探花直播final preparations are underway for a spectacular light show and bell-ringing event to mark the launch of Cambridge 探花直播鈥檚 800th Anniversary year, tomorrow (January 17).

A specially-commissioned piece of light art will be projected on to the Senate House and Old Schools from January 17-19 featuring iconic images from Cambridge鈥檚 history and stunning illustrations by Quentin Blake.

And on Saturday evening, the light display will coincide with a worldwide bell-ringing event.
Four churches in central Cambridge: Great St Mary鈥檚, St Bene鈥檛鈥檚, St Edward King and Martyr and St Andrew the Great, will all ring a new work for bells composed for the occasion by Clare College alumnus Phil Earis.

探花直播sound of bells celebrating the 探花直播's octocentenary will also reverberate across the world as churches from the United States of America to Australia mark the occasion.

Meanwhile, the light show has been produced by world-renowned light artist Ross Ashton.
He said: 鈥淚 am very excited to be involved with this opening event for the year of celebrations surrounding the 800th Anniversary of the 探花直播 of Cambridge鈥 said Ashton.

鈥 探花直播ideas, concepts and inventions that have flowed from Cambridge have changed the world. I intend to give the viewer a glimpse of the depth and breadth of this incredible body of work and to show that this same innovative genius will continue to shape our world in the future.鈥

Ashton has worked on large-scale projections across enormous surfaces. These have included a mountain in Oman and New Year鈥檚 Eve celebrations in London, as well as 探花直播Queen鈥檚 Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace and the Edinburgh Tattoo.

A special feature of the light show will be the work of renowned illustrator and Downing College alumnus Quentin Blake. Mr Blake has produced brand new drawings of two of the 探花直播鈥檚 most famous alumni, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Blake, one of Britain鈥檚 best-loved illustrators, has illustrated more than 300 books by writers including Michael Rosen, John Yeoman (another Downing alumnus) and, most famously, Roald Dahl. He has also written and illustrated his own children鈥檚 books, creating characters such as Mr Magnolia, Mrs Armitage and Clown, as well as illustrating classic books for adults.

探花直播celebrations on Saturday will begin at 7.15pm in Senate House Yard, when Mr Blake and Susie Fowler-Watt, BBC Look East presenter and Cambridge alumna, will help launch the worldwide bell ringing event.

All Church of England bishops have been asked to have churches in their diocese ring their bells along with the 探花直播. A number of churches and bell-ringing groups in England have already agreed to take part, including groups in Cheshire, York, Hexham, and even Lincoln College, Oxford.

探花直播Anniversary has also garnered interest from the ringing community worldwide. St Paul鈥檚 Cathedral in Melbourne and Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York City will both be ringing their bells on Saturday.

Meanwhile, a Judge Business School applicant in Costa Rica has offered to clatter kitchen utensils in his neighbourhood if he cannot find a suitable substitute.

探花直播Vice-Chancellor, on her second visit to India, has received expressions of interest from St Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata, Sacred Heart Cathedral and St James' Church in New Delhi, St Mark鈥檚 Cathedral in Bangalore and a bell ringing group in Hong Kong.

Churches, college chapels and alumni groups worldwide are invited to participate. Encourage your local bell-ringing community to get involved and help celebrate this landmark occasion.
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