World Cup 2003 Opening Ceremony

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**You are most welcome to post pics related to World Cup Opening Ceremony, BTW does anyone know the timeing of the Ceremony?

Final touch of preapring the Ceremony.
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**Never mind I found it :)

2003 ICC Cricket World Cup opening ceremony timing schedule**
WCOC Press Release - 7 February 2003

The World Cup Organising Committee has released the timing schedule for the opening ceremony of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup taking place at the Newlands Cricket Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday 8 February.

SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2003

  • 17h00 Gates open. It is imperative that people arrive early to avoid any bottlenecks as CWC 2003 Security checks and searches will take place
  • 19h30 Audience to be seated for an hour-long prelude with host of the show, comedian Marc Lottering. The audience will form part of the show, so their involvement is imperative. They are led by audience leaders positioned on each of the stands.
  • 20h25 Five-minute countdown to the show
  • 20h30 Opening Ceremony starts. The show comprises seven scenes and takes the audience on a trip around South Africa. The scenes are as follows:
  • *Scene one: SAFARI
  • Scene two: UNITY - pyrotechnics at the end of the scene from the stage
  • Scene three: TOWNSHIP
  • Scene four: OCEAN
  • Scene five: INNOVATION
  • Scene six: PROTOCOL - introduction of teams
  • Scene seven: KARNIVAL - pyrotechnics at the end of the scene from the roof of the North Stand *
  • 22h30 Mass choir entertains. Audience to remain seated till the end of the performance. (This assists with limiting congestion as 3 000 cast members file out of the field and make their way to Newlands Rugby Stadium.
  • 22h45 Performance ends

© World Cup Organising Committee

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Green, green grass of home: Penny Jones on the Newlands Cricket Ground, the venue for the opening ceremony of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

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The Wanderers will host the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup

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I wish I could see the Opening Ceremonies!! :frowning:

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PC great pics thanx for sharing :k: :k: :k:

I will record it for you :slight_smile:

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The million dollar question is whether Dish will be shoing the opening ceremony in N America?

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opening ceremoy

hey teaser. will you be showing the Opening ceremony?
and at what time
is it sometime on friday nite or saturday morning?

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SWEET! Their going to show the opening ceremonies on Dishnetwork!

I checked on their sceduale yesterday and they didn't have it updated.

2/8/03 Opening Ceremony Live 1:30pm 457/471

So I guess thats 12:30pm CST :)

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Thanks for the offer teaser :)

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opening ceremony? ...yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn.....

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no yaar… opening ceremony is fun:k:

P.S: agar world cup shroo honey keyliye aik din ka intezaar nahi karsaktey to time ceremony dekh ker guzardena;)…

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opening ceremony looks sooooo cool :k:
i heard its going to b spectacular…but then again i expect nothing less of South Africa :slight_smile:

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55min left!

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The cermony is crap…i couldn’t stand another minute of that african music!..
Wht was up with the nudity in the beginning?:eek: I was just so surprised

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Dito, it was all crap but nothing else. :nook: :nook: :nook:

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I loved the part where the Pakistani team came in!!! They got a huge cheer, and so did the Lankans. I would say after their own team, sri lanka and Pakistan got the biggest crowd pop.

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can't wait for Pak/Aus match...

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*Originally posted by Spock: *
I loved the part where the Pakistani team came in!!! They got a huge cheer, and so did the Lankans. I would say after their own team, sri lanka and Pakistan got the biggest crowd pop.
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Yeah true, Spock I thought u missed the ceremony?

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I noticed Australia got a cheer too, but maybe cause they were first.

I must say that was a awesome ceremony. Really well done, and showed African culture so really well. They sure do know how to put on a show :k:

Best part of the ceremony was when they showed the Sea, and the sea good was flying. Then the Octopus and Whale hit each other.. marvellous cordination.