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2004 Portsmouth Festivities
The 2004 Festivities marked 60 years since the D-Day landings and our events were brought about with much local and international support. We would especially like to thank Portsmouth City Council for their time, resources and support.
Some of the highlights from 2004 are listed below.
The hit musical comedy She Loves Me was staged by CCADS at the Third Floor Arts Centre.
Comic and author Arabella Weir.
Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man – Mass for Peace, Portsmouth Cathedral Choir and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
A celebrity organ recital by David Briggs – Organist Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral.
The Endellion Quartet performed Bartok, Beethoven and Haydn at St George’s Church in Portsea.
Virtuosic flautist William Bennett performed a concert of French flute music.
Three films exploring themes of love, separation and war - Dr Strangelove, Life is Beautiful and The Pianist – were shown at the Third Floor Arts Centre.
A scale reconstruction of the D-Day landings by the Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team complete withpyrotechnics and explosions drew a crowd of hundreds on Sunday afternoon!
‘Walk the Story’ guided tour of important WWII sites in Portsmouth.
Winston Churchill’s speeches performed by actor Robert Hardy at the Royal Marines Museum.
D-Day commemorative concert including Harvey Brough’s Valete in Pace (Farewell in Peace) and a new work commissioned by Portsmouth and Caen City Councils, The Hours 6 June 1944.
