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"O Canada" (French: Ô Canada) is the national anthem of Canada.The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which French-language words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police honour guard raised the Greek national flag while the Greek national anthem was then sung by Greek-Canadian opera singer Ariana Chris. This is the only time in any Olympic closing ceremony apart from the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games that the Greek national anthem has been performed vocally, with most renditions of ...
2010 Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010, beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. [1] It was directed by David Atkins.
On May 20, 1904, it was chosen as Newfoundland's official national anthem (national being understood as a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire on par with Canada). This distinction was dropped when Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. Three decades later, in 1980, the province re-adopted the song as an official provincial anthem.
The Maple Leaf Forever. file. help. " The Maple Leaf Forever " is a Canadian patriotic song written by Alexander Muir (1830–1906) in 1867, the year of Canada 's Confederation. [1] He wrote the work after serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto in the Battle of Ridgeway against the Fenians in 1866.
The Olympic Hymn ( Greek: Ολυμπιακός Ύμνος, pronounced [oli (m)bi̯aˈkos ˈimnos] ), also known as the Olympic Anthem, is a choral cantata by opera composer Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917), with Demotic Greek lyrics by Greek poet Kostis Palamas. Both poet and composer were the choice of the Greek Demetrius Vikelas, who was the ...
Jon Montgomery. Jon Montgomery sings the Canadian national anthem at his 2010 Olympic medal ceremony. Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. [ 1] He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. [ 2]
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Not so long ago at her Ontario elementary school, Summer McIntosh and her peers would practice singing the Canadian national anthem in both English and French. They would ...