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"The closing ceremony was hosted at Rogers Centre The closing ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games took place on Sunday July 26, 2015, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EDT at the Rogers Centre (Pan Am Dome) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The closing ceremony was produced and directed jointly by three companies B5C Productions, BaAM Productions and FiveCurrents. The tickets for the ceremony ranged between and . Production In 2014 Live Nation was announced as a sponsor of the games; organizers stated that the company would leverage its resources to invite Canadian and international acts to perform at the ceremony. On July 15, 2015, organizers confirmed that American hip-hop artist Kanye West would headline the closing ceremony, joined by Pitbull and Serena Ryder. The announcement of West's participation was controversial, as critics and others believed that the closing ceremony should have been headlined by a Canadian artist; over 30,000 signatures were made on a Change.org petition to have him replaced. Mayor of Toronto John Tory, was also criticized for mistakenly referring to West as being a "proud product" of Toronto, despite actually being born in Atlanta. Program A scene from the ceremony The cultural portion of the ceremony took place on a stage with a scale model of Toronto's skyline, featuring a medley of dances representing various ethnic communities and music styles of Toronto. Following closing speeches by Ivar Sisniega, vice president of PASO, and Saad Rafi, president of the Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee, as per protocol, the Pan American Sports Organization flag was handed over by John Tory to Luis Castañeda Lossio, Mayor of Lima, Peru, host of the 2019 Pan American Games. This was followed by a cultural presentation by Peru, culminating with a sequence set to La Sarita's song "Carnaval". Serena Ryder performed "Together We Are One", the official theme of the 2015 Pan American Games, along with her own hit "Stompa". Pitbull's segment featured songs such as "Fireball" and "Give Me Everything". Kanye West opened his set with "Stronger". After calling upon the lights to be turned on, he continued on with a set that included "Power, "Black Skinhead", "Gold Digger", "Touch the Sky", "All Of The Lights" and "Good Life". During his performance of "Good Life", West abruptly threw his microphone up in the air and walked off the stage; his performance had been afflicted by audio issues that caused his microphone to only be audible to television audiences. The ceremony concluded with a fireworks display on the CN Tower. Fireworks at the conclusion of the ceremony. Anthems * Layla Claire, Ben Heppner and Children Chiors – National Anthem of Canada *alt=Pan American Sports Organization Flag Instrumental Version – Anthem of PASO * Estefania Castilla – National Anthem of Peru References Closing ceremony Category:Pan American Games closing ceremonies Category:Ceremonies in Canada "
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"Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet (c.1717 – 9 July 1776) was a British Member of Parliament. Stanwell Place Gibbons was born in Barbados, the son of Sir William Gibbons, 1st Baronet, speaker of the assembly and lieutenant-general of Barbados. He represented Stockbridge (1754–1761) and Wallingford (1761–1768) in the House of Commons, whilst at the same time being a member of the Barbados assembly. On his father's death in May 1760, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet. He acquired and lived in Stanwell Place, Middlesex, which then passed down in the Gibbons family to 1933. In 1761 he was invested as a Knight Companion (KB) of the Order of the Bath . He married Martha, the daughter of Rev. Scawen Kenrick, vicar of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and had 5 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir William Gibbons, 3rd Baronet. The daughter, Emily Gibbons, married Gerald FitzGerald on 9 November 1820. That marriage produced his grandson, Gerard George Fitzgerald. References Category:1776 deaths Category:Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Category:British MPs 1754–1761 Category:British MPs 1761–1768 Category:Year of birth uncertain "