Today, October 20, 2024, is the 51st anniversary of the opening of the iconic Sydney Opera House. While my family lived in Australia, the building was coming closer to completion, and we apparently went there one day, because my father took photographs. Maybe it was an "open to the public day" to get people excited?
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| I think that's me in the lower left corner. |
We left Australia in early 1973 (I really need to find out what day it was and when we arrived back in the United States), several months before the opening and inauguration, and so did not have the opportunity to go inside or attend anything. According to Wikipedia, in 1973 they were finishing the interiors of the building. The outside certainly looks pretty finished in my father's photos.
When I visited Australia in 1988 with the USC Marching Band, we went on a tour of the building, which was beautiful. I'm sure I took photos, but I haven't found any. And I can't find any 1988 Opera House photos in USCTMB stuff online, just one from the year 2000. Well, foo.
But this is a photo of the band in Brisbane, where we performed at Expo '88. I guess that will have to do.
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