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Celebration ’90 Opening Ceremonies – Part 1 (edited)


Episode: Celebration ’90 Opening Ceremonies – Part 1 (edited)
Duration: 1:00:16
Record date: August 4, 1990
Accession: MAM-GG-024

 

00:59 – 1:14 – Forward Focus Productions Ltd.
01:15 – 01:22 – Celebration ‘90 Gay Games III & Cultural Festival Title
01:23 – 01:30 – Opening introduction (Opening Ceremonies – August 4, 1990 Vancouver, Canada) – Marching band performing
01:30 – 02:20 – Groups of marching bands performing together
02:21 – 03:14 – Principle people responsible for making celebration ‘90 happen (carrying the celebration ‘90 flag) – committee co-chairs, staff members and the board members of the Metropolitan Vancouver Athletic and Arts Association
03:15 – 04:19 – Brent Nicholson Earle – Completed 10,000 Miles around the united states in the American run/TheRainbow Run for “The End of AIDS”, in 1987. Did the run in honour of Tom Waddell
04:20 – 04:26 – Welcoming of the over 7,000 athletes from around the world
04:27 – 07:05 – Team San Francisco
07:05 – 08:26 – Team Australia, 261 athletes registered from Australia – Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Enmore, Potts Point, and Sydney
08:26 – 08:54 – Team Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
08:55 – 09:16 – Team England – 18 athletes from the British Isles – London, Manchester, and Birmingham
09:17 – 09:43 – Team France – 69 athletes
09:44 – 10:27 – Team Germany – 193 athletes
10:28 – 10:40 – Team Ireland
10:41 – 10:58 – Team Italy (Milan)
10:59 – 11:28 – Team Netherlands – Amsterdam and The Hague – 37 athletes
11:29 – 11:40 – Team Norway (Oslo)
11:40 – 11:55 – Team Poland
11:56 – 12:14 – Team Scotland (Glasgow)
12:14 – 12:31 – Teams Spain and Sweden
12:31 – 12:48 – Team Switzerland – Basel, Bern and Zurich
12:48 – 13:00 – Team Guam and Team Israel
13:00 – 13:12 – Team Japan (Tokyo)
13:12 – 13:39 – Team Mexico (Mexico City)
13:39 – 14:09 – Teams Venezuela and Brazil
14:10 – 14:54 – Team New Zealand – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Palmerston North
14:55 -39:54 – Team USA – 5,000 athletes – Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Phoenix
15:39 – 20:43 – Team California – almost half of the athletes more than 2,000 athletes – Alameda, Fremont, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Berkeley, Fresno, Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Mill Valley, Pasadena, Redwood City, San Diego, San Jose, Oakland, Sherman Oaks, Venice, Studio City, Van Nuys, and Los Angeles
18:50 – 20:00 –  San Diego
20:00 – 20:43 – Los Gatos, San Jose, Mountain View, Santa Cruz, East Palo Alto, Capital
20:43 – 21:34 – Team Colorado – Denver, Boulder, Englewood, Colorado Springs
21:34 – 22:05 – Team Connecticut
22:05 – 22:56 – Team Washington (District of Columbia)
22:56 – 24:05 – Team Delaware and Team Florida – 127 athletes including Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Key West and Tampa
24:06 – 24:52 – Team Atlanta (Georgia)
24:52 – 25:16 – Team Hawaii
25:16 – 25:29 – Team Idaho (Boise)
25:29 – 26:00 – Team Illinois – Chicago – over 100 athletes
26:00 – 26:19 – Team Indiana – Indianapolis, Jeffersonville and New Albany
26:19 – 26:41 – Team Kentucky – Louisville, Lexington
26:42 – 26:55 – Team Louisiana – New Orleans
26:55 – 27:11 – Team Maine, Maryland (Baltimore)
27:12 – 28:35 – Massachusetts – 262 athletes. Arlington, Lowell, Boston, Belchertown
28:35 – 29:03 – Michigan – Hamtramck and Royal Oak
29:03 – 29:36 – Minnesota – Minneapolis and St. Paul
29:37 – 30:03 – Missouri – Kansas City and St. Louis and Columbia
30:03 – 30:18 – Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota and Nebraska
30:19 – 30:28 – New Hampshire
30:29 – 30:57 – New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada
30:57- 32:36 – New York  – over 300 athletes – Buffalo, Long Island, Astoria, Syracuse, Rochester, New York City
32:36 – 33:10 – Team Ohio – Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton
33:11 – 33:30 – Oklahoma
33:30 – 34:27 – Team Oregon – Portland, Corvallis, and Eugene
34:28 – 34:51 – Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
34:52 – 35:12 – Rhode Island South Carolina and Tennessee
35:13 – 36:30 – Texas – Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin
36:30 – 36:46 – Utah
36:47 – 36:51 – Virginia
36:51 – 37:06 – Virgin Islands and Vermont
37:07 – 39:16 – Washington State  – over 400 athletes. Seattle, Bellevue, Clinton, Federal Way, Renton, tacoma and Kent
39:17 – 39:36 – Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming
39:55 – 46:50 – Athletes from Canada – 1,400 athletes
40:24 – 41:03 – Alberta – Calgary and Edmonton
41:03 – 41:34 – Manitoba
41:34 – 41:54 – New Brunswick – Fredericton and St. John
41:54 – 42:03 – Nova Scotia (Halifax)
42:03 – 42:21 – Northwest territories (Yellowknife)
42:21 – 43:32 – Ontario – 327 athletes – Hamilton, London, Mississauga, Ottawa, Kingston, and Toronto
43:33 – 44:27 – Quebec – Montreal and Laval
44:27 – 44:59 – Saskatchewan – Regina and Saskatoon
44:59 – 45:15 – Yukon (Whitehorse)
45:15 – 46:50 – British Columbia – Victoria, Nelson, Vancouver
46:50 – 48:30 – Pan of all athletes and crowd
48:30 – 55:33 – Robin Tyler
55:33 – 55:46 – Dave Mercier, MLA British Columbia
55:47 – 56:03 – Christopher Richardson – Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
56:03 – 56:48 – Gordon Campbell – Mayor of Vancouver
56:48 – 1:00:00 – Gary Rhodes, Writer “Proud! Fiers!”, Joelle Rabu and Dayle Thomas “Special Guest Soloists” – singing “Proud! Fiers!”
1:00:00 – 1:00:16 – Celebration ‘90 Festival Chorus