Pan Am Games opening ceremony is bizarre and brilliant, absurd and breathtaking
National Post, July 10, 2015 Eric Koreen - TORONTO - More than an hour before the Pan-Am Games’ opening ceremony officially got underway, CBC television anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake, co-hosting the pre-show, asked a question that has never been asked before and will likely never be asked again. "Are you ready to Pan-Am party?” What followed was a 150-minute procession that married the familiar — a parade of nations and national celebrities — with the absurd — one homage to wildlife that included a bear, caribou, woodpecker and owl shepherding a group of 150 children to the stage.
National Post, July 10, 2015 Eric Koreen - TORONTO - More than an hour before the Pan-Am Games’ opening ceremony officially got underway, CBC television anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake, co-hosting the pre-show, asked a question that has never been asked before and will likely never be asked again. "Are you ready to Pan-Am party?” What followed was a 150-minute procession that married the familiar — a parade of nations and national celebrities — with the absurd — one homage to wildlife that included a bear, caribou, woodpecker and owl shepherding a group of 150 children to the stage.