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Hockey Loss Means Change in Community Torch Celebration

By Elaine Macdonald

Team Canada's loss in Men's Hockey, means Sunday's planned  early morning start to an all day  celebration  has been changed.

Instead of  getting up at 4:00 a.m. to make sure  you are at the CN Centre for a 5 a.m. start  to the mens gold medal game,  everyone gets to sleep in a little.  

There is a pancake breakfast now set to start the day  at 7:30 a.m. and the doors  of CN Centre will open at 7:30. 

The hockey loss was a major disapointment says  event organizer Mary Graydon "We did our grieving yesterday" but adds, "but there are so many other things planned for Sunday, it should still be an excellent  day."
 
Oh there will still be hockey, as a  women's hockey team will take on the Oldtimers at 8 a.m.  There will also be winter sport demonstrations from Speed skating, Figure Skating, Curling, Cross Country and Biathlon skiing, ice and snow sculpting and dog sledding. As well, the Prince George Blizzard Speedskating Club is offering Learn to Speedskate clinics to children aged 7-11 on the outdoor ice oval. 

Performances inside CN Centre include singers and dancers from the Conservatory of Music, Bollywood Dream Dancers, Lorna Carbutt’s Dancers, Metis Jiggers and the Rangla Punjab Cultural Club.

The giant screens will feature highlights from the Torino Olympics and clips of the Prince George Sport Hall of Fame inductees.

The highlight of the day will take place around 2p.m.  That's when the  closing ceremonies willbe broadcast.  During that time, Vancouver and BC will be on the world stage for 8 minutes as the torch is passed from Torino to Vancouver. 

Prince George will be one of the Torch relay’s last stops on its way to Whistler in 2010.
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