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This
Is It
This Is It was
a three-hour, live, outdoor millennium celebration held in the Auckland
Domain on New Year's Eve 1999. Michael Hurst was the narrator of the
theatrical presentation of 2000 years of significant events in world
and New Zealand history. It required a cast of over 1000, a choir of
200, and it featured the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Parts of the
live broadcast were picked up around the world (Inside Out Productions
estimates that it was seen by two billion viewers worldwide at various
times during the three hours), and the highest viewership was probably
during Michael's countdown to midnight as Auckland became the first
major city in the world to welcome the new millennium.
This
Is It was immediately followed by Fire in the Sky,
twelve minutes of fireworks with orchestral accompaniment
and operatic and native Maori singers. New Zealand puts on a
good party!
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"Ok,
ladies and gentlemen, we're very close
now.
We're very close to a new millennium. |
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If
the last two thousand years are worth
anything, it's because
we can learn from them. |
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Just
think for a second what
legacy
you
will give to the future. |
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Look
around right now; look at your loved ones,
look at the strangers;
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Go
on, have a good look at those faces and think
what and how can
I affect them in the future |
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What
will my legacy be for them. and for those
yet to be born, for
those yet to come |
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Ok,
I'm getting it through now, ladies and
gentlemen, take a look
at each other, |
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say
'good bye' and get ready to say 'hello'!" |
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count
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down!
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performers
on the stage
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the
stage from above
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Click here for pictures of Auckland's millennium firework show, Fire in
the Sky
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