London Christmas Lights Switch-On & Celebration 2009

London Christmas Lights Switch-On & Celebration 2009

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3

On Tuesday November 3 London will be brought to life with three sensational free concerts from a wide range of recording artists in The City, Regent Street and Oxford Circus, before the World Premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' in Leicester Square as part of London's biggest ever coordinated Christmas lights switch-on and celebration, London's Christmas Carol.

   OXFORD CIRCUS   with Jim Carrey turning on the Christmas Lights    ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL   with Bob Hoskins turning on the Christmas Lights    REGENT STREET   with Colin Firth turning on the Christmas Lights    LEICESTER SQUARE   World Premiere Event featuring performances from Andrea Bocelli   

Celebrated Italian superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli will then lead a world record breaking Christmas Carol sing-along joined by St Paul's Cathedral Choir in London's Leicester Square to open proceedings for the World Premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'.

   Footage from all four locations will be available via satellite feed   (Details of Satellite Feed Coordinates to follow)    Photographs available via www.image.net                           VNR #1 Satellite Coordinate                      November 2: Countdown to Red Carpet                     13:00 - 13:30 EST / 10:00 -10:30 PST                          Transponder Galaxy 28 C-12                             UL FREQ: 6165.000 (V)                             DL FREQ: 3940.000 (H)    Switch-on Timings:    5:00pm                      Performances start   6:15pm (approx)             Switch on moment   6:20pm - 6:30pm             Christmas Carol World Record sing-along   6:30pm                      Oxford Circus & Regent Street event ends   6:45pm (approx)             St Paul's cathedral event ends   

FOLLOWED BY THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D In Leicester Square

Odeon Leicester Square, Odeon West End & Empire Leicester Square in London Tuesday, November 3rd

With: JIM CARREY, COLIN FIRTH, BOB HOSKINS, Academy Award® winning filmmaker ROBERT ZEMECKIS Producers: STEVE STARKEY and JACK RAPKE and Christmas Carols sung by ANDREA BOCELLI

Additional UK celebrities attending premiere: Alice Temperly, Daniel Merriweather, Denise Van Outen, Faryl Smith, Lisa Butcher, Little Boots, Meg Matthews, Ozwald Boateng, Peter Andre, Phil Tufnell, Richard Hammond, Saffron Aldridge, Spandau Ballet, Taio Cruz, The Noisettes, The Saturdays and many more TBA.

DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event.

Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.

Disney's A Christmas Carol, the classic Dickens' tale, is re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event starring Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and Bob Hoskins.

Tickets for the premiere are now on sale at www.londonschristmascarol.com supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. A donation will be made to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (Registered Charity no. 235825) as part of Disney's partnership with the hospital, to help towards an ongoing Disney campaign to raise an invaluable 10 million pounds Sterling towards their much-needed redevelopment appeal.

Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' will be released through The Walt Disney Company In the United States - November 6, 2009

   9:00am - 5:00pm   Press Office Open (location upon accreditation                      confirmation)   3:00pm            Leicester Square press pens open   5:30pm            Leicester Square press pens close   6:20pm - 6:30pm   Andrea Bocelli performance   6:45pm            Doors open   

To request accreditation for Premiere and Christmas Lights Switch-On for US based media outlets, please contact: Derek Del Rossi 917-434-9106 derek.del.rossi@disney.com

                 VNR #2 / TRANSMISSION #3 -SATELLITE COORDINATES                                   November 3rd:                               RED CARPET ARRIVALS                       17:00-17:30 EST / 14:00 - 14:30 PST                           TRANSPONDER Galaxy 28 C-15                             UL FREQ: 6225.0000 (H)                             DL FREQ: 4000.0000 (V)                           12:00 MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME                             VNR #3 / TRANSMISSION #4                                  November 3rd:                        RED CARPET VNR and Extra B-Roll                      19:00-19:30 EST / 16:00 - 16:30 PST                          Transponder Galaxy 28 C-15                             UL FREQ: 6225.0000 (H)                             DL FREQ: 4000.0000 (V)             "Intelsat Technical Assistance Phone Number: 800-321-3959"   

IMAGES FROM THE LIGHTS SWITCH-ON AND THE RED CARPET WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW.IMAGE.NET.

/PRNewswire -- Oct. 28/

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Source: Disney Motion Pictures

Web Site: http://www.visitlondon.com/londonschristmascarol

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Profile: International Entertainment