africa Coat of Arms is a Phoenix and displayed on Mandela's memorial podium.]
And keeping with the "of the Century" meme Nelson Mandela dies as some publications identify him as the Man of the Century, he was also 5 years short of living for a whole century.
November 29, 2013, Release of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
A
chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a
rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically
elected president of South Africa.
December 12, 2013, Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela: The body of Nelson Mandela is lain-in-state in the federal government district of Pretoria. (The Washington Post)
December 13, 2013, Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela: The body of Nelson Mandela is to be flown to Qunu in the Eastern Cape where he is to be laid to rest. (CNN)
Of the Century: Coldest Temperatures
Synopsis: Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
But first.
First Time in a Century: Snow in the Desert
December 13, 2013, 2013 Middle East cold snap: The storm spreads to Egypt with some Cairo suburbs seeing snowfall. Local news reports claimed it was the capital's first snowfall in 112 years. Night temperatures are expected to drop as low as 2°C / 36°F. (The Daily Star)
:2014 North American Cold Wave
January 2, 2014, The East Coast of the United States braces its-self for the first Nor'easter of the season set to bring below normal temperatures and heavy snow in places and prompting the governors of Massachusetts and New York to declare state emergencies. (NBC)
January 4, 2014,
January 6, 2014, 2014 North American polar vortex: Record low temperatures are predicted for parts of the United States with wind chill temperatures expected to drop as low as −51 °C (−60 °F). (Los Angeles Times)
January 7, 2014,
January 8, 2014,
January 25, 2013,
January 25, 2014,
February 12, 2014, As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions. (NBC)
February 12, 2014, As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions. (NBC)
March 3, 2014, 86th Academy Awards: Frozen wins two Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. (LA Times)
March 3, 2014, Frozen becomes the eighteenth film and second animated film to cross the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office grosses. (Variety)
Drought Of The Century:
And with the mass freeze on the Eastcoast and the Westcoast California is seeing it's own "Of the Century", with dryness.
January 17, 2014, Three men are held in custody on suspicion of starting the Colby Fire in Los Angeles County, California. (BBC News)
January 31, 2014, For the first time in its 54-year history the State Water Project announces a zero water allocation for the state of California providing no water to urban residents or farmers this year amid a record setting drought. (LA Times)
February 18, 2014,
First Time in a Century: Legalized Cannabis
December 10, 2013, Uruguay becomes the first country to legalize the growth, sale, and use of marijuana. (Reuters)
December 12, 2013, The United Nations says that the legalization of marijuana in Uruguay is a violation of international law. (The Huffington Post)
January 1, 2014, Recreational marijuana stores open in Colorado. (CNN)
January 19, 2014,
January 20, 2014,
Superbowl 48:
Users of social networking websites and various news outlets made note of the fact that the home states of the Seahawks and Broncos (Washington and Colorado, respectively) were in the Conference Championship games of the NFL and speculated that the two teams would win as they are the first two states to legalize cannabis for recreational use,
as both states legalized cannabis (more commonly known as marijuana) for recreational use during the fall 2012 elections. (Link)
January 19, 2014, In the American National Football League, the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks win their respective playoff matches and will meet in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2. (Q13 Fox)
Many cannabis users rooted for this match-up, after Colorado started regulating cannabis sales less than three weeks before the conference championship games. Notably, the coin toss for the game will occur around 4:20 PM in Colorado's local time zone.
[This is synchronicity]
And five days prior to the Chinese New Year, Katy Perry gave the only theatrical performance at the 56th Annual Grammy's with her song "Dark Horse".
January 26, 2014, 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
This was the song's first performance on American television.
According to the singer, she wanted the song to have a "witchy, spell-y kind of black magic-y idea", so she wrote it from the perspective of a witch warning a man not to fall in love with her, and if he does, she will be his last. (Wiki)
The Horse that was on display during Katy Perry's performance also looked like the "Blue Mustang" sculpture nicknamed Blucifer sitting outside Denver International Airport.
----
----
Who's home team the Denver Broncos will be playing in the Superbowl at week later.
And on the day of the Superbowl hours prior to kickoff another "Dark Horse" omen occurred with the news of Phillip Seymour Hoffmans death from an overdose of Heroin.
[Winner a week ago for Best song of the Year at the Grammy's]
February 2, 2014, American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005, is found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 46. Authorities initially attributed the death to a drug overdose. (NY Post)
Philip: means "friend of horses"
Seymour: means "dark-skinned"
Hoffman: means "stewart"
Heroin has earned the nickname “horse” because it kicks equines into overdrive. Morphine and other opiates, which lull humans to sleep, also trigger the ancient equine flight response. In the wild, pursued by predators, a horse runs as fast as he can or dies. Given narcotics, a horse feels unnatural sleepiness creeping into his nervous system–sleepiness like the shock caused by the fatal bite of a carnivore. So the hopped up horse runs without reserve. If kept in his stall, he trots in circles until the dose finally ebbs. Let loose on a racetrack, he outruns any normal inhibition.(Link)
February 3, 2014,
Which did not signal a good outcome for the Broncos.
February 2, 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII: In American football, the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos with a final score of 43–8 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Reuters)
----
February 3, 2014,
Halftime Show:
On September 8, 2013, the league announced that Bruno Mars would perform at halftime. On January 10, 2014, it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers would be joining Mars as halftime show performers. Mars performed the songs "Locked Out of Heaven", "Treasure", "Give It Away" (with Red Hot Chili Peppers), and "Just the Way You Are".
And although the RHCP played "Give it Away" the first single from the album, the most famous song from the record is "Under the Bridge, that deals with Heroin and Cocaine usage.
February 3, 2014, Fox Broadcasting Company says Super Bowl XLVIII was watched by over 111 million people in the United States, making it the most viewed television event in U.S. history. (Headline)
The halftime performance was the most watched in the history of the Super Bowl drawing in a record 115.3 million viewers, passing the record 114 million who watched Madonna perform two years earlier.
2014 Olympics:
February 7, 2014, A man attempts to hijack a Pegasus Airlines flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and demands to be flown to Sochi; the pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in Istanbul, Turkey, where the passenger was arrested. (New York Times)
[Another Dark Horse]
2014 Olympic Opening Ceremonies:
February 7, 2014,
Pre-ceremony activities included performances by the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. and the Ministry of Internal Affairs choir, who performed a version of Daft Punk’s "Get Lucky".
Opening:
The ceremony, titled "Dreams of Russia", opened with an on-screen video showing 11-year-old Liza Temnikova playing a character named Lyubov (Russian for 'love') reciting the Russian alphabet. Each letter is associated with images of a famous Russian person or landmark. Lyubov then flew into the air as she dreamed of grabbing the tail of a kite and being lifted far off the stage. Nine different floats, carrying Russian landscapes, passed beneath her as she slept.
Five large snowflakes descended into the stadium which expanded and joined to form the Olympic rings. However, a technical error caused the fifth ring not to expand (the red one considered until 1951 to represent continent America), and pyrotechnics did not go off from the rings.
Performances:
The 18-chapter, nearly three-hour opening ceremony began at the symbolic moment of 8:14 p.m. — 20:14, as time is counted here — and provided a majestic spectacle that included a glowing troika of horses made of light streaking through a snowbound sky, pulling in the Sun.
Lighting of Cauldron:
For the finale, tennis player Maria Sharapova brought the Olympic torch into the stadium. She handed it off to pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva who, in turn, passed it to wrestler Aleksandr Karelin. Karelin then passed the torch to gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Figure skater Irina Rodnina took the torch and was met by former ice hockey goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak, handing the torch to him. Tretiak jogged out of the stadium alongside Rodnina. The pair then jointly lit the Olympic cauldron installed at the Sochi Medals Plaza in the Sochi Olympic Park to the music of the "Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky. This was followed by a fireworks display across the area around Fisht Olympic Stadium, including the other sporting venues. Twenty-two tonnes of fireworks were lit as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker score played.
In Slavic folklore, the Firebird is a magical glowing bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a bringer of doom to its captor.
The Firebird is described as a large bird with majestic plumage that glows brightly emitting red, orange, and yellow light, like a bonfire that is just past the turbulent flame. The feathers do not cease glowing if removed, and one feather can light a large room if not concealed. In later iconography, the form of the Firebird is usually that of a smallish fire-colored peacock, complete with a crest on its head and tail feathers with glowing "eyes".
A typical role of the Firebird in fairy tales is as an object of a difficult quest. The quest is usually initiated by finding a lost tail feather, at which point the hero sets out to find and capture the live bird, sometimes of his own accord, but usually on the bidding of a father or king. The Firebird is a marvel, highly coveted, but the hero, initially charmed by the wonder of the feather, eventually blames it for his troubles.
2014 Winter Olympic Closing Ceremony:
February 23, 2014,
Theme:
The closing program presented "Reflections of Russia"; that is, highlights of Russian culture, presented through a European perspective. It was directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca.
Opening:
The closing ceremonies began with a countdown, at the conclusion of which the LED forest turned on. Lyubov, the girl from the opening ceremony, entered the stadium in a rowing boat with two clowns and two children named Yuri and Valentina. An image representing the Black Sea below appeared on the floor. Many volunteers appeared below them dressed as sea fish, which then combined to form four Olympic Rings and a dot, a reference to the malfunction of one of the rings at the Opening Ceremony failing to open properly. After a pause, the volunteers forming the dot "opened" into the fifth Ring.
Performances:
The ceremony continued with a number of "chapters" reflecting different aspects of Russian culture."The World of Malevich, Kandinsky and Chagall", "Music", "Theatre", "Literature" and "The Magic of Circus".
The Olympic Hymn was sung and an honour guard lowered the Olympic flag. The flag was passed by Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Sochi, to Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, who then passed it to Seok-Rae Lee, the mayor of Pyeongchang, which will host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The flag was waved four times before it was taken from the stadium.
The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang provided an eight-minute segment to introduce Koreans to the world.
Extinguishing of the Cauldron:
The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at 22:04 MSK. He invited the world to assemble in four years' time in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Olympic Games. A final appearance was made by the three children accompanied by giant animatronic models of the three official mascots of the 2014 Olympic Games. A series of large mirrors combined and floated into the air to reveal the Olympic Flame.The Olympic Flame in the stadium and outside was blown out by the Polar Bear, who shed a tear after the flame went out – an homage to Misha and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.A remix of Aleksandra Pakhmutova's "Goodbye, Moscow" played during the extinguishing of the flame. The 1,000 members of the Pan-Russian Children choir assembled with the mascots carrying small flames in their hands.The ceremony ended with a fireworks display set to the music of Tchaikovsky.
2014 Paralympic Opening Ceremonies:
[Paralympic Mascots: Ray of Light and Snowflake come from different planets. Ray of Light comes from a planet where it's always hot, while Snowflake came to earth on an icy comet.]
March 7, 2014,
Theme:
The Opening Ceremony presented "Breaking the Ice".
Theme:
The Opening Ceremony presented "Breaking the Ice".
Opening:
The opening ceremony was titled "Breaking the Ice" and centered on breaking down barriers and celebrated Russian culture. It opened with a rhythmic dance featuring 126 performers dressed in the
colors of the Russian flag. Russian dance and music were featured
throughout, as performances were interspersed with animated segments
featuring drawings of the firebird, a staple of Russian mythology by Alexander Petrov.
Performances:
Yulia Samoilova performed a song entitled "Together." during which,
overcome by emotion, she cried. While she was singing, an icebreaker
named Mir (Peace) sailed through the stadium.
During his speech at the opening ceremony International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven noted that Russia had declined to host the 1980 Paralympics in conjunction with the 1980 Summer Olympics, making this the first time Russia has hosted the game. He called on spectators to have "barrier-free mind" just as "the city of Sochi has built a barrier-free environment for athletes and officials to enjoy". Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the games open, drawing loud cheers.
During his speech at the opening ceremony International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven noted that Russia had declined to host the 1980 Paralympics in conjunction with the 1980 Summer Olympics, making this the first time Russia has hosted the game. He called on spectators to have "barrier-free mind" just as "the city of Sochi has built a barrier-free environment for athletes and officials to enjoy". Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the games open, drawing loud cheers.
Lighting of Cauldron:
Russian Paralympians Olesya Vladykina and Sergey Shilov shared the honor of lighting the Paralympic torch. The opening ceremony ended with a video that spoke out against discrimination.
2014 Paralympic Closing Ceremony:
March 16, 2014,
Theme:
The closing program presented "Reaching the Impossible".
The ceremony started with a group of wheelchair dancers
moving gracefully across the field of play, joined by luminous
aerialists overhead. All 30 Sochi 2014 gold medalists from the host
nation carried the Russian flag into the stadium as the Russian State
Children’s Chorus Assembly sang an a capella version of the national
anthem.
Abstract artwork was brought to life by a center stage cast of 462 performers dressed in bright colours who formed geometric shapes to display different images, including illustrations of various winter sports.A man in a wheelchair then appeared on the scene, faced with the challenge of climbing a 15-metre rope. When he accepted the challenge and reached the top of the rope, he became a flying apostrophe between the letters ‘I’ and ‘M’ in ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to create ‘I’M POSSIBLE,’ with a spectacular fireworks display celebration the transformation.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Kozak spoke, saying: “These Games have gone far beyond sports competitions. They showed what people from different countries and nationalities different cultures and traditions are capable of when they are united by a single goal and an inspired dream.
“Attitudes toward people with an impairment have changed among Russian society. The Paralympic Winter Games have become a catalyst for our efforts to create a barrier-free environment in Russia. The Games are over, but we promise that this important work will continue throughout our vast country.”
8,000 Sochi 2014 Paralympic volunteers were recognised as heros of the Games. Soon after, a cast of performers in red, blue and green transformed the Paralympic Agitos into a giant heart, embracing 51 volunteers at its center.Visually impaired pianist Oleg Akkuratov played the Paralympic Anthem as the Paralympic Flag was lowered and passed on to the Mayor of PyeongChang before the South Korean flag was raised and the PyeongChang 2018 Games performers gave a magical performance.
An enchanting cast filled the stage for the Closing Ceremony finale, putting on a huge dance sequence that included four international voices – Jose Carreras –Nafset Chenib, Diana Gurtskaya and Valeriy Kozlovsky – and ended with a large fireworks display across the entire Olympic Park.
2014 Paralympic Closing Ceremony:
March 16, 2014,
Theme:
The closing program presented "Reaching the Impossible".
Abstract artwork was brought to life by a center stage cast of 462 performers dressed in bright colours who formed geometric shapes to display different images, including illustrations of various winter sports.A man in a wheelchair then appeared on the scene, faced with the challenge of climbing a 15-metre rope. When he accepted the challenge and reached the top of the rope, he became a flying apostrophe between the letters ‘I’ and ‘M’ in ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to create ‘I’M POSSIBLE,’ with a spectacular fireworks display celebration the transformation.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Kozak spoke, saying: “These Games have gone far beyond sports competitions. They showed what people from different countries and nationalities different cultures and traditions are capable of when they are united by a single goal and an inspired dream.
“Attitudes toward people with an impairment have changed among Russian society. The Paralympic Winter Games have become a catalyst for our efforts to create a barrier-free environment in Russia. The Games are over, but we promise that this important work will continue throughout our vast country.”
8,000 Sochi 2014 Paralympic volunteers were recognised as heros of the Games. Soon after, a cast of performers in red, blue and green transformed the Paralympic Agitos into a giant heart, embracing 51 volunteers at its center.Visually impaired pianist Oleg Akkuratov played the Paralympic Anthem as the Paralympic Flag was lowered and passed on to the Mayor of PyeongChang before the South Korean flag was raised and the PyeongChang 2018 Games performers gave a magical performance.
An enchanting cast filled the stage for the Closing Ceremony finale, putting on a huge dance sequence that included four international voices – Jose Carreras –Nafset Chenib, Diana Gurtskaya and Valeriy Kozlovsky – and ended with a large fireworks display across the entire Olympic Park.
No comments:
Post a Comment