JOIN THE MARCH TO SAVE OUR ARTS!
Type: Entertainment & Arts - General
Description: ON JANUARY 19TH 2008 THERE WILL BE A MARCH AND DEMONSTRATION ON THE STREETS OF NORWICH, NORFOLK (UK) IN PROTEST TO THE SAVAGE FUNDING CUTS MADE TO ARTS ORGANISATIONS UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND. THIS WILL IMPACT ON NEARLY TWO-HUNDRED ARTS ORGANISATIONS - TWENTY PERCENT OF ACE FUNDED ORGANISATIONS.

THE IMPACT OF THESE CUTS WILL BE DEVESTATING ON THE ESSENTIAL CREATIVE WORK THAT THEY DO IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE MARCH AND HELP RAISE PUBLIC AND PRESS AWARENESS.

MANY ORGANISATIONS WILL BE TAKING PART, DRESSING UP, WRITING SONGS, CHANTS, RAPS AND REHEARSING FOR THIS BIG PARADE. WE WANT IT DEMONSTRATE THE KIND OF COLOUR AND NOISE THAT ONLY THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES CAN ACHIEVE!

WE MEET IN CHAPELFIELD GARDENS (AT THE BANDSTAND) IN NORWICH CITY CENTRE AT 11.30AM TO HEAR SPEECHES AND JOIN TOGETHER BEFORE MARCHING OFF AT 1PM THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CITY, FINALLY MEETING AT THE STEPS OF NORWICH CITY HALL TO MAKE SOME NOISE.

TO ALL THOSE ORGANISATIONS, VENUES AND ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS OUT THERE - HOPEFULLY TOGETHER WE CAN SHOW OUR STRENGTH OF FEELING AND REVERSE THIS OUTRAGIOUS DECISION BY THE ARTS COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT.

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