Opening Ceremonies 2014 Olympics ~ Performances

This is the third installment of the Opening Ceremonies for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. 
To see the first, go here -- Beginning with the alphabet.
To see the second, go here -- The Athletes Enter

The Russians put on quite a grand performance during the Olympics Opening Ceremonies -- it was a celebration of their history and was very colorful, exciting and interesting to watch. The following pics are just an example of what was shown....

This has an ice sculpture look

There were a number of these horses floating above the floor

Do they remind you of the Lilliputians in the Wizard of Oz?

The little girl who read the alphabet made appearances in this part of the program

Next was a kind of carnival atmosphere

Everything swirling and turning around

with Saint Basil's Cathedral in the center

These guys reminded me of those balloon men that 

flip and flop and flutter at the car lots!!

The little girl begins to walk on a human staircase!

This depicted the ballroom scene from Tolstoy's War and Peace

Have you read it?

Anna Karenina is one of my favorites but I could never get into 

War and Peace.

Maybe I'll rent the movie one day!

The dance was beautifully done

Russia's Industrial Revolution

Soviet space program

I'm not so sure about these floating heads....

a bit creepy if you ask me!

The little girl floating with her red balloon

This was gorgeous

The "wings" created streams of light that the dancers 

twirled above their heads creating a spinning light show!

Oliver slept through the whole thing!

Of course, that's not unusual for him!

I hope you'll come back tomorrow for the last installment -- the lighting of the torch!

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