OPENING CEREMONIES
Spectacular
Synopsis
A spectacular 3-hour event opened with a flying spaceman. Then came a 40-minute salute to the music of America, followed by a dramatic spectator card event that turned the 92.000-seat stadium into a showcase of 142 national flags of the countries participating in the 1984 Olympic Games. 12,000 athletes gathered on the Coliseum field for the entrance ot the Olympic Flag, Torch and the Flame Lighting ceremony. Among the 20,000 participants were a 1039-voice massed Olympic Choir, 150 Fanfare Trumpeters, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpeters, an 800-plece marching band assembled from colleges across the nation, 500 dancers, a 300-volce Olympic Gospel Choir, 84 pianists at 84 grand pianos, 300 jazzerclsers. A 1262-member drill team from Southern California high schools, a 100-piece Olympic Symphony Orchestra, 150 flower girls throughout the stadium and 284 placard bearers leading In each country of athletes. The Opening Ceremonies finished with the entire stadium, hands and arms linked together, singing "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand."
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McDonalds, Fuji Film, Union Carbide, Zildjian Company, King Musical Instruments, Patuent River Research Center, El Segundo Unified School District, U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife, Cetec-Vega. Kimball Piano and Organ Company, Converse Shoes, Ludwig Industries, E.K. Blessing & Co. Levi Strauss & Company, Warner Bros., Solaray
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MCDonalds, Fuji Film, Union Carbide, Zildjian, King Musical, Patuxen River Research Center, El Segundo Unified School District, U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife, Cetec-Vega, Kimball Piano and Organ Company, Converse Shoes, Ludwig Industries, E.K. Blessing & Co. Levi Strauss & Company, Warner Bros., Solaray
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