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Lighting the Cauldron

Avril Lavigne joins the participants at the Special Olympics to sing and commemorate the lighting of the cauldron to celebrate the start of the 2015 games.

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The Special Olympics World Games kicked off with Saturday night's opening ceremony at L.A. Coliseum. From the parade of nations to the lighting of the cauldron, here is how the Twitterverse weighed in on the star-studded event:

Getting ready

Many of the Special Olympics Global Ambassadors showed their support for the World Games:

The team is en route to Opening Ceremony!