Behind-the-scenes At the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Opening Ceremonies.RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1999-- Featuring Master of Ceremonies Billy Crystal & Recording Star Stevie Wonder More than 7,000 athletes from 150 countries will participate in the Opening Ceremonies of the 1999 Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. World Summer Games This article is about the Epyx video game series. For the international multi-sport event, see Summer Olympic Games. Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. . Master of Ceremonies Billy Crystal will be joined by an all-star cast headlined by Stevie Wonder, pop band Sugar Ray, gospel singer Kirk Franklin & Nu Nation and Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. Franchise history From Fort Wayne to Detroit . The star-studded Opening Ceremonies gala produced by The Jack Morton Company will officially kick-off nine days of the '99 Games. The celebrities, along with 35,000 volunteers are donating their time and talent to this event, celebrating the achievements of gifted athletes from around the world. Jack Morton, a marketing and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. company, has also volunteered a portion of its time and skills including behind-the-scenes producers, technicians and stage crew. The company has a long association with Special Olympics dating to 1992. Materials scheduled for the B-Roll Package include: --Exclusive SOT's with Billy Crystal, Sugar Ray, Grant Hill and Special Olympics Athletes --Behind-the-scenes and on-the-field footage of the Opening Ceremonies --SOT with Joe Freddoso, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games --SOT with Josh JOSH Joshua JOSH Job Scheduling Hierarchically McCall , Senior VP, The Jack Morton Company The Jack Morton Company, creators and producers of the '99 Games Opening Ceremonies, is providing the above footage.
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Sunday, June 27, 1999 0500-0530ET Galaxy 6/11 (C-band)(1)
Monday, June 28, 1999 1000-1030ET Telstar 4.20
(C-band)(1)
(1)(Standard) 6.2/6.8 audio on both feeds.
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