When St. John's, Newfoundland was the first provience to see in the new millennium, Great Big Sea was there to share their experience with their families, friends and hometown fans. What a night and concert that would have been !
The CBC Digital Archives contains lots of videos and tapes about how Canada saw in the new millennium. The description below is from the webpage with the news report.
"This is unbelievable. I'm so excited... I'm so honoured to be... a part of this... celebration." Standing amidst a crowd of some 100,000 gathered on the harbourfront in St. John's, Nfld., an emotional Shaun Majumder describes the coming of the new millennium. Throughout the day, Canadians have seen worldwide celebrations starting with the Kiribati Islands in the west Pacific to China to Italy.
And now the time has come for Canada to take the spotlight. On stage, the popular East Coast group Great Big Sea sets the mood with its hit song Goin Up. The eyes of the world are on Newfoundland and Labrador as it becomes the first location in North America to see the dawn of a new century."
I have circulated a video of the news report from the night from the CBC Archives about how St. John's brought in the new millennium on my Google + page.
The link to the the CBC Archives is here... http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/year-2000-arrives-in-newfoundland-canada
The images are from the video on the CBC Archives webpage. No copyright infringement intended.
The images are from the video on the CBC Archives webpage. No copyright infringement intended.
