All good things come to an end, so it is with the Olympics as thoughts now turn to the closing ceremony in Beijing on 24th August.
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo will perform with Chinese soprano star Song Zuying on the last day. Following on from the fuss over certain TV "enhancements" made to the opening ceremony, it is assumed that they will both be live and not CGI animations!
The closing program will also feature elements of southwestern China's Yunnan culture, together with a kung fu display featuring 350 practitioners from a local martial arts school and 60 players of the Chinese string instrument "erhu."
There will also be an 8 minute dance show to mark the handover from Beijing to London for the 2012 games. Seemingly David Beckham will appear during this segment, atop a London bus.
The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will also finally turn up; unless of course he manages to find an excuse not to.
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Another awesome production by the Chinese. I especially liked the pyramid towards the end.
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2008 Beijing Summer Paralympic schedule