wonderful 5/8/2008 21:11
邓迪乐队将在奥林匹克开幕式演奏
<H2>Scots pipers to star at the Olympics<BR>Aug 3 2008 By Grace Macaskill <BR><BR>IT is the pipe band equivalent of Albion Rovers reaching the Champions League final.<BR><BR>Mains of Fintry Band - a lowly grade four in piping ranking - are to star at the Olympic opening ceremony.<BR><BR>The band, from Dundee, will play to a global TV audience of four billion people when the games open in Beijing on Friday.<BR><BR>They landed the once-in-a-lifetime gig after a <SPAN class=t_tag onclick=tagshow(event) href="tag.php?name=Chinese">Chinese</SPAN> official saw them play at a festival in France.<BR><BR>The band - who arrived in Beijing two days ago - and their families have been sworn to secrecy.<BR><BR>But a piping source confirmed the engagement and added: "It's incredible but if the Chinese had wanted a top pipe band, it's unlikely Mains would have been first choice."<BR><BR>Only one relative of a band member would admit they were in China.<BR><BR>He said: "It's pretty amazing because they're quite a wee pipe band.<BR><BR>"They'll be performing inside the stadium at the opening ceremony. I was only told just before they left but the Chinese have told everyone they can't say anything about it."<BR><BR>The Chinese were on a "scouting mission" for acts when they saw the 16-strong band in France.<BR><BR>They are not the only Scots taking <SPAN class=t_tag onclick=tagshow(event) href="tag.php?name=part">part</SPAN> in the Games - they join nine BBC Scotland and four track and field stars among the 30 Scots in Team GB.</H2>
shisiwei2007 5/8/2008 23:43
wonderful！
ysun 6/8/2008 10:09
Big bands were booked. Only wee ones were available.