2003 National Closing Ceremony

[Marc P.]

The fireworks were completely unexpected! Especially for me, since I was standing behind Einstein with some volunteers (about 10 feet away from where they were being shot off from, back turned to them, completely unaware of what was happening). At first, I thought it was a bomb or something, then I saw and heard the crowd cheering and ran out to grab a few pictures. I still have goosebumps thinking about the speeches that were made, and the video of the entire competition that was shown. All in all, I think it was a great event, considering the short time span it was set up in, and the lack of any expectation from the Houston community. They handled it very well, considering they had no idea what they were getting into.

Random side note- The eagle was a cool alternative to releasing the traditional doves