After catching a snap in the Calgary airport with Herbert Vasiljevs, I marveled at how much fun it could be to experience the Olympics in the host country. I didn’t know just how much I identified with United States culture until I felt something was amiss while trying to watch the Olympics in Canada.
How can it be the Olympics without Leo Arnaud’s “Bugler’s Dream?”
I’ve followed the Olympics at home since 1968, the year ABC sports introduced me to Arnaud's music at the Grenoble Olympics and the first year we could watch the Olympics in color.
My dad loved “Bugler’s Dream,” too, and his enthusiasm for the Olympics was always a source of contagion in our house.
As I watch the winter Olympics with my 10-year-old son this year, I wonder how to ignite his torch for the games without the US theme song.
Thank goodness we’ll be back on US soil before the games are over!
