V.I. contingent awed by Opening Ceremony
Published: July 28, 2012
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Daily News Photos by AARON GRAY The 14-member USVI Olympic contingent awaits to make its entrance at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. A sold-out crowd of 62,000 spectators awaited each country’s arrivial.
Daily News Photo by AARON GRAY The USVI contingent that marched in the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday included coach Stephen Ferrette, left, coach Phill Shannon, board member Leonard Bonelli, Laverne Jones-Ferrette, USVIOC president Hans Lawaetz, board member Lyn Reid, Branden Whitehurst, Mimi Roller, Allison Peter, Muhammad Halim, Tabarie Henry and Tom Guthrie. Team members Cy Thompson and Nathan Taylor, not pictured, also marched in.
LONDON - James Bond, Sir Paul McCartney, Harry Potter, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Tabarie Henry.
Indeed, the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games had a little bit of everything. The latter of that group proudly carried the U.S. Virgin Islands flag and led an excited 14-member USVI contingent into a sold-out Olympic Stadium on Friday night.
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