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- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony abstract "The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games took place on the evening of Friday 27 July in the Olympic Stadium, London. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation’s culture. The 2012 Games were formally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The spectacle was entitled Isles of Wonder and directed by Academy Award-winning British film director Danny Boyle, with music written by electronic music group Underworld.Prior to London 2012 there had been considerable apprehension about Britain’s ability to stage an opening ceremony that could reach the standard set at the Beijing Summer Games of 2008. The 2008 ceremony had been noted for its scale, extravagance and expense, and hailed as the "greatest ever". It had cost £65m, whereas London spent an estimated £27m (out of £80m budgeted for its four ceremonies), which was nevertheless about twice the original budget. However, the ceremony was immediately seen as a tremendous success, widely praised as a "masterpiece" and "a love letter to Britain".The ceremony began at 21:00 BST and lasted almost four hours. It was watched by an estimated worldwide television audience of 900 million, becoming the most-viewed Olympic opening ceremony in both the UK and US. The content had largely been kept secret before the performance, despite involving thousands of volunteers and after two public rehearsals. The principal sections of the artistic display represented Britain's Industrial Revolution, National Health Service, literary heritage, popular music and culture, and were noted for their vibrant storytelling and use of music. Two shorter sections drew particular comment, involving a filmed cameo appearance of the Queen, and a live performance by the London Symphony Orchestra joined by comedian Rowan Atkinson. These were widely ascribed to Britain's sense of humour. The ceremony featured children and young people in most of its segments, reflecting the 'inspire a generation' aspiration of London's original bid for the Games.The BBC released footage of the entire opening ceremony on 29 October 2012, edited by Danny Boyle and with background extras, along with more than seven hours of sporting highlights and the complete closing ceremony.".
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- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony date "2012-07-27".
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- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote ""At some point in their histories, most nations experience a revolution that changes everything about them. The United Kingdom had a revolution that changed the whole of human existence. In 1709 Abraham Darby smelted iron in a blast furnace, using coke. And so began the Industrial Revolution. Out of Abraham's Shropshire furnace flowed molten metal. Out of his genius flowed the mills, looms, engines, weapons, railways, ships, cities, conflicts and prosperity that built the world we live in. In November 1990 another Briton sparked another revolution - equally far-reaching - a revolution we're still experiencing. The digital revolution was sparked by Tim Berners-Lee's amazing gift to the world - the World Wide Web. This, he said, is for everyone. We welcome you to an Olympic Opening Ceremony for everyone. A ceremony that celebrates the creativity, eccentricity, daring and openness of the British genius by harnessing the genius, creativity, eccentricity, daring and openness of modern London. You'll hear the words of our great poets - Shakespeare, Blake and Milton. You'll hear the glorious noise of our unrivalled pop culture. You'll see characters from our great children's literature - Peter Pan and Captain Hook, Mary Poppins, Voldemort, Cruella de Vil. You'll see ordinary families and extraordinary athletes. Dancing nurses, singing children and amazing special effects. But we hope, too, that through all the noise and excitement that you will glimpse a single golden thread of purpose - the idea of Jerusalem - of a better world, the world of real freedom and true equality, a world that can be built through the prosperity of industry, through the caring nation that built the welfare state, through the joyous energy of popular culture, through the dream of universal communication. A belief that we can build Jerusalem. And that it will be for everyone."".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote ""Maybe you shouldn’t have been able to interpret it that much, because it was about wonder. The theme of the show was to take things that we’re very familiar with, and make them seem again wonderful to us: the things that you know about the industrial revolution and the internet, and say ‘Aren’t these things astonishing, that we live in the middle of?’ and to kind of re-polish the pattern of life. So maybe it’s alright that you were a little bit bewildered."".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises,".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "I cried to dream again.".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd,".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep,".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "The clouds methought would open and show riches".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "Will hum about mine ears; and sometimes voices,".
- 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony quote "Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,".
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