Olympic Opening Ceremonies
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The Olympic flame is lit during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The Olympic Cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Athletes from the United States wave to spectators as they arrive during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova carries the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Fireworks explode over Fisht Olympic Stadium at the end of the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
A member of the French team looks up during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
United States' Steven Nyman makes a jump during a men's downhill training run for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Russian families gather and wave their national flag during the national anthem as they watch the live telecast of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in downtown Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A Canadian fan with Olympic rings shaved into his hair makes his way to the opening ceremonies for the Sochi Winter Olympics Friday Feb. 7, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)
Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Jo Alexander Koppang from Norway stretches before starting his run during a training session for the men's singles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Judges watch an attempt during the men's normal hill ski jumping training at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A United States spectator wears a fuzzy hat decorated the U.S. and Russian flags during men's and women's downhill practice for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Japan's Taku Takeuchi makes an attempt during the men's normal hill ski jumping training at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
United States' Laurenne Ross sticks out her tongue after finishing a women's downhill training run for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A sign that says "We do not serve FBI and CIA agents," hangs outside a restaurant on the opening day of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Speedskaters Sven Kramer of the Netherlands, Konrad Niedzwiedzki of Poland, and Koen Verweij of the Netherlands train at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
United States' Julia Mancuso makes a turn in a women's downhill training run for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Argentina's Cristian Javier Simari Birkner makes a jump during a men's downhill training run for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
France's Marie Laure Brunet shoots during a biathlon training session prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Todd Lodwick of the United States carries the national flag as he leads the team during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Fireworks are seen over Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Goose Creek's Jordan McElveen dribbles past Wando's Hampton Harvin Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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Wando fans cheer on their team against Goose Creek Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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Goose Creek's Chris Singleton dribbles past Wando's Amp Moore Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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Wando's Jamez Rogers goes for the layup against Goose Creek Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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Russia's Pavel Korpachev takes a jump during ski slopestyle training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Members of the Danish team enters the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Wando's Aaron Brown dribbles the ball while guarded by Goose Creek's Chris Singleton Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretyak light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, Pool)
The Greece team is introduced during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )
Australia's Britteny Cox runs the course during freestyle skiing moguls training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
The 2014 Winter Olympic games official mascots, the Leopard, the Polar Bear, and the Hare, perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)
Rebecca Kutcher accepts a plaque for her husband Joe Kutcher who died of cancer before the start of the Wando v Goose Creek basketball game Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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Goose Creek players are introduced before their game against Wando Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Wando High School. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)
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SEE AND BE SCENE: Stacy Huggins, Ann Pope, Lindsay Fleege and Jenny Ferrara at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Sue and Jerry Marterer at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
Jon Greer, and Tiffany DeWitt, of Charleston, Jenni, and Bill Dunbar, of Folly, watch the parade during the FollyGras Festival on Folly Beach Saturday Feb. 6, 2016. Michael Wiser/Special to The Post and Courier
Bryan Thomas, enjoys his time at the FollyGras Festival & Parade on Folly Beach Saturday Feb. 6, 2016. Michael Wiser/Special to The Post and Courier
SEE AND BE SCENE: Bill Medich, Anne Siegfried and John Kennedy at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Sara Bennett, Nicole Taney and Skylar Shepard at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Brian and Gretchen Cuddy with Julianne and George Khoury at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Leslie Richardson and Elizabeth Barnes at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Didi Summers, Patti Maurer and Patty Griffith at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Jim and Liz Macleod, Anette and Bill McAbee and Bob Hodde at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Henry Galvin, Heather Galvin, and Linda Rayias, of Charleston, enjoy the FollyGras Festival & Parade on Folly Beach Saturday Feb. 6, 2016. Michael Wiser/Special to The Post and Courier
SEE AND BE SCENE: Pamela and Richard Scurry at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
SEE AND BE SCENE: Jeff Fitzharris and SJ Cubbler at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Rebecca and John Imholz at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
SEE AND BE SCENE: Bill Medich with Allison and Bright Williamson at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
SEE AND BE SCENE: Claudia Heath and Bob Hodde at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Mary Ackerson, Cathy Cook, Gene Cook, Patrick Clow, Holly Stone, of Charleston, enjoy the FollyGras Festival & Parade on Folly Beach Saturday Feb. 6, 2016. Michael Wiser/Special to The Post and Courier
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
SEE AND BE SCENE: Ashley Cook and Elizabeth Burns at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Randall Felkel and Marilyn Hoffman at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Linda Woodside, Hester Hodde, Peggy Bridgeforth and Cantey Brown at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Rich Gurrieri, Dayna Elliott and Tanya Gurrieri at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Karen Klopp and K.Cooper Ray at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Jane Kelly and Roger Vandyke, of Folly, watch the FollyGras Festival & Parade on Folly Beach Saturday Feb. 6, 2016. Michael Wiser/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Tasha Gandy, Amanda Hollinger and Jennifer Scott at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
SEE AND BE SCENE: Tim McVicker and Sarah Kuhn at the Spoleto Festival's annual auction at Memminger Auditorium, 2/6. Marie Rodriguez/Special to The Post and Courier.
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
Folly Beach's annual FollyGras Festival & Parade featured an all-day street festival with kids' activities, local food, art vendors, and live music by local bands.(Michael Wiser/Special to the Post and Courier)
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