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Cowperson · 02-13-2013, 08:45 AM

I was 29, fairly new to the city, in the early moments of a new career and, not thinking too far ahead, had volunteered my Olympic evenings away working as a stagehand for a fairly terrible play being put on by friends at Pumphouse Theatre.

So, as a result of that brilliant decision, I actually saw very little of the Olympics on TV but I did get down to Olympic Plaza a few times and was out at Lake Louise for a women's Alpine event. I saw some ski jumping at COP.

Karen Percy wiped out right in front of me at Lake Louise and, on another occasion, I saw her presented with an Olympic medal at the Plaza.

The laser light show at Olympic Plaza - just the whole atmosphere - was great.

Ian Tyson and Gordon Lightfoot singing Alberta Bound and Four Strong Winds during the opening ceremonies was pretty cool.

Cowperson

02-13-2013, 08:45 AM	#20
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	I was 29, fairly new to the city, in the early moments of a new career and, not thinking too far ahead, had volunteered my Olympic evenings away working as a stagehand for a fairly terrible play being put on by friends at Pumphouse Theatre. So, as a result of that brilliant decision, I actually saw very little of the Olympics on TV but I did get down to Olympic Plaza a few times and was out at Lake Louise for a women's Alpine event. I saw some ski jumping at COP. Karen Percy wiped out right in front of me at Lake Louise and, on another occasion, I saw her presented with an Olympic medal at the Plaza. The laser light show at Olympic Plaza - just the whole atmosphere - was great. Ian Tyson and Gordon Lightfoot singing Alberta Bound and Four Strong Winds during the opening ceremonies was pretty cool. Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous