Kennerly was at the back of the auditorium, not close up like Eppridge and others.
In the auditorium, he closed his remarks by saying that nobody in the room should be sad — except, he said, "for me".
Across the river, meanwhile, writhe the red armadillo-like shells of the Central Youth Hall, twisting and turning in exuberant arcs above a group of auditoriums (also "closed for renovation", although a peek through the window revealed games of badminton under way in a gloriously Soviet lobby).
The auditorium is to close in September.
The large auditorium was located close to the Esplanade, in the heart of the fair, and had doorways on each of its four sides.
When I begin, I head to the stage when the auditorium is still closed; I like to lie down on the stage and breathe.
Using new simulation and projection techniques, a system of lenses and mirrors transferred celestial images onto the inside of an auditorium, bringing viewers closer to experiencing the heavens than any observations with the naked eye had before.
This rumbustious farewell, boosted by a fanfare of trumpets and drums from high in the auditorium, brought to a close the composer's last major work before his death, aged 81, earlier this year.
As chains moved to close older auditoriums, the number dropped, to 36,379 by the end 2000, and around 200 screens close every month.
Mr. Clinton's face appeared on two large screens in the church auditorium, the kind of close-up that the television networks use to show the awkward, perspiration-inducing moments of an interview.
