Maryland Primary School in Newham brought a touch of Christmas magic to our London 2012 offices last Friday.
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Maryland Primary School in Newham brought a touch of Christmas magic to our London 2012 offices last Friday.
All bedecked with Christmassy Santa hats their choir of young pupils sang Christmas carols and other favourites with infectious gusto while others (the 'Movers'), dressed in brightly coloured leggings, performed a variety of dance routines to the music – all brilliantly choreographed by their talented teacher, strongly influenced by Michael Jackson!
All this week, before they break for the school holidays the choir and the Movers are taking their singing and dancing to community centres in Newham. They fund these visits entirely by themselves and we hope the contributions from our staff – who so enjoyed their performance here – will help them to buy the microphones they wish for to make them sound even better for 2010.
The London 2012 Organising Committee donated a guitar to Maryland School as a thank you for bringing their lovely, lively Christmas music and dance to London 2012, and providing another welcome link to the Cultural Olympiad.
I would like to wish everyone of you over there in London a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Olympic Park has been taken shape significantly as part of the skyline and the contures of this joyous event can already been seen.
Staging the Olympics is an important contribution to form something like a world family beyond all differences and challenges we are facing at the moment. Christmas provides an opportunity to have a break from our daily routine in order to think about essential things - a vision of a peaceful world that takes care for the environment and future generations.
The many links between sports and such challenges - fair play and responsibility - are important steps to achieve this.