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'Beijing 2008' Olympic Cultural Festival ends

(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-07-17 09:43

The Fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival was brought to an end at a grand ceremony, with over a dozen of winning songs of the third Olympic song solicitation campaign premiered.

The Fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival was brought to an end at a grand ceremony on July 15, 2006.[BOCOG]

Addressing the closing ceremony, Cai Fuchao, member of the standing committee and director of the publicity department of CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, attributed the success of the 23-day event to full cooperation among the organizers, excellent performance of personalities and teams of the literary and art, academic and sports circles, support of the Olympic co-hosts involved and People's Liberation Army, as well as mass participation.

One the highlight at the ceremony was the debut of sixteen winning songs of the Third Campaign to Solicit Songs for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. A total of 8,000 pieces of lyrics and 700 pieces of music were submitted to the campaign, which commenced on January 1 and ended on June 1, 2006, with half contributed by the professionals.

Giorgio Moroder, composer of the renowned theme song "Hand in Hand" for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, was invited to the ceremony and President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi was also present.

This year's cultural festival, themed "Experience the Civilization & Enjoy the Olympic Games", was the fourth of its kind in succession since 2003.

The festival featured 28 Olympic-themed cultural activities, such as the Beijing International Sports Film Week and a series of "Olympic Beats" Open-air Concerts, from June 23 to July 15 in Beijing and co-host cities, including Qingdao, Tianjin and Shanghai.