The touch that is lite at the games is a secret and is TOP secret until the Opening ceremony. Its amazing how secret it is.
Greece always goes first because that's the country in which the Olympic games originated. The country hosting the games for that Olympics always goes last, and the rest of the countries go alphabetically in between Greece and the host country.
All teams go in the opening ceremony. Greece goes first, he host country goes last, and the rest is in alphebetical order by the host country's national language.
Officials, Athletes, the press and spectators.
flip of the coin
A queen from England.
The Olympic relay race goes all the way back to the beginning of the Olympic games in Ancient Greece. This type of race where a baton was carried and passed off to another was a way for competition between regions to be run.
because it can
the football team that wins more home games then away games
the army goes rolling along
Zell Miller has: Played Himself - Lt. Governor in Georgia in "48 Hours" in 1988. Played himself in "Centennial Olympic Games: Torch Relay Opening Ceremonies" in 1996. Played himself in "The Daily Show" in 1996. Played himself in "Hardball with Chris Matthews" in 1997. Played himself in "Al Franken: God Spoke" in 2006. Played himself in "...So Goes the Nation" in 2006. Played Himself, United States senator, Georgia in "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech" in 2009.
The Army Goes Rolling Along is the song that concludes all army reviews, parades, and honor guard ceremonies.
Because they are the countries that came up with the Original Olympics. Pierre De Coubertin thought it would a be a good way to honor them. That tradition is still alive today, except when Greece host the Olympics, it which that case they enter last.