Witnessing Canada’s First Gold Medal On Home Soil Awarded

We didn’t have Gold Medal Hockey Tickets. Heck, we didn’t even have Gold Medal Curling Tickets. What we did have were a couple of cheap seat tickets to an Olympic Victory Ceremony at BC Place during Quebec Night that featured some guy named Gregory Charles as the musical act. However, the tickets became golden when Alexandre Bilodeau won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Moguls competition this past Sunday at Cypress Mountain.

Although Kelly and I were sitting in the last row inside BC Place, it didn’t ruin our experience as the energy inside the dome was overwhelming. Luckily, I was packing the telephoto lens and was able to snap a few useable pics.

Before the medals were given out, we were treated by performances by some of Quebec’s artists. Although I couldn’t understand a word they were saying, they were very energetic and parts of the crowd that did understand French were happily singing along.

We were also treated to some acrobatics by one of Quebec’s acrobatic troops. Can’t remember what they were called but they were quite good. After the performances, it was time to give out some hardware!

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