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Photos: Olympic party scenes from Vancouver streets

 

The parties, the concerts, the drinking and the celebrating, all rolled up into one raucous photo gallery

 
February 9, 2010 11:40 PM
 
 
 
A special dance performance by 80 Sunshine Coast Ice-Gate Dancers. Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opens on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
 

A special dance performance by 80 Sunshine Coast Ice-Gate Dancers. Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opens on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Photograph by: Les Bazso, PNG

 
A special dance performance by 80 Sunshine Coast Ice-Gate Dancers. Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opens on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
As anchor torch carrier Gerry Swan lights the caldron at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford Sunday night, he is cheered on by MLA John van Dongen, Premier Gordon Campbell, and MP Ed Fast, at right, and mayor George Peary, Mike deJong (Solicitor Gen.) and Randy Hawes, MLA, centre.
Phoenix Bearspaw, left, and Jaycee Hunter, both in traditional dance outfits, watched the blessing ceremony at during the Olympic Torch Relay stop at the Stoney Nakoda Nation on January 20, 2010. The torch is making its way to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Crowds gather in Richmond Tuesday as hometown hero Rick Hansen lights the Olympic cauldron.
Maple Leaves covered the street in Langley during the torch relay.
The lighting of the torch cauldron drew thunderous cheers at the Chiliwack torch-relay celebration.
People greet the arrival of the Olympic torch Monday at the Langley Events Centre, four days before the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Thousands crowded in as Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opened on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Crowds gather in Richmond Tuesday as hometown hero Rick Hansen lights the Olympic cauldron.
Crowds gather in Richmond Tuesday as hometown hero Rick Hansen lights the Olympic cauldron.
Olympic torchbearer Ryan Clarke's relay experience grew more memorable as he proposed marriage to his girlfriend Claire Jean while he was running with the torch in the 1200-block Inglewood Street in West Vancouver.
Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opens on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. A special dance performance by 80 Sunshine Coast Ice-Gate Dancers.
Relay runners on Day 99 of the run wave to spectators after carrying the torch up to the ski jump at Whistler Olympic Park on Friday.
Thousands crowded in as Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opened on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Spectators wave flags and cheer along the relay route during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay in Coquitlam, B.C.
Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opens on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Thousands crowded in as Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opened on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Torchbearer Martie Wyse, from Nanaimo, B.C., carries the Olympic torch into the Cave and Basin in Banff National Park as the Olympic Torch Relay visited Banff, AB on January 21, 2010. The torch is making its way to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. (Colleen De Neve/ Calgary Herald/Canwest News Se
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson outines Tuesday, October 7, 2009 in Vancouver, the two LiveCity Vancouver sites for the Vancouver 2010 Games celebrations.
Cold Art Sculptor Gordon Halloran is creating the pieces for "Ice Gate" a massive mural of ice and paint for the O Zone in Richmond for the winter games.
Crews ready the LiveCity Yaletown site which will host free celebrations on False Creek for the 2010 Olympic Games. The site is expected to host thousands of people each day during the Games.
The City of Vancouver gave a tour of the LiveCity Yaletown site nearing completion at Pacific and Homer streets, on February 9, 2010. The venue for music and the arts will be free to the public.
Thousands crowded in as Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opened on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Staff members get ready for the crowds at the Holland Heineken House at the O-Zone in Richmond on Wednesday February 10, 2010.
Sections of artist Gordon Halloran's huge paintings made with ice are nearing completion in Richmond. Above is his installation at the Chicago Millenium Park in February last year. His Olympic work, Ice Gate, will be installed in the Richmond 'O Zone,' an official celebration site for the Winter Games.
Members of the Inniskillin Wines pour some ice wine. Gordon Halloran’s Ice Gate, a spectacular ice art installation, officially opens on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Richmond O Zone, the City of Richmond’s official celebration site for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Celebration sites: Located at David Lam Park (above) and the Beatty Street parking lot in Vancouver, the $23-million facilities will be the city’s main gathering spot. Celebrations will also take place in Whistler’s Village Square and the Richmond O-Zone.
Colleen De Neve, Calgary Herald SPRINGBANK, AB: JANUARY 21, 2010 --Springbanks Adrienne Wolf and her horse Stone showed their patriotism in Springbank, AB as the Olympic Torch Relay made it's way through the small
Freek de Wette, international sponsorship manager for the Holland Heineken House, warms his hands on the virtual fireplace at the O-Zone in Richmond on Wednesday February 10, 2010.
The Canada Pavilion will be a major feature of the LiveCity Celebration Site in downtown Vancouver during the Olympics.
The Cranberry Olympic 2010 Rings are almost ready for the public , February 9th, that will be visiting Richmond's O Zone celebration facility.
Former speed skater Patrick Seltsam tests out the skating rink at the O-Zone in Richmond on Wednesday February 10, 2010.