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Olympic opening ceremony will recreate countryside with real animals

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 (on June 12, 2012)
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Director Danny Boyle reveals plans for London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, including village cricket, maypoles and rain

A village cricket team, 12 horses, 10 chickens, 70 sheep, a model of..


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