Five children from Opening Ceremony made a cameo and opened up a present to reveal a snow globeGETTY IMAGES
The Pyeongchang Games "came to a conclusion with a rousing, rocking" Closing Ceremony. The last 15 minutes of the ceremony were "simply listed as an electronic dance music party" featuring DJs Raiden and Martin Garrix. The athletes "streamed out of the stands onto the floor and many of them danced." U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn "led a conga line." The dance party was a "fun and unregimented way to end things." Meanwhile, the five children who starred at the Opening Ceremony also "turned up for a cameo." They "opened up a giant present that revealed a snow globe." Sports scenes were "projected, an advertisement for the IOC's Olympics Channel." Skaters also "scooted around the stage leaving luminescent trails that formed patterns, and eventually the logo" of the '22 Beijing Games. Also at the Closing Ceremony was the parade of flags, which included each nation except for Russia, whose flag has been "banner non grata at the Games" (NYTIMES.com, 2/25). The crowd for the Closing Ceremony about an hour from the start began "filling the stadium" and it seemed a "much more festive mood" than at the Opening Ceremony (LATIMES.com, 2/25).
