[MinuteGal]

ALERT !!!

The Opening Ceremonies are TONIGHT, July 27....9 PM London time, 4 PM U.S. Eastern time, tape on NBC at 7 PM Eastern time.

I hope someone starts a live thread later on today.

Theme of the Ceremony is "Isles of Light". There will be a cast of 15,000 Brits participating in the opening and closing ceremonies.

Who will be the person who actually lights the Olympic flame inside the stadium? History indicates it's likely to be a British athletic or cultural icon....who will perform the deed in some spectacular or unusual manner.

Leni

[dfwgator]

I hope it's Daley Thompson...of course he probably won't be because of this shirt he wore in LA in 1984. (He was alluding here to Carl Lewis)

[the scotsman]

Sir Steve Redgrave, Daley Thompson, or Roger Bannister.

[dead]

History indicates it's likely to be a British athletic or cultural icon....

Madonna! Or Madge as the Brits call her. She's been working on her accent for years!

[N. Theknow]

Who will be the person who actually lights the Olympic flame inside the stadium? History indicates it's likely to be a British athletic or cultural icon....who will perform the deed in some spectacular or unusual manner.

I heard that it was going to be Roger Bannister. First person to break the 4-minute mile.