I have never seen Churchill Square as packed full of people as it was tonight for the Olympic Torch Relay celebration! Olympian Doreen Ryan ran the final leg of the relay, and lit the “celebration cauldron” shortly after 7pm. You could just feel the energy moving through the crowd, despite the relative cold!

Getting setup in Churchill Square

City Hall was nicely colored for the festivities

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performed the Olympic music by John Williams

The Square starting to fill up

Lots of entertainment

The most energetic of the performances

Clear path for Doreen Ryan

Churchill Square full of people

The Olympic Torch appears!

The final leg of the Edmonton relay

Celebration Cauldron and dignitaries

The Journal has a nice recap of the event here. You can see the rest of my photos here. For more excellent photos from the event, check out Bruce Clarke’s blog. This was potentially the most photographed moment in Edmonton’s history though, so I’m sure there are thousands more photos that will appear soon!

Go Canada Go!