Glastonbury festival Glastonbury festival (officially The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts) is biggest and one of the most important music festivals in the world‚ best known for its contemporary music‚ but also for dance‚ comedy‚ theatre‚ circus‚ cabaret and other arts. It takes place in south west England. The festival organiser Michael Eavis‚ a farmer in a Somerset decided to host the first festival‚ )then called Pilton Festival) as he saw open air Led Zeppelin concert
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INTRODUCTION TO EVENTS EV 201 Glastonbury Festival CW 1 REPORT Lecturer : Jessica Mackie Email : jmackie@shms.com Written by : Jason Philip Laksana LAJA160789 (2D) – Introduction of Glastonbury Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen NGTH191289 (2C) – Social and Cultural impacts‚ Environmental and Developmental impacts Atika Karuna Gunawan GUAT080290 (2D) – Economy and Tourism impacts‚ Political impacts Contents Objectives ………………………………………………………………………… 02 Introduction of Glastonbury Festival …………………………………. 03 Social
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Glastonbury - from hippy weekend to international festival Steve Henderson‚ Leeds Metropolitan University Glastonbury Festival has beconne a worldwide attraction for music fans and artists alike. In 2009‚ Bruce Springsteen was added to the long list of acts (from Paul McCartney to Oasis) that have appeared at the festival. It started in 1970 when 1‚500 hippy revellers gathered on a farm near Glastonbury Tor to be plied with free milk and entertainment from a makeshift stage. Now‚ Glastonbury
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Introduction Glastonbury festival Of Contemporary Performing Art is one of the most known music festivals in the world. The festival it self takes part in worthy farm which is a dairy farm during the year; is in the region of Somerset which is situated in southwest England. The festival from 1981 has been organised by the local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis (Martin‚ 2009). Micheal Eavis is also the owner of Glastonbury Festival LTD the company that is in charge of the organization and the
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Compare and contrast the different strategies adopted by The Glastonbury Festival and the T in The Park festival. Would the strategy adopted by Glastonbury be an appropriate strategy for T in the Park? Strategy is the long-term direction of an organisation (Exploring Strategy: Johnson‚ Whittington‚ Scholes 2011). It allows a method or plan to be derived as a way of achieving long-term goals and objectives. Organisations will use strategy to foresee their future and identify any potential problems
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Why Was Richard Whiting‚ Abbot of Glastonbury‚ Killed In 1539? On 15th of November 1539 Richard Whiting was executed at the top of Glastonbury Tor. Before Richard was executed he was dragged through the streets of Glastonbury. He was hung until his last breath and then they cut the rope‚ he was drawn open and all of his intestines and his heart where burnt in a fire. His arms and legs got chopped off with an axe the four parts where sent to Bath‚ Wells‚ Taunton and Ilchester to warn people what
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dissertation proposal Thames Valley University London School of Hospitality and Tourism Service Industries Dissertation TH60004E Promoting Sustainability The role of Green-Festivals affecting pro-environmental attitudes: the case of Glastonbury Festival Juliana Silveira 20262348 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of BA (Hons) Events Management Module Leader: Graham Berridge 1. Introduction to the Study The following study seeks to investigate
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Glastonbury serves as a sacred site for Christians in the local cathedral where; allegedly Christianity took root in Britain‚ or that Joseph of Arimathea planted a staff that grew into a tree‚ among various other legends. The Christian Minister states of these legends that ’Making a physical pilgrimage to a place like Glastonbury‚ this confirms that identity for us.’ The historical ties to ancestral adherents impart
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staging a major cultural and/or sporting event. This essay will evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of Glastonbury Festival to the local community. It will mainly focus on the economic impact on the local community of Glastonbury‚ Pilton and Mendip but will also examine the social impact of the festival. “Festivals may be recurrent events (at intervals of a year of more) such as Glastonbury or one-off affairs like the Armada celebrations of 1988. A festival may be over in a day‚ a weekend or
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June until Monday 1st July 2013. Requirement Of Festival Entry To receive tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2013 you must register. Failure to follow the registration instructions correctly will lead to refusal.
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