Celine Dion, the Canadian songstress famed for the
Titanic theme tune, My Heart Will Go on, will
perform a song for the Beijing Olympics in a concert in April and
submit an entry for the Games' theme song, organizers said.
Celine Dion (File
photo)
Dion's concert will be held on April 13 at the Beijing Workers
Stadium as part of her worldwide tour to promote her latest album,
"Taking Chances," according to the Beijing Olympic organizers.
The Grammy Award winner said via video at a news briefing in
Beijing on Wednesday that she would prepare well for the song and
believed it would reflect the "One World, One Dream" concept of the
event.
Her team had prepared the song as an entry for the Olympic theme
song, but had not yet submitted it to the solicitation committee, a
source with the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee told
Xinhua on Thursday.
Her April show has been included in a number of celebrations for
the Games, which run from Aug. 8 to 24.
Dion sang "The Power of the Dream" at the opening ceremony of
the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Dozens of domestic and foreign singers had submitted bids for
the Beijing Olympics theme. Entries close in March.
"Forever Friends," composed by Giorgio Moroder, Kong Xiangdong
and Michael Kunze, has also been submitted.
(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2008)
