As part of my new role, I had the opportunity to travel to (South) Korea as a member of a delegation from the Special Olympics International. The 2013 World World Special Olympics Games will be held in PyeongChang. Korea is absolutely beautiful country and I felt so welcomed the whole time I was there (which was only 4 days -- talk about a whirlwind trip across the world!). The last day I was there, there was a press conference in Seoul where the mascot and logo of the games were revealed. It was a really moving ceremony. Congresswoman and Chairman of the Games Na (pictured below with two Korea Special Olympics athletes) gave a beautiful speech of how much holding the games in Korea means to country. There were also musical performances and dance performances as part of the unveiling. Here are a couple shots from the ceremony:
Clarinetist and Special Olympic swimmer Jin Ho Kim who performed with Yiruma, an internationally known pianist and composer. Jin will be performing at the closing ceremony of the games in Athens this summer!
The mascots: Ra - In - Bow. (Get it -- Rainbow!) Ra represents the safety of the athletes, In will greet the guests with love, and Bow will take care of all the fun. (Unfortunately I was sitting in the 3rd row... sooo I got some heads in the shot!)
Here is a link to all my photos from the event along with a blog post from Brady Lim, our COO: http://specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/getting-ready-for-korea/
