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Thu 21st Aug GABRIELLA CILMI HEADLINES OLYMPIC EVENT ON DERBY MARKET PLACE

GABRIELLA CILMI HEADLINES OLYMPIC EVENT ON DERBY MARKET PLACE
 
Chart star Gabriella Cilmi will join bands and artists from across Derbyshire on Sunday (24 August) at an event to celebrate the moment when London becomes the official Olympic Games Host City.
 
The One Big Place (Derby and Derbyshire Welcome the World) event is suitable for all the family, and is free. It has been organised by Derby LIVE, Derby City Council’s new model for the delivery of the performing arts in the city. The event includes music and dance, as well as a live link up via the Big Screen – Derby’s Olympic Live Site – to London for the raising of the Olympic flag, with a simultaneous flag raising on top of the Assembly Rooms.
 
The programme for the day is as follows:  
1.30pm            Hoverla Ukrainian Ensemble
2.15pm            Bana Congo
2.30pm            Live Hand-over ceremony from Beijing, raising of Olympic Flag in Derby
3pm                 Sing The Nation with the Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir
3.20pm            sinfonia ViVA
4.15pm            Pritam Rhythm Tribe, featuring local children from drum workshops
5pm                 East Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra with Alex Wilson
6pm                 Patagium, featuring Corey Mwamba
6.30pm            Stuck in 2nd 
6.45pm            Leon
7.30pm            Neverland
8.30pm            Gabriella Cilmi

 

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