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Posted by azfarrizvi on August 28, 2012
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Ontario Summer Games 2012 - Opening Ceremony

Bruce the Moose. Official Mascot at Toronto 2012 Ontario Summer Games
Diana Matheson leading the athletes out
Reciting O Canadá. National Anthem sung by the Regent Park School of Music Supporting the athletes were Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; the Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism Culture and Sport; Councillor Norm Kelly (Ward 40 Scarborough Agincourt), Chair of the Parks and Environment Committee; Rahul Bhardwaj, Chair of the 2012 OSG Organizing Committee; Karen Pitre, Vice Chair of the OSG Organizing Committee; and Holly Abraham, Chair of Sport Alliance Ontario
The lighting of the OSG cauldron by Alexandra Orlando and Crispin Duenas
Musical finale by Toronto's NEVEREST
The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
The Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism Culture and Sport
A view from the stands
Performing. A view from the stands

Almost 2,500 of Ontario's best young athletes marched into Varsity Stadium tonight to the cheers of thousands of spectators for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Ontario Summer Games (OSG) - Ontario's largest multi-sport event. The ceremony kicked off the 28-sport amateur athletic competition, which takes place from August 16 to 19 at multiple venues across Toronto and the surrounding areas of Brampton, Caledon, Oshawa, St. Catharines and Welland.
 

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Rizvi is an award-winning multi-platform media producer who has delivered content for several national and international networks. Apart from producing news and teaching broadcast journalism, Rizvi has also collaborated with non-profits over the past few years delivering compelling digital advocacy campaigns and films. Rizvi started his career in 2001 as a producer and presenter with the state-owned English radio network FM-101. In 2003, he segued into News and Factual television. http://azfarrizvi.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rizvi.azfar https://twitter.com/AzfarRizvi

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