On July 2, 2003, Vancouver was informed they had won the Olympic bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. On Friday, Vancouver welcomed the world to the 2010 Winter Olympics Games with a fantastic show, orchestrated by David Atkins Enterprises, and I (along with Dan) had the privilege of being a part of it. After auditioning, Dan and I had the privilege of being selected to participate with hundreds of others in performing in the Opening Ceremonies. Now that everyone one has seen the show, we can finally openly talk about a show we’ve had to keep our lips sealed about for so long. We helped officially welcome the world to our beautiful city….to Vancouver, Canada. Countless hours of rehearsals and long days were all worth it when we performed on Friday. We were part of the Rhythms of the Fall portion of the Cultural Segment of the ceremonies.

We, the builders, come out carrying leaves, and actually I was one of the four people that carried in the big tap board that was brought to the center of the field of play. This is wear the hero tapper Brock Jellison performed his solo, and other well known musicians, including Ashley MacIsaac performed their solos. Shivers went through my body as we walked out to a lively crowd of 60,000 people and an estimated 3 billion people watching. I was surprisingly not that nervous, just extremely excited and in awe at being a part of it.

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