The YOG and the dreams of Singapore's youth

One year ago, on 14 August 2009




Legacy All-Stars performed at The Padang infront of the largest audience for the "1 year to go countdown event" for Youth Olympic Games.



















The One Year Countdown event was a milestone event signifying that Singapore is one year away from the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, and it was marked by the unveiling of the Countdown Clock set against the historic City Hall. The event also celebrated the progress that Singapore has made as well as our readiness to host the first YOG. More than 5,000 enthusiasts, supporters, volunteers, government agencies, official sponsors and National Sports Associations (NSAs) turned up for the celebration at the Padang!




NEXT UP, THE OPENING....

Two Saturdays ago, the inaugural Youth Olympics Games (YOG) kicked off with the rousing, grand opening ceremony at the largest floating platform at Marina Bay.










LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CLOSING.....

In contrast to the Opening Ceremony, many of the elements of the Closing Ceremony are governed by tradition than official mandate. Usually, flag bearers from each participating country enter the stadium in single file and behind them all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality to symbolise bringing all the athletes of the world together as "one nation".

After the athletes enter the stadium, three national flags are hoisted on flagpoles one at a time, while the corresponding national anthems are played. The flag of Greece will be on the middle pole to honour the birthplace of the Olympic Games; the flag of the host country will be on the left-hand pole, and the flag of the country hosting the next Summer or Winter Olympic Games on the right.

Following the flag raising ceremony, the President of the Organising Committee will deliver a speech. The President of the IOC then formally closes the Olympics by saying:

I declare the Games of the [ordinal number] Olympiad/[ordinal number] Olympic Summer Games closed and, in accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in [name of host city] to celebrate the Games of the [subsequent ordinal number] Olympiad/[subsequent ordinal number] Olympic Summer Games.

The Olympic flame is then extinguished. Next, the Olympic flag that was hoisted during the Opening Ceremony is lowered from the flagpole and carried from the stadium as the Olympic anthem is played.

After these traditional practices, the next host nation will introduce itself with artistic displays of dance showcasing elements of that country.

It will be a grand ceremony to celebrate the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore which consists of :

3,600* young athletes between 14 and 18 years of age
5,000* young athletes and officials
205 National Olympic Committees
1,200* media representatives
20,000* local and international volunteers
370,000* spectators

26 sports and culture & education programmes

On this coming Thursday 26 August 2010. The coaches of Legacy will be bringing the team and we are honoured to perform cheerleading and dance with O'school hiphop dancers, School of Dance and many more performers in the Closing Ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games at the same floating platform! Which will be broadcast over televisions world wide!





The performers will include:














One of the songs that we will be performing by
Cheryl Cole -
"Fight for this love"

Together as Legacy All-Stars, We hope to bring out the youth spirit and let the crowd cheer and feel the Energy of Singapore! Let's us celebrate the Youth in us and mark down another history on our books together in 2 days time! =)


Millions of spectators. Thousands of youths. One history. We make it.