1 of 10,000: On stage at Olympic opening ceremony
LONDON (AP) — Penelope Summers is not a singer, dancer, juggler, clown, stunt biker or roller skater. She's a 34-year-old sales project manager.
Yet on Friday, she was one of 10,000 volunteers at Danny Boyle's mesmerizing opening ceremony for the London Olympics, performing before an estimated 1 billion people watching on TV.
How did she get there? It happened as many things do — on a lark, she signed up for an audition.
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