Catriona Le May Doan finally got her chance to light the Olympic Cauldron tonight with a little help from a mime.The mime set the tone of what was to be a tongue-in-cheek representation of Canadiana at the 2010 Closing Ceremony.
From oversized mountie statues and giant lumberjacks to several moose flying high above the crowd, tonight became a celebration of Canada's greatest export-humour.
William Shatner, Michael J. Fox, Catherine O'Hara and other Canadian greats helped showcase the lighter side of the Canadian spirit while musical acts like legend Neil Young, B.C. locals Hedley and international success stories Michael Buble and Avril Lavigne put on a great show for the millions of people watching at home.
Over 60,000 lucky fans present at Canada Hockey Place received a welcome from the chiefs of the four host First Nations.
The crowd then joined together to sing "O Canada" before the stars of the night, the Olympic athletes, marched triumphantly into the arena.
The city of Vancouver later gave thanks to the 25,000 volunteers who donated their time to make the Games a success and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson officially handed over the Olympic honours to Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov, who will host the Winter Olympics in 2014.
After the Russians gave us a stirring presentation of what's to come in 2014, IOC President Jacques Rogge declared the Games officially closed. But it was only after Neil Young's inspiring performance of "Long May You Run" that audiences watched as the Olympic flame was extinguished.
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Neil Young was awesome. He dressed up for the occassion (which is unusual for him to do) and his voice was great form.
I'm too Canadian. I'm sorry. I thought it was awful.
i thought it was ok.