On Wednesday, 16 February 2005, the councilwoman of the Arts of the City council of Madrid, Alicia Moreno, signed a three-year agreement with the three major people in charge of the WOMAD festival : Peter Gabriel (as the founder of WOMAD), its artistic director, Thomas Brooman, and the person in charge of WOMAD Spain, Dania Dévora. The meeting took place at the central seat of the organization, in Box (United Kingdom).
Feb 16 2005, Peter Gabriel, Alicia Moreno, Thomas Brooman & Dania Dèvora in Box
[ Karin´s comment : I think there´s some progress on the "What-To-Wear-During-Public-Photo-Sessions" front ;o) ]
WOMADRID, which is the name of the festival in Madrid, will take place from May 20th to 22nd 2005, and will be part of the cultural programme coinciding with the Celebrations of San Isidro.
This way, Madrid is added to other cities that already are hosting the festival, like Adelaide (Australia), Athens (Greece), Benoni (South Africa), New Zealand, Palermo (Italy), Rivermead (United Kingdom), Singapur… and, in Spain, Cáceres (which has been hosting the festival for thirteen years) and Las Palmas / Gran Canaria (which has been hosting the festival for ten years).
Founded in 1982 by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Brooman, WOMAD is now present in 22 countries worldwide. Its objective is to spread the wealth of our multicultural society to an ever-increasing number of people and to celebrate the cultural diversity through the artistic music, dance and other manifestations.
Between May 20th and 22nd, within the Celebrations of San Isidro, the Casa de Campo will be the site of WOMADRID, with three stages that will simultaneously offer various acts of dance and music. In addition, there will be children´s and adults´ workshops, trading stalls offering crafts, and a sample of international gastronomy. WOMADRID will be a meeting point that will turn Madrid, for three days, into a truly international scene.
(The following newslinks are all in Spanish)
http://www.canariasahora.com/portada/editar_noticia.asp?idnoticia=58197&idtemageneral=7
http://www.madridiario.es/mdo/actual/secciones/madrid/womad-160205.php
http://es.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/050218/183/3x0mj.html&e=l_news
http://iblnews.com/txt/noticia.php?id=124540
http://es.news.yahoo.com/050216/4/3wvba.html
http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/dn_25605.htm
http://www.los40.com/articulo.html?xref=20050217l40l40not_11&type=Tes&anchor=l40actn01&d_date=
http://www.diariodesevilla.com/diariodesevilla/articulo.asp?idart=918403&idcat=1182
http://es.news.yahoo.com/050218/183/3x0mj.html
http://www2.rincondelvago.com/ocio/musica/noticias/noticia.php?p=74810
http://www.madridmusic.com/…
http://www.cadena40.com/articulo.html?xref=20050217l40l40not_11&type=Tes&anchor=l40actn01&d_date=
http://www.cplus.es/codigo/noticias/ficha_noticia.asp?id=452513
