It was followed by an appearance at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sydney.
And after all was said and done on the snow and ice, the closing ceremony continued the Fellini-esque theme.
Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Closing Ceremony of the Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University (SU).
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He took a starring role in the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics but Rory Mackenzie still cannot quite believe it.
If you are visiting Phuket specifically for the festival, you will not want to miss the closing ceremony - the final send-off to the gods.
The activities stretch over most of the summer, from a ten-week torch relay beginning on May 19th to the closing ceremony of the Paralympics on September 9th.
Once Sunday's sports have concluded, the closing ceremony will bring the curtain down on what has been one of the most successful Paralympics in the event's history.
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At least those in attendance at the closing ceremony in London enjoyed the show.
The official closing ceremony of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) will take place in Kanazawa, Japan on 18 and 19 December.
The Minister of Women, Childhood and Women Entrepreneurship, Mrs Mariama Sarr, who chaired the Closing Ceremony, has reasserted the commitment of the Senegalese government and the intention of her ministry specifically to adopt the recommendations and to turn them into actions.
It officially ended on Sunday as the Paralympics closing ceremony extinguished the flame in the Olympic Stadium for the final time, before the Paralympic flag was handed to the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian city which will host both Games in 2016.
And they're looking beyond the closing ceremony, five years into the future to assess legacy effects.
They will be performing at the closing ceremony on Sunday, where the handover will officially recognise Scotland as the Host Nation of The Ryder Cup in September 2014.
Mr Mackenzie was asked to audition in August for the leading role in the closing ceremony through his involvement with the Help for Heroes charity, set up in 2007.
With each match lasting up to five days, the closing ceremony would be long over before the teams finished battling it out for a place on the podium.
The closing ceremony is frightening and exhilarating at the same time - it almost makes you feels like you are in a war zone, which is perhaps not surprising for a festival of so many contradictions.
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For the athletes, the closing ceremony is traditionally a welcome chance to blow off the steam of the previous two weeks of dogged determination and competition at the highest level.
The closing ceremony was attended by Mr. Mirzoshohruh Asrori, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
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Ahead of the closing ceremony, Prime Minister David Cameron announced funding for Britain's Olympic sports would be maintained for Rio 2016.
"I tuned out when NBC interrupted the closing ceremony, " John Kwon wrote.
The organising committee said athletes from each of the 111 competing countries would wear ribbons during the closing ceremony on 5 February.
The network relented in its opposition to streaming the closing ceremony live, though it offered an English-language pool feed rather than its edited program.
He also competed in the final of the 4x400m relay and was also asked to carry the South African flag at the closing ceremony.
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The organising committee also announced that athletes from each of the 111 competing countries will wear ribbons during the closing ceremony on 5 February.
The closing ceremony is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
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