Backpacker Buzz

"With Glowing Hearts"... and screaming lungs, honking horns and excitable rowdiness, 6:00 p.m tomorrow (February 12th) is a chance to make some noise, to mark the one year countdown to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony.

VANOC (the Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games) is calling on Canadians to show our pride in the pending games and calling on communities to start a locally run countdown to the start of the Winter Games next year.  "One of the easiest ways to participate is by simply making some noise on February 12...At exactly 6:00p.m. local time, in time zones across the country, Canadians of all ages are invited to make some noise.  You can honk car horns in downtown Toronto, or foghorns in Halifax, ring sleigh bells in Prince George, chant folkloric songs, or dance to aboriginal drumming in St. John's...The noise will roll like a waveof sound across the land as the clock strikes 6:00 pm in each of the country's six time zones."

So, make some noise Canada!  Grab some friends, jump in the car and toot like crazy, sound a foghorn or simply start chanting.  At 6pm Thursday 12th February 2009, VANOC wants us to make one hellova noise.  Are you ready?

About VANOC
VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. www.vancouver2010.com

VANOC has created a online toolkit to use as a quick and easy tool to help get each community started on planning events.