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while people (known on-site as "Multis") held photoboards of their ancestors from the many different nationalities of
Melburnians and created a "wall" with them. (Note: not all the people were holding their own ancestors. Most were assigned random photos. Those who had submitted photos got to hold
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Melbourne at the end complete with an image of fireworks with numbers between 17 and 1 being from previous games until 0 from currents games
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read a message, and a poem and then sang a song in tribute to
Melbourne, via video, while 1,000 so-called "Commonwealth Dames", wearing various costumes, some from the beginning of the show, performed on the circular stage, waving
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299:(MCG) playing a guitar (equipped with pyrotechnics which produced sparks) whilst being lowered onto the stadium ground, giving a rock concert feel to the closing ceremony. Grinspoon performed their hits
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from the opening ceremony returned and the boy, who was holding the duck, went down a trapdoor at the centre of the stage and disappeared from sight, symbolizing the closing of the 2006 Games.
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players, accompanied by several contemporary key figures of the sport entered through a banner, running out into formation. Ballerinas dressed in club colours followed.
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524:Lara Dutta
457:Indigenous
454:Wurundjeri
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