The city of Regina is planning a party - complete with a winter carnival, entertainment and fireworks - To receive the Olympic flame to the community in January.
Organizers are planning for the event in January to nine in front of kids excited about wearing t-shirts sports, interspersed with the odd fairy, the witch and the dragon, Ruth M. Buck School Friday morning.
Callie Morris, an 18-year - Regina college student age, carry the torch of the last three hundred meters from the stage before lighting the cauldron in the community show in January Fieldhouse.
"This is a kind of once-a-lifetime opportunity that I am very grateful. I'm excited and can not bear to wait to carry the torch, "she said. As Morris, a hockey player and baseball and wrestling, held a torch in the hands of the Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006 was surprised by its weight. But She's even more excited about the possibility of being able to keep the torch in the Olympic Games in Vancouver to take this day.
Paddler Kia Byers, Regina own Olympic hopeful, recalled seeing the 1998 Winter Olympics on TV as a 10-year-old see the winners and proud of Canada. Byers, who competed this year in Canada's canoeing team in international championships, the athletes stated Canada led. "I'd like to dream big," she informed the experts assembled before leading into an ovation.
"When I see the excitement on their faces and when applause and shouts of the Canadian team is really great, because I remember how I felt when I was young and that what originally brought the Olympic spirit in my dreams, "Byers told reporters.
"The torch relay is one way each voter to be part of the spirit Olympic "he said.
The Olympic flame arrived in Canada Fri to begin their 45,000 mile, 106-day journey to Vancouver, where the cauldron Twelve Olympic will be on February 2010.
Dressed in red mittens Olympics, Mayor Pat Fiacco and Coun. Mike O'Donnell, President of the host Regina for the torch relay, inspired the students and their families make in January 9'fun full of "activities from the nine plans 4 pm Includes sports shows with members of the Horsemen and Pats available, a Winter Carnival with ice sculptures, snow games, and the lantern procession, cultural entertainment, and a celebration of 10-minute fireworks display. Venues include the Fieldhouse and Evraz Place.
The torch relay will see a new carrier torch every three hundred meters. Organizers did not disclose details about the route to close the event for safety reasons. There will be no permanent road closures along of the relay route.
About the Author:
Ryan Zamora prepares for the coming of the olympic torch in Regina.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - Regina Marking Olympic Torch with Festivities
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