Here are a few candid shots I took downtown yesterday before and after our Olympic shows. Eire Born parents; if you have any clear photos from the Olympic shows that you would like to appear on the blog, please e-mail them to me.1. Heading from Richmond to downtown via Canada Line: Margaret, Alex, Hanna and Kali waiting to board at Templeton Station.
2. While at Starbucks on Granville St., the girls had a friendly conversation with the extremely vivacious friends and family of Olympic biathlete Dominik Landertinger, in town from Austria.
3. There are lots of public art displays on the streets throughout downtown Vancouver; this was entitled "Lantern Forest: Return to Innocence" (hundreds of lanterns made by children).
4. Cultural Olympiad banner on Granville St.
5. Some of our Richmond dancers nearly got caught up in an Olympic protest/riot as they got off the Canada Line upon arriving downtown. Here, a newspaper box was thrown by rioters through the window of the TD building just before we walked by.
6. Courtney led a rehearsal in the spacious lobby of Anna's dad's law office on Hornby. (Thank you Brian and Jennifer!)
7. Walking from Hornby to Robson Square; Courtney requested "all big dancers please hold the hand of a little dancer!" Here: buddies Kimberly and Gemma, Hanna and Anna.
8. Birds-eye view of 20+ Eire Born dancers getting dresses and shoes on before the show at the BC Olympic Pavilion.
9. The very popular zipline across Robson Square was directly above the stage the girls were dancing on.
10. Gemma and Jadyn backstage.
11. Despite the heavy rain, Eire Born had a huge crowd of appreciative spectators for their show!
12. After the show, Kali, Margaret, Hanna, Courtney and Kimberly were stopped on the street and interviewed by a CTV reporter and cameramen. A crowd quickly gathered around them, and someone asked me "Are they celebrities?"
13. Hanna and Kimberly backstage at Irish House later in the evening.
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