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91Èȱ¬ Proms In The Park comes to the Tees Valley
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The Tees Valley has been chosen as a new host for 91Èȱ¬ Proms In The Park 2007,
which takes place on Saturday 8 September.
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The nationally renowned event,
sponsored by NS&I (National Savings and Investments), will enable 7,000 people
to take part in the famous Last Night of the Proms celebrations in
Middlesbrough's impressive new Centre Square, with world-class North East
orchestra Northern Sinfonia taking pride of place as the centrepiece for the
evening's music.
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The event will be presented by Matthew Davies, 91Èȱ¬ Radio Cleveland's breakfast
show host, and will be linked to simultaneous Proms in the Park events
nationwide in London, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Further details of
the line-up, ticket prices and booking information will be available after the
official 91Èȱ¬ Proms season launch on 25 April, via bbc.co.uk/proms.
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Nicholas Kenyon, Director of 91Èȱ¬ Proms and Live Events, says: "We are delighted to
welcome the Tees Valley as a new host for 91Èȱ¬ Proms in the Park in 2007.
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"Over
the last few years the famous Last Night Of The Proms has expanded to provide
a great celebration of music-making around the nations of the UK, and we are
very pleased that Middlesbrough will be at the heart of this year's event.
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"The
level of public support for the bid has been very impressive and we look
forward to working together."
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Local opera singer Suzannah Clarke has championed the campaign to bring
the 91Èȱ¬ Proms In The Park to the area and chairs the local steering committee.
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She
says: "Winning this event is a huge boost for the entire Tees Valley and indeed
the whole of North East England.
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"A key element has been the enormous amount of
enthusiasm for the project shown by everyone in the area and I'm sure the
interest will continue to grow over the coming months.
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"91Èȱ¬ Proms In The Park
links up the entire nation for one night and it is terrific to be a crucial
part of the celebrations, and to show everyone what the Tees Valley can do.
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"It
will provide a great platform for local talent to perform alongside top
artists and will make an important contribution to the region's world-class
programme of events and festivals."
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The 91Èȱ¬ is pleased to announce that NS&I (National Savings and Investments),
the Government-backed savings and investments provider, have extended their
role as event sponsor of all five 91Èȱ¬ Proms In The Park events in a new three-year deal.
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Peter Cornish, NS&I Marketing Director, says: "As proud sponsors of the event
NS&I would like to extend our congratulations to the Tees Valley and welcome
them to the Proms In The Park family.
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"We're enormously excited to be
sponsoring this wonderful event for the second year running and look forward
to enjoying the evening with all our guests in Middlesbrough and the other
four locations across the United Kingdom."
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91Èȱ¬ Proms In The Park brings together a mix of classical and contemporary
music, culminating with a big-screen link-up to London's Royal Albert Hall for
the famous Last Night Of The Proms celebrations.
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More than 100,000 people
participate nationwide, with millions listening via television and
radio, making it one of the nation's largest musical celebrations.
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The event
was introduced 10 years ago to extend the magic of the Last Night Of The Proms
and is now an integral part of the UK's music calendar extending across the
whole of the United Kingdom.
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Notes to Editors
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Membership of the Tees Valley Proms In The Park Steering Group includes
Middlesbrough Council, Darlington Council, Hartlepool Council, Redcar and
Cleveland Council, Stockton-on-Tees Council, Tees Valley Partnership, the Tees
Valley Area Tourism Partnership, One NorthEast, the Arts Council England North
East and the Culture10 curated regional festivals and events programme,
managed by destination marketing agency Newcastle Gateshead Initiative.
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