2009 Summer Deaflympics language to express the message of "Power in Me," Lai said. World-renowned deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie has been invited to perform at the opening ceremony, as well as the local drumming group U-Theatre, and more than 80 children from schools for the hearing-impaired in Taipei and Taichung cities, according to Lai. The team from the People's Republic of China did not attend the opening ceremony. Neither side has officially given the reason, although most news sites are attributing it to the Dalai Lama's recent trip to Taiwan. The People's Republic of China had previously not attended the opening of the
Nick Glennie-Smith Nick Glennie-Smith Nick Glennie-Smith (born 3 October 1951) is an English film score composer, conductor, and musician who is a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing to scores including that of the Academy Award-nominated 1994 animated film "The Lion King", the 1996 action film "The Rock", the 2006 historical movie "Children of Glory" and the 1993 spy thriller "Point of No Return". Glennie-Smith has also written the scores for the films "Home Alone 3", "The Man in the Iron Mask", "We Were Soldiers", "Secretariat", and the score for the Disney animated film "", "Lauras Stern", "Der kleine Eisbär 2 -