Students do live webcast from Canada Winter Games

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Opening report from Elliott Sheaves and Melanie Reader	Ceremonies open with military band
Native people share their history through traditional dance	Performers illustrate the province's rich French culture
The history of logging in song and dance	Singer and former Paralympian Terry Kelly performs theme song "We Can Do Anything"
Athletes and Tauttuit dance to music from "The Catch"	Veteran athletes light the Canada Games torch

SNN reporters hosted a live broadcast of the opening ceremonies of the Canada Winter Games on the World Wide Web, bringing the excitement in Corner Brook to the entire world.

Melanie Reader, a Grade 11 student from Pasadena Academy in Pasadena, and Elliott Sheaves, a Grade Nine student from Presentation Junior High School in Corner Brook were the anchors for the live webcast on Saturday, February 20, 1999.

They, along with Pasadena student Michelle Martin, are covering the Games from February 20 to March 6. SNN will feature regular stories from the reporters over the course of the Games. The stories will also appear on the website of The Sports Network - TSN.

Melanie Reader and Elliott Sheaves hosted SNN's live webcast from the opening ceremonies of the Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook. The webcast was produced in partnership with The Sports Network, who provided SNN with a video feed of the ceremonies. Here, Melanie and Elliott present TSN host Jim Van Horne (left)and TSN producer Rick Chisholm (second from right) with a certificate of appreciation from SNN.

The SNN hosts began their live report from the Canada Games Centre in Corner Brook at 1:22pm (NF time) on Saturday. Melanie and Elliott introduced the host region and gave the audience a taste of what will happen at the Games over the next two weeks. Then, SNN featured live coverage of the opening ceremonies, ending with the lighting of the flame to officially open the Games.

SNN offers special thanks to the people at STEM~Net for handling the technical side of the webcast, New-Tel Communications for supplying the Internet connection, TSN - The Sports Network for their technical assistance and the Canada Winter Games Organizing Committee for helping us organize the broadcast.