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Crusaid, the Aids charity, organised a gala 'Music For Life' at the South Bank on Jun 7 1992 with 800 performers in 10 shows, foyer events, jazz and early music programmes. The gala was planned in 1990 but the programme was only finalised in Jan 1992. Shows include the Finchley Children's Music Group performing Britten's 'Noye's Fludde'; the Broadway musical 'Nine' with a relevant theme of producer Guido Contini's affairs, brought over by producer Joe Bailey Cole, and a new composition by Judith Weir. Stars include Jonathan Pryce, Nigel Hawthorne, Wilhelmenia Fernandez.

Donations, Fairs and festivals, Charitable trusts, Music, AIDS (Disease)

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The good, the bard and the ugly

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The council in Swansea, Wales, commissioned three poets in 1992 to compose poetry to be engraved on benches, paving and signposts in the improved city centre. Wales has a tradition of poetry. Swansea won an Arts Council grant to become City of Literature 1995. The council removed some of the poetry as there was too much of it, but poet Nigel Jenkins felt it was because he was chairman of the Swansea Writers and Artists Group. SWAG was formed to encourage the inclusion of local writers in the City of Literature, but it produced rebellious sub-groups.

Wales, Shopping centers, Poets

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The ballad of level five

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The Poetry Library was founded by the Arts Council in 1953 and moved to the fifth floor of the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank, London, England in 1988, with funds from the Japanese company Saison. Membership is 10,035 in 1992 and up to 100 people a day visit for research. Many are poets, teachers and film directors. Callers are often searching for poems about which they only recall one line but clues help librarians trace 70% of requests.

Poetry, Libraries, Readers (People), Public services (Libraries), Libraries and readers

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