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Glasgow 2014 Handover Ceremony: Goodbye Delhi Hello Glasgow

29th October 2010

This month, Unspun delivered a dazzling performance for the Glasgow Flag Handover Ceremony at the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, India.

Our creative team of world class experts created an eight minute segment that brought to life the brand of Glasgow 2014 and the city's unique personality. 352 volunteers from across Scotland were selected to perform a mass-choreographed show that simultaneously celebrated participation, collaboration and cooperation, ultimately placing the proud people of Glasgow at the heart of the performance. We identified established symbols that led the audience on a journey through traditional Scotland to modern Glasgow; bagpipers, tartan kilts, the Saltire, the Clyde Auditorium and the Loch Ness Monster.

We overcame all the challenges that were thrown at the project, working across geographies and cultures and with a limited budget, to produce a strong and stylish performance that was meaningful to the home audience, entertaining to the live audience, and memorable for the global broadcast audience of 1 billion people.

The First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond captured the success of the show, "Scotland is already excited about hosting the Games in 2014 and the handover ceremony showed the world how spectacular this event will be by showcasing our country's spirit and our greatest asset, our people."