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World cricketing gala opens today

Tapan Majumder from Calcutta
The sixth cricket World Cup gets off to a pompous opening today in the Indian csy of Calcutta. , ...
Millions ’of television viewers will witness the in augural spectacle live while only about 100.000 privileged spectators shall be present at the bejewelled Eden Garden stadium.
Nine test playing countries and three qualifiers will battle out for a month from February 14 for the coveted title of world champions.
The seventy five minute long opening ceremony would be a grand display of pomp. splendour and pageantry. But little information is divulged by Gianfranco Lunetta. the Italian director of the whole show, and Jag-mohan Dalmiya, the convenor-secretary of P1LC0M. The whole show is being kept top secret. But. two Calcutta scribes have managed to procure the secret blueprint of the whole show. The name of the Italian image consultant Half Moon is embossed in golden letters
on the file which we have managed to obtain. From this blueprint, we find that Lunetta has visualised the' whole stadium as a big flower.
Former Miss Universe. Sushmita Sen will be the main attraction of the lavish show. Sayeed Jaffrey will play the’ role of the moderator. Lata Mangeshkar; the melody queen, will not sing as was said earlier. But her sister, the evergreen Asha Bhosle will render a hymn from Upanishada'. Current Miss India Sandhya Chib igill lead the Indian squad. Other
Bangladesh Television and Prime Sports will telecast live the opening ceremony beginning at 630 pm (BSD today.
teams will be led by eleven top Indian models. A source disclosed that the costumes of opening ceremony are designed by Sancheeta Azzam-pur. Tanushree Shankar s troupe will comprise five hundred and forty ballerinas apart from 1500 school girls.
Here is the planned schedule of the inaugural ceremony. The time is given in Bangladesh Standard Time. >
6:30 pm: The Flower Stadium will be shown from the sky. There will be no other light in the stadium except one very bright white floodlight. The official rainbow colours of Wills will be seen.
6:30: The west Bengal Chief Minister. Jyotl Basu will enter the ground with his escort, former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen. When the two will enter the wound, there will be twelve "Googlee's, the official mascot, on the large circular dais. The ' theme song" of the Wills World Cup!
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6:31: All the twelve teams In coloured attire will enter the ground Their entry will be projected on the giant screen
6:32: The names of all 168 players will be readout. While announcing the names a spotlight will be focussed on each one's face. The twelve captains will appear on thd stage one by one to receive the mascot 'Googlee'.
6:43: Jyotl Basu will declare the Wills World Cup open.
6:44: Basu and Sushmita Sen alongwith the players will leave the dais amidst glittering show of light.
The start of the Cultural Show.
6:45: For thirty seconds
the stadium will be at a" stand-still.
6:46: The laser will project the images of the greatest cricketing heroes of the last twenty years.
6:49: First laser show. A bat. a ball and a prism of light will gradually move to the flower at the centre of the stadium.
6:50: The whole stadium will be lit up. The laser ball will approach towards the middle of the flower. There will be a sudden fountain of light.
6:51: The flower will blossom. Three hundred dancers will enthrall the spectators.
6:54: A new design will emerge from the national flags of the twelve participating countries.
6:55: The whole stadium will be dark. Only five coloured spotlights will be there. Suddenly a helicopter will appear hovering above the stadium, which has already taken the shape of a laser ball.
6:56: NINJA WARRIOR SACK will be released from the helicopter.
6:57: The helicopter will leave the stadium. NINJA WARRIOR SACK will open up reaching the centre of the stadium. A female figure clad wholly in black will emerge out of the sack. A brief dance
performance. The twelve scarves in the fray will exhibit the colours of the national flags of the twelve participating countries. The female figure will release the Scarves one by one.
6:59: The stadium will be fully lit up. Former Miss Universe will be on the stage adorned by the flags of the twelve participating countries.
7:00: The moderator will announce the names of the twelve countries and will introduce Sushmita Sen.
7:01: The twelve captains gather on the stage.
7:03: Each Captain will be followed by a troupe of 35 dancers, performing dances depicting the cultural Heritage of the nation.
7:05: Sushmita Sen will give away the respective national flags to the twelve captains.
7:11: Sushmita will disap pear in a cloud of white smoke.
7:12: The mascot Googlee will sing the official theme
£.16: 'Googlee will also disappear. A huge bottle of champagne will appear on the stage.
7:17: A fountain of glass suddenly appear before the twelve captains The fountain will drench the three hun-
dred dancers present on the ground.
7:25: Another laser show. Suddenly the bottle of Champagne will get enlarged. Then the bottle somersaults several times in the air and will uncork The following message will emerge out-CRICKET IS SPORTS, SPORTS IS MOVEMENT. MOVEMENT IS ART. ART IS LIFE AND finally CRICKET IS LIFE.
7:28: Display of fireworks.
7:41: End of fireworks.
7:43: Sushmita Sen and Googlee’ will reappear on the stage.
7:44: Thy will disappear as the middle portion of the stage will sink.
7:45: The theme song will be played. Thousands of white pigeons will fill the sky amidst brightly coloured light
7:46: Third laser show. The Child and Cricket" will be displayed. It is a symbolic; story of the dreams and hopes of millions of children playing cricket in the streets of Calcutta
7:51: With the help of fireworks. THE END will be Inscribed In the sky in yellowish letters
However Gianfranco Lune-tta is contemplating several changes in the planned schedule.
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