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Well I don't know if this information is correct but this is what I have seen as the timetable for tonight's events - it all sounds very exciting!:

 

6.30pm Public area at Trade Centre Station opens
6.30-8.30 build-up starts, large screen broadcasts the action
8.15 VIP’s assemble at Mall of Emirates Station
8.20 VIP’s tour exhibition at Mall of Emirates Station
08.30 pm 10 Live feed projection begins On 10 landmark buildings (incl Burj Dubai, Burj Al arab......) For 2 hours for the duration of the launch
8.30 live feed carries images of VIP party touring exhibition on 10 landmark buildings
8.55 VIP party aboard the Metro for the inaugural journey
8.55 Outside film crew on board with VIPs Images of the party are shown live at Trade Centre and across Dubai
9.06 Metro parks outside Trade Centre Station
9.07 Trade Centre Station draped in giant UAE Flag
9.07 Live Feed of H HSheikh Mohammed on board
9.08 Giant HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum hologram appears on the Trade Centre stage
9.09 On board the Metro he pushes a button
9.09 Hologram does the same at Trade Centre broadcast live around the city
9.09 to release the flag and reveal Trade Centre StationVIP Train pulls into Trade Centre Station
9.11 VIP’s disembark Metro
9.14 Official speeches are made
9.25 Dubai Metro Show begins
9.25 Show and images beamed live. The show tells the Story of…Dubai -It’s history and culture, the Metro –it’s future
9.55 The show ends with the building- sized painting…of Sheikh Mohammed, the Metro and UAE Flag unveiled
Then as a Metro Train Approaches Trade Centre from Al JaffiliyaDirection
9.56 an unmanned laser lit Metro passes through Trade Centre bound for Jebel Ali
Outside of the stations along its route pyrotechnics make the tracks appear on fire!


Concept Summary

Iconic Imagery during the event
1. The station is draped in giant UAE flag.
2. On the Stage at Trade Centre public area a 3metre high holographic image of HH. Sheikh Mohammed will push a button as if live from onboard the Metro and officially open the Metro stations.
3. Through video and light projection onto buildings; aerial artist movement and a building- sized painting -a world class entertainment created specifically for the launch event with over 50 artistes will tell the story of the Metro and Dubai to delight a live open air and TV
audience.
4. The Metro train is transformed into a shining laser beacon cutting through the night sky with the tracks being lit by pyrotechnics in its wake.
5. Live feed10 video projection of the launch onto Dubai’s landmarked buildings will create a cityscape that will become alive with Dubai Metro –Lighting the Way.