Turtle Island got proceedings off to a rousing start on the main Pyramid stage, drawing a small crowd to their pulsating punk-rock beats.
AC Milan, wearing white with red trim, go down the line shaking the hands of the Juventus players. 1 min: The referee, a German dentist named Marcus Merk, blows his whistle and gets proceedings underway in the 2003 Champions League final.
1 min: Pierluigi Collina gets proceedings under way with a shrill blast on his shiny whistle and Marseille kick off, playing from right to left as the Beeb's cameras look at it.
The GB v Sweden women's match gets proceedings under way at The Riverside at 16:00 BST.
From there he officially got proceedings under way by video link, and posted messages on the micro-blogging site Twitter throughout the march.
Both men have tried to get the proceedings postponed and to minimise their obligation to make trips to The Hague.
Last week, the Republicans on the ethics panel, led by Representative Jo Bonner of Alabama, accused Ms. Lofgren and Democrats of stalling and demanded that Democrats get the proceedings under way.
"We're expecting between 5,500 and 6,000 people," said Joe Moscone, a convention coordinator who was helping to get the proceedings under way on Friday morning.
In terms of their gameplan, Oscar, despite his late goal, was never allowed a chance to get into proceedings because of Luiz and the others at the back, and before he could even try and find his rhythm his country had been humiliated on a night that will never be forgotten.
The lights go down, the curtains part and then, just as the seance is about to begin, someone shouts: "Raoul!" This has become a kind of Cannes tradition, a lusty whoop to get the proceedings under way, and it is invariably greeted with an affectionate ripple of laughter.
