(9 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of young people dressed in all five Olympic mascot costumes and carrying flags
2. Girl wearing Huanhuan costume and headress
3. Nini float moving forward
4. Girl on float wearing Nini headress and costume and singing Olympic song
5. Girls wearing Huanhuan costumes and dancing to Olympic music
6. Girl waving on Huanhuan float
7. Team Huanhuan dancing in front of mascot float
8. Yingying team dancing to music
9. Boys dressed as Yingying dancing
10. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhang Hongsheng, Parade Coordinator
" The main reason (for having this parade) is for tourists, our viewers, and foreigners to feel the Beijing Olympic warmth and welcoming atmosphere. Also there are two functions for having this parade and one is for crowds to enjoy it."
11. Nini float
12. Models wearing costumes displaying the names of every Olympic city.
13. Nini hip-hop dancers
14. Nini hip-hop dancer waving and posing
STORYLINE
Over one hundred performers paraded through the Olympic Green in Beijing on Saturday, in the first Olympic mascot show.
The moving floats represent the five mascots - Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini, which together mean 'Beijing Welcomes You' in Mandarin.
The parade thrilled audiences with displays of acrobatics, martial arts, Peking Opera, hip-hop dance and extreme sports.
The parade will be held twice a day until the end of the Olympic Games on 24 August.
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