Day 3: Monday May 12, 2014 ... Opening Ceremony

The heat wave has definitely rolled in … waking up to 25’C and just waiting for it to hit 34’C today is hard on the mind.  Hey Toronto, what is the temperature there?   

The morning is the usual … Dustin off with Nicole to the gym at 6:15 am, followed by an 8 am breakfast at the Figueroa.  However, this morning was a little different as Cathy had to escort Arjuna at 7:00 am for his first of 3 IB exams … what a courageous soul!

Having just arrived on Sunday, Team Montreal proceeded to do their set-up today.  The rest of Team Canada addressed loose ends on their presentation boards.  Plans were to have lunch and retire back to the hotel where individuals were to deliver their presentations to the various chaperones to gain some helpful feedback.  Unfortunately a few SRC infractions levied on a few Canadian projects suspended plans and delayed many of the practice presentations.  Apparently, there was a focused attack (perhaps too strong a word) on a few Canadian projects.  Of course, both Dustin and Cathy did a fantastic job with help from Stephan back in Canada in resolving the issues.   The fact that a competitor focused on some of our Canadian projects is perhaps a backhand way of showing respect.

Nevertheless, all was settled and the Canadian team was again all dressed in our Canadian reds and draped in our Canadian flags, and headed over to the Convention Centre for the evening’s Opening Ceremony Dinner and Celebrations.

We were joined by Cathy husband’s, Steve.  Steve is a veteran Apple employee who was down in LA For business;  he had a quick look at some of the CS projects and was utterly impressed with the scope and quality of “high school” work.

  

As in the past dayS, all of our students were back at the hotel by 10 pm and the 11 pm curfew was met.  And of course, all is well because our Canadiens had beaten the Big Bad Bruins 4-0 to tie the series at 3-3.

more pics of Day 3 here