{"id":7524,"date":"2012-07-12T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T00:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2012-07-19T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T22:38:00","slug":"olympic-opening-ceremony-in-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/olympic-opening-ceremony-in-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Opening Ceremony In Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/olympic-opening-ceremony-in-figures\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7525\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/olympic-opening-ceremony-in-figures\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?fit=618%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"618,348\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Olympics Opening Model\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-18392025&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?fit=270%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?fit=584%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7525\" title=\"Olympics Opening Model\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?resize=584%2C329\" alt=\"Olympics Opening Model Hydle\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?resize=270%2C152&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/media_olympics_opening_ceremony_model_2.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three-hour ceremony will begin at 21:00 BST with &#8220;an hour of culture&#8221;, followed by the athletes parade, then the lighting of the cauldron and a fireworks display to bring down the curtain.<\/p>\n<p>The set will feature real grass, an oak tree and &#8220;clouds&#8221; suspended from wires above the stadium &#8211; one of which will produce rain, provided the British weather does not provide its own on the night.<\/p>\n<h2>The July 27th event will feature:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-show starting at 20:12 BST<\/li>\n<li>1,100 automated lamps<\/li>\n<li>One million watt sound system with 500 speakers<\/li>\n<li>50 tonnes of sound gear<\/li>\n<li>15,000m sq metres of staging<\/li>\n<li>12,956 props<\/li>\n<li>24,570 costume buttons for one of opening sequences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-18392025\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>]<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/news\/4368942\/Stadium-to-get-countryside-makeover-for-Olympic-opening.html\" target=\"&quot;_blank\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-hour ceremony will begin at 21:00 BST with &#8220;an hour of culture&#8221;, followed by the athletes parade, then the lighting of the cauldron and a fireworks display to bring down the curtain. 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