Source: CCTV.com

01-17-2008 10:10

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympic Games

About three months from now, Celine Dion will play her first concert here in China. She has submitted an entry for the Beijing Olympics theme song competition.

Canadian singer Celine Dion performs her song "Taking Chances" dur- ingThomas Gottschalk's TV show "Wetten, dass..?" (Bet it..?) in the  eastern German city of Leipzig November 10, 2007. Picture taken No- vember 10, 2007. Dion will play her first concert in China in April  and has submitted an entry for the Beijing Olympics theme song com- petition, Games organizers said on Wednesday.(Reuters)

The 39-year-old multi-Grammy Award winner has scheduled a stop on her worldwide tour at the newly renovated Workers' Stadium in the Chinese capital on April the 13th. It will be part of Beijing's official celebration for the Games.

Dion sang the theme song " The Power of the Dream" at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, but is probably best known for Titanic movie theme song , "My heart will go on". So far, more than 30 artists from China and abroad have submitted their pieces for the theme song.

 

Editor:Yang Jie