Olympic London Ambassadors

[Ladygooner]

I have just been offered a place - anyone else in ED going to be an Ambassador?

[Loz]

Nope, but I've got an audition to be in the opening ceremony!

[womanofdulwich]

loz, are you a closet morris dancer??

[Loz]

I may be. I obviously never realised it.

[Laddy Muck]

Congratulations Ladygooner.

[Huguenot]

Congratulations, that's really truly excellent! Once in a lifetime thing. Brilliant!

[Ladygooner]

Just received my uniform - anyone want to swop a small windcheater jacket for the medium one I have?

[jab-100]

My neighbour is an Ambassador but small would not fit her.. can you not swap it back at UDOC or whatever its called? I am in the opening ceremony - Loz did you get in?

[Ladygooner]

Thanks Jab-100 have arranged to swap it. I have just heard I have a ticket to the technical dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony on 23rd July - I will look out for you!

[Loz]

Yep - I'm an WMW (sorry everyone else, but it's all hush-hush still). What's your bib code, Jab?

Ladygooner - a little tip... sit in the upper stands. If you sit in the ground level seats you can't really see the whole show.

[maxxi]

A WMW? A "Whatever-Minger-Woman"? Love that modern talk jive. Have you practised the hand-signals?

[Loz]

We all have codes assigned to our roles and I don't want to give anything away. I reckon it's pretty damn amazing that, in the days of social media, 10,000 people have managed to keep the show secret so far. We were only told about our segment, but you get to chat to other members of the cast and I think I've managed to piece most of the show together. It will be awesome!

[Ladygooner]

Hi Loz - have preassigned seats so no choice where I sit - but I'm not complaining!

[Applespider]

Tee hee - I'm in the Opening and Closing too; might be quite a crowd of us heading back to ED from Stratford.

After the actual Ceremony shouldn't be a problem since the Overground is running til 3am during the Games. Getting home after the dress rehearsals might be more challenging depending on how the timings go!

[jab-100]

I am MED the beginning! laughs yeah heard that games makers and ambassadors got free rehearsal tickets cool! see you there : ) x

[caz]

See you all there, I'm a MAR !!!

[jab-100]

all you Cast members any of you driving there? or at least driving to a tube?

[caz]

At the moment I'm driving to Forest Hill & getting the Overground ( when it's working !!) to Canada Water then Jubilee to Stratford.The train bit takes less than 30 mins. Not sure how to get back in the last week of rehearsals as we don't finish till 11.30 some nights, any suggestions?

[jab-100]

I am doing the same driving to honor oak though - oh does overground stop at 11.30pm then? sorry no ideas did get p4 to brixton then victoria line to oxford circus then central line to stratford that was pretty quick! and p4 runs till 1am.

[Loz]

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> See you all there, I'm a MAR !!!

I'm jealous! I heard you guys do the whole show?

[Applespider]

Last Overground from Canada Water back to Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill is 2346 pre-Games. On Opening Night, it runs til nearly 3am so think we should be OK which is just as well since my segment is there til the end.

[caz]

Loz, yes we MAR's are on ' the field of play ' for pretty much the whole time ,yaaaay !!!!

Applespider you're right about 23.46 being the last Overground, it's such a long trek back to the station !

There seem to be alot of ED'rs involved in one way or another, maybe we should have an All Olympic Volunteers thread so we can keep in touch?

[jab-100]

yeah a new thread would be ace!