General Certificate of Secondary Education

Journalism in the Media and Communications Industry (JMC) Controlled Assessment Task Unit 3: Broadcast Media and Communications Part 2: News Package

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VALID FROM 21 OCTOBER 2013

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

UNIT 3 TASK INTRODUCTION

The overall purpose of the Unit 3 task is to produce two broadcast scripts: • 1 script for a 3-minute news bulletin (Part 1); • 1 script for a 2-minute news package (Part 2).

Format The broadcast media format you will be working in for this task will be: Northern Regional Radio (Northern Ireland-wide scope).

Instructions continue on pages 2 and 3.

Candidates’ work to be submitted Summer 2014

Controlled Assessment Tasks must comply with the Regulations as detailed in the Subject Specifi cation. NB: Some Controlled Assessment Tasks instructions may constitute more than 1 page. Please check you have all the information you need to complete the task if printing from a computer. 9294 PART 2: NEWS PACKAGE (ONE STORY)

By this stage you have already produced a script for a 3 minute news bulletin for Part 1 of the Unit 3 task.

Overleaf you will fi nd source material about one of the stories featured in the original news bulletin. The material contains information from which you will be expected to select the content for a 2 minute news package. The news package will feature in the 6.00 pm news programme. Do not be concerned if you have not selected this story for your 3 minute bulletin.

The material has been taken from a number of different dates and sources to provide a suffi cient variety of information for you to choose from. Sources and dates have also been specifi ed for you to help your background research.

Timescale You must produce a script for the 2 minute news package within 5 weeks of receiving this material.

You will be expected to: • read the pre-release material; • check facts and carry out background research on this information; • compile a fi nished script.

Duration Your script must be of suffi cient length to be performed in 2 minutes and no longer. You may fi nd it useful to rehearse different script versions to determine their length, when performed.

Guide Base your script on an average talk time of 160–180 words per minute. (Words from any audio clip inserts (e.g. quotations from a key spokesperson) must be included in your total word count).

Presentation You will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the presentational aspects of the radio package in your fi nished script (such as the use of additional music, sound effects or audio clip inserts). An example of a possible script format you might use to do this is provided at the back of this booklet (pages 19–21).

9294 2 Supervision

Stage 1: Research and Planning You should use this hard copy booklet to make notes when researching the background and fact-checking the information overleaf. You will be expected to do this planning work during normal class time and your teacher may also set you additional task-related homework at this stage. The notes you make on this booklet will provide evidence of your research and fact-checking.

Please Note: There are errors in the material overleaf. Your fact-checking forms part of the assessment.

Your annotation of this booklet can include underlining, highlighting and brief notes based on information uncovered in your background research and fact-checking. It should include all amendments of any minor factual errors you have identifi ed.

You must submit your fi nal, marked up version of this booklet to your teacher when the research process is complete.

Stage 2: Compiling the fi nished script under controlled assessment conditions You will be expected to write your fi nal fi nished package script under controlled assessment conditions which will take place in class under the teacher’s formal supervision.

You will be given your fi nal, marked up version of this booklet on entry to the controlled assessment sitting and you can refer to it when writing your fi nished script.

The marked up hard copy of this booklet must be submitted with your fi nal script.

PART 2 CHECKLIST

Your fi nal script must show an understanding of:

• ethics and broadcast industry guidelines; • legal constraints; • broadcast journalism deadlines; • broadcast journalism writing skills; • broadcast media formats; • news sense; • the target audience of the chosen media; • the appropriate presentational features of different media; • the need for accuracy.

9294 3 Story 1 ~Londonderry launches Ireland’s “richest ever cultural programme”

The fi rst edition of the programme for Derry~Londonderry 2013, the UK’s fi rst City of Culture, was announced today.

Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland will play host to a world-class programme which includes: the Turner Prize presented outside England for the fi rst time; a new commission by the London Symphony Orchestra; award-winning choreographer Hofesh Shechter; the return of Field Day; a new play by American playwright Sam Shepard; local Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney; and the fi rst visit to Northern Ireland of the Royal Ballet for over 20 years.

Announcing the programme today, Mary McAleese, Chief Executive of Culture Company 2013, said: “We hope that Derry~Londonderry’s City of Culture year brings a sense of joy, a sense of ambition, a sense of pride in our community, a sense of being part of a global community, and in the end a sense of achievement – that we all did this together and it meant something. A huge success for a small city.”

Mayor of Derry Cllr Kevin Campbell said: “The City of Culture year will transform our city and region. The range of contemporary music, dance, theatre, arts and performance events will link our diverse communities in programmes of celebration. The exciting programme of events scheduled for 2013 will encourage, develop and showcase our amazing cultural talent to the world and lay the foundations for economic prosperity for years to come.”

Welcoming the programme, the Culture Minister Peter Robinson said: “2013 promises to be a momentous year for Derry and for this part of Ireland. With such an exciting programme of events to suit everyone’s tastes, the endorsement this week from the Lonely Planet and the sheer dedication to make this happen, Derry City of Culture is not to be missed. Derry is ready to embrace this opportunity and to showcase Ireland’s rich culture and heritage on the local and international stage.”

The year will open with Sons & Daughters, a spectacular free concert on Sunday 20 January 2013, staged in a new purpose-built pavilion in the heart of the city on the banks of the . The concert will celebrate Derry’s rich musical heritage co-produced by BBC Television for broadcast.

Among the highlights of the programme across the year are:

THEATRE

The Return of Field Day: May – September Playwright Brian Friel and actor/director Stephen Rea founded Field Day in Derry in 1980. For over 30 years Field Day has been a potent theatrical grouping, credited with altering the terms in which culture and politics have been debated in Ireland, and Northern Ireland especially. Celebrating the return of the company to Derry, they will present the world premiere of a new play, workshopped in Derry, by internationally acclaimed playwright, actor and director, Sam Shepard.

There will be an exhibition on the history of Field Day, and The Field Day archive held at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, will be opened up for free access online, leaving a lasting legacy from the season. Field Day will also raise the curtain on the year with two new works by Northern Irish writers, Clare Dwyer Hogg and David Ireland, directed by Stephen Rea. 9294 4 Alongside this, there will be a season of plays by Brian Friel presented by local venues including the Millennium Forum and the Playhouse including Performances, The Enemy Within, Freedom of the City, and the seminal Translations directed by Adrian Dunbar, premiered by Field-Day at the Guildhall in Derry in 1980.

The Conquest of Happiness (Summer) In summer 2013, Derry~Londonderry will host the world premiere of The Conquest of Happiness, a large-scale open-air performance inspired by Bertrand Russell’s famous essay on happiness, led by the internationally acclaimed Bosnian director Haris Pasovic, and featuring artists from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Bosnia-Herzogovina and Slovenia.

The Return of Colmcille (June) A city-wide spectacle taking place over a whole weekend devised by Frank Cottrell Boyce, writer of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony, with Walk the Plank. The 24 hour performance spread over three days celebrates Colmcille, the warrior monk who founded the city, a seminal historical fi gure in the story of Ireland.

Teenage Kicks: A Punk Musical (November) Set in Derry during the late 1970s, when The Undertones, perhaps Derry’s most famous export, burst onto the scene, this new musical is written by Northern Irish award-winning novelist and screenwriter Colin Bateman (‘Divorcing Jack’, ‘Murphy’s Law’). Featuring classic songs from the punk era, Teenage Kicks is about being a kid, rebelling against authority and falling in love. Children and young people in the city will take part in a Music Festival alongside the production.

MUSIC

The Music Promise The Music Promise is a year-long programme of inspirational learning for children and young people in Derry. More than 7,000 of the youngest children will take part in the programme, schools all over the city will participate, and thousands of free tickets will be given to schools to ensure that young people are at the heart of the music offering of the city.

Music City (June) Derry is known throughout the world as a City of Song, with its rich musical heritage – from the Londonderry Air to the Undertones anthem, Teenage Kicks. Music City will transform the whole city into a stage for local and international professional and amateur musicians in partnership with Exit Festival of Serbia bringing music, from cities on the edge throughout the world, to Derry – Beirut, Tblisi, Tel Aviv, Harare, Havana, Sao Paolo.

Phil Coulter and Friends (June) Phil Coulter will return to Derry for the biggest and most ambitious concert he has ever performed in his hometown. He will be joined by the Ulster Orchestra and guests for this unique concert.

The Fleadh (August) Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is unsurpassed as the biggest festival of Irish culture anywhere in the world. It includes traditional music, pageants, marching bands, competitions, ceili bands, concerts and singing as well as drama and exhibitions. The Fleadh will take place across the city for the fi rst time, transforming Derry into one enormous performance space over the course of seven days and playing host to over 300,000 visitors, as the city becomes the Mecca for the cream of traditional talent.

9294 5 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (August) The Orchestra will take up residence in the city presenting performances and workshops including the 200th anniversary performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with musicians and singers from England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Members of the National Youth Orchestra will pair up with local young musicians to give 100 mini-concerts in people’s homes, on the streets, in the community, of new duets inspired by Beethoven’s Ode To Joy.

LSO at City of Culture (March and July) The London Symphony Orchestra brings to Derry~Londonderry the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s At Sixes and Sevens, a new cantata featuring texts by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon. This major commission will be performed simultaneously by the LSO and Camerata Ireland in the two Guildhalls of London and Derry~Londonderry on 3rd July 2013. Earlier in the year, the LSO will present a programme of fi lm music by John Williams, including his scores for Star Wars and Schindler’s List, at the former Ebrington Barracks on 18th March 2013.

Other Voices: From Kerry to Derry (February) Dingle’s legendary Other Voices Festival, edited by musician Philip King, will expand to London with the Barbican and to Derry~Londonderry featuring world famous musicians in tiny venues broadcast to the world.

Derry Festivals There will be special editions of the city’s longstanding fl agship music festivals, including the acclaimed Jazz Festival and Celtronic, the island’s leading electronic music festival.

DANCE

Political Mother Derry~Londonderry Uncut March 2013 Hofesh Shechter and his company will be resident in the city for fi ve weeks. He will re-imagine his acclaimed work Political Mother, originally staged at Sadler’s Wells, with a live band of 20 young local musicians performing alongside his own company of international musicians and dancers. He will also create fi ve new pieces of choreography in collaboration with local dance groups, taking the dance out into the streets of Derry for free performances at landmarks across the city.

The Royal Ballet (March) The fi rst visit of The Royal Ballet to Northern Ireland in over 20 years and a home-coming for ballerina Melissa Hamilton, who comes from County Down, in a special Gala performance by members of the Company with the Ulster Orchestra.

Echo Echo Dance Company (November) The City of Culture Year will be the launch-pad for Northern Ireland’s fi rst dedicated dance and movement festival, created by the province’s only professional dance company, Echo Echo, cementing Derry’s role as a centre of excellence for dance culture. They will also premiere a new work by Rosemary Lee.

Boy Blue (October) Jointly commissioned by the Barbican in London and Derry~Londonderry 2013, Boy Blue, the Olivier Award-winning dance company behind Pied Piper, will premiere a new production taking inspiration from the world of Manga, martial arts, the quirky and impossible physical feats so central to the comic book genre.

Grand Vintage Ball (May) An opportunity for the whole community to step out and dress up for a vintage 50s style ball. 9294 6 VISUAL ARTS

Turner Prize (October 2013–January 2014) Turner Prize, founded by Tate in 1984, will come to Derry~Londonderry, the fi rst time it has ever been held outside England. The exhibition will be staged in a bespoke renovated building on Ebrington Square, the site of a former military barracks.

Willie Doherty Unseen (October) Unseen will be the largest ever exhibition of works by acclaimed Derry born artist Willie Doherty. The exhibition will feature works from throughout Doherty’s career as well as a new series of photographs taken in Derry in 2013. It will also showcase a number of Doherty’s most important video installations that make use of some of Derry’s best-known and more hidden places for his narratives, as well as a new fi lm. The exhibition is co-curated by Robin Klassnik of Matt’s Gallery, London, and the Nerve Centre, Derry.

The Shirt Factory Project Derry was the shirt-making capital of the world until the industry went East from the 1980s onwards. Ex-shirt factory workers will return to the former factory building in a project led by artist Rita Duffy, creating a pop-up gallery and producing new shirts in this mini art factory.

ARCHITECTURE

Ebrington Square Derry~Londonderry’s award-winning Peace Bridge and Ebrington Square project is transforming the site of the former Ebrington Army Barracks, creating an important new city centre link over the River Foyle. The former Parade Ground is already established as a major new outdoor space for concerts and festivals. In 2013 the former barracks building will be transformed to create a large-scale cultural space for the city.

Walls 400! (January – December) Marking the 400th anniversary of the City Walls in 2013, one of the most important features of Derry~Londonderry’s landscape, there will be a year long programme of activities to fully explore the contested history that the Walls represent and to celebrate them as a present-day national heritage asset, with the potential to unite rather than separate people.

72 Hour Urban Action (September) A competition in which ten teams of architects and volunteers have 72 hours to transform ten city spaces.

Lumiere (November) The historic walls city of Derry~Londonderry provides a spectacular canvas for this critically acclaimed festival of light, fi rst staged in Durham, produced by Artichoke with principal event partner NIE.

Artists Gardens Three artists, Locky Morris, Katie Holten and Ackroyd & Harvey, will create new art gardens for the city, working with leading local contemporary art gallery The Void.

The Walled City Tattoo (August) The Walled City Tattoo is a blend of home and international talent. With a 600 strong cast, music, song, dance and theatre will display a vivid refl ection on our coloured history. Traditional favourites will feature as Highland and Irish dancers come together to present a whirling and vibrant display that fuses the main cultures within our society.

9294 7 DIGITAL/FILM

Portrait of a City in Association with BT Portrait of a City in Association with BT will create an unparalleled digital resource of photographs, fi lm and oral history documenting the historical, cultural and personal stories of Derry~Londonderry. Working with community groups, schools, libraries, archives and with a drop-in offi ce open to all, these stories will be collected over the course of 2013, and made available online at www.portraitofacity.com. Alongside this, BT will host a comprehensive series of digital training programmes giving people of all ages the necessary skills to participate and contribute to the project.

Foyle Film Festival 2013 (November) Foyle Film Festival is one of only a handful of international fi lm festivals with Oscar affi liation and BAFTA recognition. During 2013, the Festival, organised by the Nerve Centre, will spread out into the open air for the fi rst time with screenings in unusual locations, directors’ talks, and a community based cinema initiative engaging local communities in making and screening fi lms about their areas.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

40% of Derry’s population is under 25, making it one of the youngest cities in the UK. Numerous special initiatives for children and young people will be spread across the programme for the year. Among these events are:

Waterside Youth Forum will present the city’s fi rst International World Peace Summit in September, encouraging dialogue, refl ection and exploration amongst young people from areas of confl ict throughout Europe.

All local post-primary schools will take part in a collaborative project to produce an anthology of short stories, showcasing the best of young talent in Derry~Londonderry.

Children will participate in the creation of a new digital Book of Kells. Digital artists based at Derry’s multi-media Nerve Centre, will create a suite of online digital resources to assist children and teachers to bring to life the Celtic artwork and vitality of the illuminated manuscripts. All school children in Northern Ireland will have the opportunity to visit the Turner Prize exhibition.

LITERATURE (March – September)

Roddy Doyle and Julia Donaldson headline the Children’s Literature Festival while Carol Ann Duffy in partnership with John A Sampson lead the way during Poetry Month. Nobel Prize- winner Seamus Heaney will give the opening address at the Poetry Festival 2013 and his work will be featured alongside international poets in On Home Ground, taking place in Laurel Villa, Magherafelt in September.’

Launch Press Release - www.cityofculture2013.com - 25 Oct 2012

9294 8 Story 2 New Year’s Eve 2013 Celebrations To Mark The City’s Sea Change

Anticipation is building for what is set to be a spectacular welcome to City of Culture 2013 on 31st December in Derry~Londonderry. The city will be marking the arrival of 2013 in style with a fantastic fi reworks and pyrotechnic show, along with some fantastic events for everyone. District Council’s Brendan McMenamin, Lead Programmer of the New Year’s Eve evening event said:

“It’s going to be a great occasion. From 6:30pm door bells across the city will ring out calling people to join in the celebrations and from 6.50pm the show will commence. It will be accompanied by a musical arrangement that captures the journey of the city towards 2013 including some of the signature moments as part of the bid. There will be reference to the fantastic words from Seamus Heaney that were so central to the bid from the Cure of Troy, that conveys our hope for a great sea-change and the city’s belief that a further shore is reachable from here. The show will place the Peace Bridge and the River centre stage and conclude with the sounds of the Shirt Factory horns to welcome the New Year and our ambitions for a brighter future for the city.”

For timings of the event and best viewing areas visit www.festivetime.com with recommendations for Queens Quay area as the prime viewing location. The event zone will be open from 19:00 (7.00pm) with the opening sequence at 19:50 (7:50pm) performed by the Lords of Lightning ahead of the spectacular fi reworks and pyrotechnics fi nale by Walk the Plank at 20:13 (8.13pm).

And as you get ready to come to the celebrations why not be part of the “Voices of Derry~Londonderry” from 4.00pm in Guildhall Square. This is a chance for everyone to share their hopes and wishes for 2013. Using the City Walls in Guildhall Square as the backdrop, you will be able to post your own message card to personally mark the beginning of our year as City of Culture. To take part you can visit www.cityofculture2013.com and fi nish the statement ‘My hope for Derry~Londonderry 2013 is…..’ or alternatively you can come down on the day and write, draw, paint, or submit a photo as part of the initiative. All messages will be translated into a new virtual wall that will be announced later in January 2013.

A selection of online statements will be printed with a total of 400 of these highlighted to welcome not only the City of Culture 2013 but also to mark the beginning of the 400th anniversary of the city’s iconic walls.

Peter Morris, Director Consumer & Corporate Services at BT Ireland said:

“BT were the fi rst partner to come on board to support Derry~Londonderry UK City of Culture so it gives me great joy to be the fi rst person to write up my hopes for the people of Derry~Londonderry for 2013 as I have no doubt that this fantastic city will have an exciting year. To everyone who is in the city on the 31st, do come down on New Year’s Eve and post your own voices postcard. We want to hear about your hopes for the City. For those who are further afi eld, do visit the website as you can write up your hopes there on the BT Virtual Wall. I wish the City all the best in 2013 and I know BT is looking forward to supporting, experiencing and taking part in many of the wonderful UK City of Culture events taking place.”

And after the fi reworks and pyrotechnic show, Culture Company’s Sound of the City will provide musical entertainment across a number of venues in the city to mark the transition to 2013. 9294 9 The Icon Winebar, Dungiven Road, will be welcoming in the City of Culture year with a spectacular night featuring live entertainment from INDIGO playing a mix of music, ranging from Modern through to Irish Folk. Entrance is free and there will be a free fi nger buffet and a glass of bubbly to help ring in 2013.

Ireland’s leading electronic music festival, Celtronic will host an event at the historic St Columb’s Hall, Orchard St. In addition to showcases from three of Derry’s fi nest clubnights, the event will be headlined by one of the world’s leading DJs and producers Ewan Pearson. Tickets are on sale today at Mason’s Bar and online at www.wegottickets.com.

The Nerve Centre, Magazine St, will host a celebration of Derry’s thriving music scene when some of the city’s leading bands will ring in the New Year. Among the bands lined up to play are the city’s fi nest Triggerman, Our Krypton Son, John Deery & the Heads, Little Bear, Best Boy Grip, Intermission, Wyldling and Making Monsters.

And if you have still got energy on New Year’s Day why not pop along to the Nerve Centre where the city’s leading under-18s’ music event; Practice Makes Perfect will ensure the city starts off the year as it means to go on, with music performance opportunities for young musicians and DJs. Tickets for both events on sale now at The Nerve Centre Box Offi ce (02871260562).

For further information please contact 028 7137 6504 or visit www.festivetime.com or www.cityofculture2013.com

Press Release - www.cityofculture2013.com - 20 Dec 2012

9294 10 Story 3 Announced!

Elvis Costello & The Imposters make their Derry debut at The Odyssey 2013 on Thursday 27th June. Born Declan MacManus, the son of British band leader Ross MacManus, Costello took his pseudonym from Elvis Presley and his father’s stage name (Day Costello).

Elvis Costello began his career as part of London’s pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the fi rst wave of the British Punk/New Wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. Working full time as a computer operator, he landed his fi rst record deal with Stiff Records in 1977 who released his critically acclaimed debut album, . The album was a smash hit in England and landed Costello a worldwide distribution deal with Columbia records. Forming his backup group, “”, for his second album, Costello went on to record several popular and infl uential albums over the next decade.

The singer~songwriter who has penned classic tracks like ‘Alison’ and ‘Oliver’s Soldiers’ has won numerous awards over his 40+ years in music. As well as being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Elvis Costello was also named in Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004. Today, he is regarded as one of the most infl uential and popular singer/ songwriters in modern music. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello’s lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a “pop encyclopaedia”, able to “re-invent the past in his own image.”

The Imposters are (keyboards), (drums), Davey Faragher (bass).

Press Release - www.cityofculture2013.com - 14 Dec 2012

9294 11 Story 4 The much anticipated programme for the Derry~Londonderry 2013 UK fi rst ever City of Culture has fi nally been unveiled.

The year will play host to a wide range of theatre, art, music and fi lm events including the Turner Prize presented outside France for the fi rst time; a new commission by the London Symphony Orchestra and the fi rst visit of the Royal Ballet to the region for over 20 years.

Derry will also be home to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, which will bring Irish traditional music, language and culture to the city for 10 days in August 2013.

Shona McCarthy, CEO of Culture Company and Martin Bradley, chair of the Culture Company, revealed the programme at the former Ebrington Barracks site on Thursday.

The year will open with Sons & Daughters, a spectacular free concert celebrating Derry’s rich musical heritage on Sunday 20 January.

It will be staged in a new purpose-built pavilion on the banks of the River Foyle.

Ms McCarthy said: “We hope that Derry~Londonderry’s City of Culture year brings a sense of joy, a sense of ambition, a sense of pride in our community, a sense of being part of a global community, and in the end a sense of achievement - that we all did this together and it meant something.”

Mayor of Derry Kevin Campbell said that the year “will transform our city and region”.

“The range of contemporary music, dance, theatre, arts and performance events will link our diverse communities in programmes of celebration.

“The exciting programme of events scheduled for 2013 will encourage, develop and showcase our amazing cultural talent to the world and lay the foundations for economic prosperity for years to come,” he said.

Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín said: “2013 promises to be a momentous year for Derry and for this part of Ireland.

“With such an exciting programme of events to suit everyone’s tastes, the endorsement this week from the Lonely Planet and the sheer dedication to make this happen, Derry City of Culture is not to be missed.”

She continued: “Derry is ready to embrace this opportunity and to showcase Ireland’s rich culture and heritage on the local and international stage.”

SDLP Foyle MP Alex Salmond said he wanted “to join everyone in celebrating what is a fantastic programme of events and a truly great day for Derry.

“There is a palpable sense of goodwill and positive ambition for next year’s City of Culture.”

He continued: “This has refreshed our city’s tourist appeal but more importantly has emancipated a lot of ambition and a lot of hopes for what Derry can be in the future. 9294 12 “I therefore have no doubts City of Culture will be a huge success - not only showcasing Derry’s cultural pedigree but also providing a platform for future growth and long-lasting economic benefi t to the city.”

A red cartoon squirrel called ‘Oaky Dokes’ has already been revealed as the offi cial mascot for the year. The character was designed by a native of the city, Domnall Starkey. www.u.tv/news - 25 Oct 2012

9294 13 Story 5 Don’t dare miss our spectacular year-long party

Opinion piece by Culture Company chief executive, Shona McCarthy.

Londonderry UK City of Culture 2013 will be one massive 365-day celebration. And you’re all invited, says Shona McCarthy

Every place has its time - a moment of magic where energies converge and the extraordinary becomes possible.

From the start of January to the end of December 2013, art and event and spectacle will spill out of every corner in Londonderry. The whole city is the canvas.

There are hundreds of free events, thousands of tickets and endless ways for everyone to participate. It’ll be one huge party and everyone is invited.

Above all, 2013 will be a year of joyous celebrations. Derry has always been a place of music, poetry and art and, in 2013, this city intends to dance.

The challenge is to get it right and, if we do, it will be the starting-point of a wonderful future.

I’d like to emphasise that the programme launched yesterday is merely the fi rst edition - a collector’s issue - and a second edition will be published next month.

Even though I’m sure everyone will agree, when they look through the programme we have planned for next year, that it has many things to appeal to everyone, there will be announcements of additions to the programme on a regular basis from now on.

There was euphoria when Derry won the fi rst European City of Culture title.

It followed a trajectory of vital milestones - the Adams/Robinson Nobel peace prize, the ceasefi res, the Queen’s visit to Dublin, David Cameron’s public apology post-Saville inquiry, Derry City of Culture 2013.

It is a privilege to have received the baton from the amazing festival that was London 2012 and to be carrying on the legacy from Liverpool 2008.

With this programme, we wanted to showcase to the world the wonderful people, talent, organisations, festivals and the arts and cultural scene of Derry.

We wanted to bring amazing work here and to create amazing work, which as many people as possible could access and participate in.

To do this, we endeavoured, among other means, to take art and culture out onto the streets. And we wanted to show this stunning city off in the process, using its dramatic historic landscape as a canvas.

The Return of Colmcille and Lumiere will paint pictures of this city just as the images we collect from our citizens are set to in our BT Portrait of a City project. 9294 14 Choreographer Hofesh Shechter and theatre director Haris Pasovic are taking their work onto the streets, too, and - most importantly - they are involving people of this city in the creation of new works.

We wanted to focus particularly on the young people who make up such a large proportion of our population and we guarantee that every single child and young person of this city will have the opportunity to be inspired by, to participate in, or to learn from something extraordinary in 2013 for free.

We wanted, by the end of 2013, experiences that would stay with people for the rest of their lives and live on in their hearts and minds. We guarantee that there will be many such experiences.

And though, rightly, the legacy of this project will be judged in economic, socio-economic and maybe even political terms, what will really matter are the small, bright fl ames ignited in the 10-year-old boy in Nelson Drive, or 15-year-old girl in Shantallow, which will never be extinguished.

There are dozens of events that demand the attention of audiences outside of the city and, during the summer months in particular, our hotels, restaurants and shops will be teeming with visitors.

A call is being made to the diaspora and to the nine million or so people who claim Derry heritage to come back home.

We hope that the City of Culture year will bring a sense of wonder, a sense of ambition, a sense of pride in our community; a sense of being part of a global community, a sense of joy, a sense of ownership, a sense of feeling special, a sense of purpose and, at the end, a sense of achievement - that we all did this together and it meant something to everyone.

We are inviting everyone to join us and witness the transformation as our small city on the periphery of Europe presents a huge programme of art, music, dance, literature, sport and creative conversation.

Join us for the art and the cultural experience, but also to witness the beauty of the place. It is physically and visually transformed.

The iconic Peace Bridge has had more than one million crossings.

It has given the city new connection and placed the majestic River Foyle properly at centre-stage.

Derry now is a romantic city, defi ned by the quality of its air, the quality of its light and stunning skies and, in 2013, by the quality of its cultural life and the openness of its people.

The cultural programme for 2013 honours the promises and themes of the city’s winning bid and the incredible team spirit that delivered the title for the city. Telegraph - 27 Oct 2012

9294 15 Story 6 BBC One Big Weekend Line-up

Bruno Mars, Biffy Clyro and Calvin Klein have been announced as the headliners for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2013 in Derry~Londonderry.

Nick Grimshaw broke the news this morning on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, announcing over 40 of the biggest and hottest bands and artists playing over three days in one of Europe’s largest free music festivals.

Radio 1’s Big Weekend Derry~Londonderry 2013 takes place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in the heart of the city at Ebrington Square and Venue 2013. On Friday 24 May, the focus will be on dance music and 1Xtra; while Saturday 25 May and Sunday 26 May will feature a Main Stage and In New Music We Trust Stage.

The Friday night BBC Radio 1Xtra and Dance event will also include DJ sets from some Radio 1 and 1Xtra talent, including dance legend Pete Tong; Zane Lowe; MistaJam; carnival bassline hostess B-Traits; Toddla T; and Dance Anthems DJ Danny Howard.

The full line up was revealed and the following acts will be joining Olly Murs and Two Door Cinema Club, who were announced earlier this year:

Friday: Calvin Harris / Chase And Status / Dizzee Rascal

Rita Ora / A$AP Rocky / J. Cole / Rudimental Live / Wiley / Maverick Sabre / Katy B / AlunaGeorge / Angel Haze / Pete Tong / Zane Lowe / MistaJam / B Traits / Toddla T / Danny Howard

Saturday: Biffy Clyro / The Vaccines / Two Door Cinema Club

DJ Fresh / Labrinth / Foals / Kendrick Lamar / Ellie Goulding / Conor Maynard / The Saturdays / Alt-J / Bring Me The Horizon / The 1975 / Iggy Azalea / Kodaline / Laura Mvula / Frightened Rabbit

Sunday: Bruno Marathon / Paramore / Thirty Seconds To Mars

Vampire Weekend / The Script / Olly Murs / Jake Bugg / Wretch 32 / Little Mix / Disclosure / Bastille / Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Everything Everything / Jessie Ware / Miles Kane / We Are The Ocean / HAIM

Ben Cooper, Controller of Radio 1 and 1Xtra says: “This event is my favourite moment of the year – watching a great crowd sing along to amazing artists makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.”

Tickets for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Derry~Londonderry 2013 were released on Wednesday 17 April and were snapped up in just under one hour.

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend will be broadcast live on Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra and streamed online at bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend, the Red Button and on mobile. It will also be broadcast on BBC Three with highlights from acts across the weekend.

9294 16 In the lead up to the main event, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Learning will also embark on a special week of local engagement and outreach activity in the area - opening the doors to Radio 1’s Academy from Saturday 11 to Friday 17 May 2013.

During the week, young people in Derry will be invited to attend Radio 1’s Academy and take part in a series of workshops and masterclasses covering a range of topics including music, business, radio, design, TV production, event management, digital media and journalism, and gaming. There will be inspirational sessions with people who have made it to the top of their profession, as well as practical advice and skills on offer to help young people take the next steps in their careers.

Further details of the Academy can be found here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017f6dt

Press Release - www.bbc.co.uk - 6 May 2013

9294 17 Story 7 One party where everyone is invited

Derry’s City of Culture has well and truly begun today with the launch of a stellar programme of artistic and cultural events to rival any major city in the world.

Scores of reporters, TV crews and photographers gathered at a specially constructed marquee in Ebrington for the offi cial unveiling of events. A plethora of local personalities, celebrities and politicians were also on hand, all smiling widely and clearly delighted to witness history in the making.

Opening proceedings was Martin Bradley, Chair of Culture Company, followed by the city’s Mayor, Colr Kevin Campbell who described today as a “very historic day for the city and another milestone in our journey towards 2013.”

He continued: “This is an opportunity for top class acts and talent to come into the city - they will learn from us and we will learn from them.”

Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of Culture Company then took to the stage amid rapturous applause to outline some of the key events for next year’s celebrations.

Ms McCarthy said that speaking today was “an absolute joy and pleasure”.

“Every place has its time. A moment of magic where energies converge and the extraordinary becomes possible. Today, Derry~Londonderry 2013 is launching the richest cultural programme ever assembled on the island of Ireland for the fi rst UK City of Culture,” she said.

From January to December 2013, art and event and spectacle will spill out of every corner. The whole city is the canvas. There are hundreds of free events, thousands of tickets and endless ways to participate. This is one party where everyone is invited.”

Among the highlights of next year’s festivities are The Return of Andrew and Lumiere, which will paint pictures of this city, just as the images collected from the BT Portrait of a City project will also paint the untold stories of a city and its people.”

Cultural Programmers Gareth Stewart and Clare McDermott shared some of the thoughts of 2013’s contributing artists.

Derry artist Willie Doherty hopes that “presenting these works in the city in 2013 will contribute to a dialogue between the present and our knowledge and understanding of the past.”

World-renowned choreographer Hofesh Schechter promises to “give the musicians and dancers from Derry a sense of what’s out there, what it is to be part of a huge show, part of something that is dance and music and nothing else.”

The Director of the Louvre, Nicolas Serota, says he is “delighted that Turner Prize 2013 will be shown for the fi rst time outside of England”, while another celebrated home-grown artist, sculptor Maurice Harron, adds: “The excitement of this year is not in what is prepared, but it is in what is unknown, what will be discovered.”

As festivities continue here at Ebrington with chat, musical performances and a palpable sense of excitement about the months to come, all are in agreement that today is one huge success.

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