Game Over – The Closing Ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games was a resounding success
This morning, when we woke up, we were still on cloud nine, our heads still a little floury. It wasn’t a question of a hangover, but of a real comeback after the incredible evening experienced at the Stade de France, Sunday, on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Unlike its Olympic Games girlfriend, a little sad and not very exciting, this last evening of the paras, celebrated with music, was “memorable”.
And it is not (only) us who say it, but the GuardianThe English daily was effusive when it came to describing the closing ceremony: “With an explosion of fireworks, laser beams, breakdancing and a wild set from the giants of French electronica, France said goodbye to the Paralympic Games on Sunday evening with the biggest party it has ever organised.”
“A genuine spectacle”
The Guardian particularly highlights the resumption of I came to tell you that I’m leaving, by Serge Gainsbourg, by Amadou and Mariam, “one of the best musical performances”, as was the interpretation of the Marseillaise by disabled trumpeter André Feydy. “The show of lights, pyrotechnics and electronic music – with Jean-Michel Jarre as headliner and Martin Solveig as closing act – brightened up(…) - 20minutes
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