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Friday, 15 April 2011
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DUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT & BIG APPLE BRITS TO HOST A ROYAL WEDDING VIEWING PARTY UNDER THE ARCHWAY
http://www.royalweddingnyc.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 15, 2010
Contact: Jane Kojima
Director of Communications & Marketing
718-237-8700
jane@dumbonyc.orgDUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO HOST A ROYAL WEDDING VIEWING PARTY UNDER THE ARCHWAY FREE and Open to the Public with Media Partner BBC America
BROOKLYN, NY — On Friday, April 29, 2011, the Dumbo Improvement District, with media partner BBC America, will celebrate the wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton with a live viewing and British-style street party under The Archway in DUMBO. The event will be FREE and open to the public.
BBC America’s commercial free coverage of the wedding will be shown from 5:30AM EST and festivities will continue throughout the day including contests and prizes for the best fancy hat and costumes for both children and adults. Dress as your favorite royal (real or imagined), don a fancy hat and commemorate it all with a snapshot from the photobooth on site. For late-risers, BBC America’s coverage will be replayed in its entirety immediately following the live coverage.
“The Archway, with its soaring barrel vaulted ceiling has a cathedral-like feeling and will be the perfect place to watch this historic event with friends, families and neighbors – and have some cheeky fun,” said Alexandria Sica, Executive Director of the Dumbo Improvement District. “Brooklyn is home to thousands of Brits, and we want to help them celebrate in style. We know that New York City has Royal Wedding fever and look forward to seeing all of our local princes and princesses, young and old, dressed up or just stopping by to check out the spectacle.”
For more up to the minute information about the Royal Wedding Viewing, visit the Dumbo Improvement District’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/dumbo.bid.>
The free public viewing is made possible by BBC America, with support from the local DUMBO business community – Bubby’s, the DUMBO Loft, Ito En, Water Street Restaurant & Lounge and The White Gown, and in partnership with Big Apple Brits and We Love Photobooths.
About the DUMBO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT & THE ARCHWAY
The Dumbo Improvement District is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and promoting DUMBO, Brooklyn. The Improvement District showcases DUMBO as a world class destination, advocating on behalf of DUMBO’s businesses, property owners and residents. The organization provides supplemental sanitation services, marketing, economic development, neighborhood programming and long-term planning.
The Archway is a magnificent and unique public space in DUMBO, Brooklyn- a 7,000 square foot space under the Manhattan Bridge, paved with historic Belgian block roadbed and a soaring barrel vaulted ceiling. Previously a scrap metal storage area for the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), The Archway was returned to the public in 2009. The Dumbo Improvement
District manages the space as a pedestrian thoroughfare and venue for community and cultural events.
In 2010, the Dumbo Improvement District hosted free, public viewings of the World Cup – which drew thousands of fans from Brooklyn and beyond and attracted international media attention.
Directions to THE ARCHWAY – DUMBO
F-train to York Street; exit station and turn right onto Jay Street, left of Front Street, right on Pearl Street/Anchorage Place, walk one block. A/C – trains to High Street/Brooklyn Bridge; exit at Cadman Plaza West stairwell, cross Cadman Plaza Park, pathway curves to the left. Walk downhill on Washington Street, turn right on Water Street. 2/3 – trains to Clark Street; exit the station and turn left onto Henry Street. Pass Cranberry Street and make a right on the footpath; you will see A/C train station. Cross Cadman Plaza Park, pathway curves to the left. Walk downhill on Washington Street, turn right on Water Street.
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Jane Kojima
Director of Communications & Marketing
Dumbo Improvement District
p: 718.237.8700
f: 718.237.7797
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Saturday, 12 March 2011
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THE Royal Wedding '11 Celebration Party in NY!
Join us for the Biggest Party of the Century, So Far!
On Friday 29th April from 5am, head over to trendy DUMBO and watch the Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton & Prince William on a massive screen at the archway under the Manhattan Bridge!
Big Apple Brits is partnering with the DUMBO Improvement District to create an amazing day of celebrations. DumboNYC.org are providing the screen, a fantastic sound system and will broadcast the event Live and then repeat it in the afternoon. 100's of revelers are expected. An exciting schedule of activities are currently being finalized and will be posted here late March. The outdoor viewing & activities are completely FREE to attend.
Join us for our Big Apple Brits party at the DUMBO Lofts which will run all day and night! This cool space is across from the archway right next to all the action.
Take Advantage of our Early Bird Special Pricing upto 1st April Reserve Now!
All Day VIP Pass (9am - 1am) Only $50 | Evening Pass (8pm - 1am) Only $30
Tickets include AN "OPEN BAR" ALL DAY & NIGHT! serving Beers, Wine, Champagne, Kia Royales, Spirits, Pimms, Cider, Soft Drinks & much more. Also 10 Raffle tickets are included and Canapes will be served during the evening event.
The BAB Party includes a re-run of the day's events, video clips from past royal events, Live Music, DJ's spinning tunes across the decades, Comedians, Theatre shows and much more.....
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Friday, 11 March 2011
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THE Royal Wedding ’11 Celebration Party in NY!
Join us for the biggest party of the century so far!
On Friday 29th April from 5am, head over to trendy DUMBO and watch the Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton & Prince William on a massive screen under the Manhattan Bridge!
Along with the DUMBO Improvement District http://dumbonyc.org/ we are going to create an amazing day of celebrations. They are providing the screen, a fantastic sound system and will broadcast the event Live and then repeat it in the afternoon. 100′s of revelers are expected.
The outdoor activities are completely FREE to attend.
Join us for our Big Apple Brits party at the DUMBO Lofts which will run all day and night!
This is right next to all the action and it will be an amazing day out!
BAB Royal Wedding Event – All Day VIP Pass – Only $50
BAB Royal Wedding Event – Evening Pass – Only $30
Tickets include OPEN BAR ALL DAY & NIGHT serving Beers, Wine, Champagne, Kia Royales, Spirits, Pimms & much more. Also 10 Raffle tickets are included.
Canapes will be served in the evening event.
Activities will include live music, djs spinning music from the 20th century, comedians, theatre shows, face painting and much more…..
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010
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Homesick and Hiraeth...
Posted: October 12, 2010
The Welsh language has it's very own word for homesickness.
It's a word that has no literal translation into English, but the best way to try to describe it as a grief and longing for the homeland. The word is Hiraeth. And I have it bad.
I am pining for my mates, Sainsburys, shitty weather, Primark, Coronation Street, Roath Park by my house and irony. For some inexplicable reason my Hiraeth has also manifested itself in a deep desire to once again see the concrete monolith that is the Gabalfa roundabout in Cardiff.
I haven't added my Mother to the list because she has a special way of making me feel like she's in the same room as me when she nags me transatlantically. It's quite the unique talent. It has nothing what so ever to do with the fact she didn't buy me a flight home this summer when I was skint. That would make me spoiled and entitled. But can I just point out that Bank of Mum is only supposed refuse withdrawals if the child works in a stable industry, which clearly doesn't include the media. Instead of a flight, she sent me anIlovestheDiff t-shirt.
I loves the 'Diff t-shirt posing by classic NY fire escape. It's raining, so it feels at home.
In my Mother's defence she'd already stumped up a load of cash up for The Teenager to go home in July. For a few months of the summer return flights were starting at $1000. I have never seen prices that high. Was there a fuel crisis that had passed me buy as I no longer own a car?
I know there are worse places to be stranded than NYC, so I tried to see the positives of being in sweltering, rubbish stenched 100 degree heat for the summer.
I mostly focused on the Teenager going home and the resulting break from Motherhood-having been hard at it for 16 years without parole. I was really looking forward to being an adult life free of responsibilities- ready to go out banging pills of Meow Meow and sleeping with hot hipsters in nightclub toilets. Then I remembered I am not only 35, but married. Seems there is always someone to spoil the fun.
I was determined not to remain in NY. for the whole summer. So there was Plan B to have our long awaited honeymoon to California. Until The American's new job put an end to that.
"Hooonnneeeeee. What can I do?" says the American.
"Nothing. I just hate New York right now. I just want to home and reset."
"I feeeeeel bad." he says.
"It's not your fault." I say and look up at him with an expression that says: Really it is your fault cos you're American and the collective you is responsible for most of the crap in the word, especially the stuff that involves fuel prices.
It gets me a little depressed. For at least a few days. Which is a lot for me, as usually the only things that make me moody are hormones and The American eating my stash of British chocolate.
I begin to wonder will I always feel like this this? Sort of...displaced? Will being away from what I still call home forever feel like I'm escaping something? Even though there is nothing I want to run from in Cardiff? Quite the opposite in fact, I would quite like to put on my trainers and do a Forest Gump and sprint all the way back to Arran Street.
Like other expats, I've started to create my own little Welsh Alien corner of home in New York. Brit friends coupled with an inability to make any American mates, two Brit shops and a Chip shop within walking distance, an ongoing mission to hack the BBC iplayer and my small but perfectly formed NYC Bluebirds supporters club. New York home is still not home though.
After days of wallowing in my Hiraeth I stagger out onto my street and into the late afternoon sunshine to head for the coffee shop around the corner.
I buy a large iced caffeine boost and sit on the bench outside next to a strange looking, slightly Albino woman. Turns out she is just Scandinavian, I can't be more specific as I wasn't really listening at first, after initially judging her to be a nutter. After 10 minutes the conversation turns to the subject of freckles, of which she had a lot, as do I. Except hers are red and pretty much blend into one big splodge.
"Frickles arrre so pre-tea!" she says
"I think so too!" I say
"Ven I vos lidl girl in school, a boy say to me sumting lovely bout de frickles"
"What did he say?"
"He say dat a girl vivout frickles is like a sky vivout da stars."
The weird albino nordic woman smiles at me and I smile back.
New York always does this. Just when I am feeling like I don't want to be here anymore, like I love her less-she throws me a scrap. Just something small like this, a moment. And she knows that I am fickle, just like the city. She knows that this moment, this one moment will mean that I will love her again.
I say goodbye and walk down 7th Avenue, sip my coffee and check my Hiraeth.
It's still there, but not so much...
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