2011 Canada Games open in Halifax
Posted Feb 12, 2011 06:34:45 AM.
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It’s game on for the Canada Games in Halifax.
The Metro Centre was packed with thousands of fans Friday night, who were there to cheer on some of the country’s best young athletes.
The two hour long ceremony opened with a parade of all 13 teams that featured the 2,700 athletes from across the country who are competing in the games.
There were also performances from dance groups, The Trews, Chantal Kreviazuk and Jimmy Rankin as well as images projected on screens fashioned to look like the schooner sails on the Bluenose.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was also on hand and told the athletes to dream big.
He reminded them that as they take on each other, province against province, they shouldn’t forget they are getting ready to take on the world.
Drawing from the Winter Olympics experience in Vancouver last year, he told athletes to remember when Canada won the most gold medals by any country ever at the Games.
The games run until February 27th.
