Commemorative Torch Relay Kicks Off Ten-Day Olympic Heritage Celebration - B-Roll Package

STORY SUMMARY: (North Lake Tahoe, CA. – January 12, 2010) – The North Lake Tahoe Olympic Heritage Celebration got underway on Friday, January 8th with a Commemorative Torch Relay from Sugar Pine Point State Park, on Tahoe's West Shore, to Squaw Valley USA.

FOOTAGE INCLUDES:
B-Roll from the Commemorative Torch Relay, showing multiple legs of the event, plus soundbites. Footage shot Fri, Jan 8.

Note: Other video segments are in separate releases in the Olympic Heritage Celebration video vault.

LOCATORS:
- North Lake Tahoe, CA.
- Tahoma, CA.
- Homewood, CA.
- Tahoe City, CA.
- Squaw Valley USA, Olympic Valley, CA.

SUPPORTING COPY :
North Lake Tahoe's Olympic Heritage Celebration, underway January 8-17, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1960 VIII Olympic Winter Games held in Squaw Valley and Tahoma, in North Lake Tahoe. The ten-day series of events inlcudes races, historic tours and reenactments, demonstrations, expos, parties, and more.

Commemorative Torch Relay - January 8th.
In an 'Olympic Style' torch relay, a replica of the 1960 Olympic Torch, was carried via foot, snowmobile, alpine skis, nordic skis, car, hand-crank cycle, and chairlift, ran from Sugar Pine Point State Park (site of the 1960 Olympic Nordic events) up Lake Tahoe's West Shore through Tahoe City, past Alpine Meadows, and in to Squaw Valley.

The torch was carried by several past Olympians and local figures, including Tamara McKinney, Starr Walton, Babette Hausein, Greg Jones, Bill Hudson, Jeff Hamilton, Jonny Moseley, and others.

The Olympic flame was lit at the original 1960 Tower of Nations at the base of Squaw Valley, and also at an opening ceremony in the Village at Squaw Valley.

Separate soundbite package also available (see below).

Soundbites Include: (Soundbite package available here)
- Nancy Cushing, CEO, Squaw Valley Ski Corporation
- Ted Gaines, California State Assemblyman, 4th District
- Susan Grove, California State Parks Superintendent, Tahoe Sector
- Rob Weston, Event Organizer, Olympic Heritage Celebration Committee
- Ron Treabass, Torch Bearer, North Lake Tahoe Resort Association

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Footage/Releases provided by:
Lake Tahoe Media Center

Contact:
Eric Brandt
(530) 583-4206
eric@tahoetv.com

TAPE COPIES AND DUBS: To request a hard copy/dub of any segment on BetaSP or Mini DV, please call (530)583-4206 or email eric@tahoemediacenter.com