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The 2010 3rd Grade Cast of Winter Games Performed on Feb. 11, 2010 "Viens! Tout Le Monde!" "Come! All the World!" 

Hello world! We at Wescott School take pride in our diversity and our openness to connecting with other nations--sharing culture, language, music, and experiences. We love sharing with other schools here in the U.S. too.

Every four years, to honor the Winter Olympics, we perform our musical "Winter Games" with our entire 3rd grade. In the show we reenact the Opening Ceremonies, complete with a Parade of Nations, the recitation of the Olympic Oath, and the introductions of the IOC Chairman and officials from the host city. Then we proceed to sing songs and perform scenes from the different events that are held at the Games: The Downhill, Figure Skating, Bobsledding, Hockey, Speedskating, and others. The show begins in the darkness, with the Olympians standing around the entire audience singing a quiet song of welcome. The cry of "Viens! Tout le Monde! ("Come all the World") is soon heard and the festivities begin.

We first performed "Winter Games" in 1992 for the Games in Albertville, France. Since then, we have celebrated Nagano, Salt Lake City, and Torino, We plan to do the same this year when we perform "Winter Games" for our school on February 11th: the eve of the Vancouver Games.

Our town, Northbrook, Illinois, is known as "The Speedskating Capital of the World", and with good reason. Over the past 30 years we have sent over 20 Olympic speedskaters from our little village to the Games representing the U.S.A.

**SITES OF THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES** 1924 - Chamonix, France 1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932 - Lake Placid, New York USA 1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1940 - Not held* 1944 - Not held* 1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952 - Oslo, Norway 1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1960 - Squaw Valley, California USA 1964 - Innsbruck, Austria 1968 - Grenoble, France 1972 - Sapporo, Japan 1976 - Innsbruck, Austria 1980 - Lake Placid, N.Y. 1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1988 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1992 - Albertville, France 1994 - Lillehammer, Norway 1998 - Nagano, Japan 2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah USA 2006 - Turin, Italy 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2014 - Sochi, Russia

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