Source: Xinhua
08-18-2008 14:04
Special Report: Live: Olympic Closing CeremonySpecial Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- With less than one week left of the Olympics, Chinese are preparing to dazzle the world again with a glittering closing ceremony on Aug. 24.
Unlike the opening ceremony which was repeatedly rehearsed, the closing ceremony would not feature any full dress on-site rehearsals, according to Monday's Beijing News.
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The National Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest, where the closing ceremony would be held, would also host the end of the men's marathon on the closing day, it said.
The tight schedule left only eight hours for organizers to reorganize the stadium for the closing ceremony, scheduled to start at 8 p.m, the paper said. The organizers would also allow time for the London 2012 team to rehearse an eight-minute dance show for the handover ceremony.
Small-scale rehearsals were being held in training sites outside the Bird's Nest, the organizers said without giving further details.
