Big Dance2012 - Press Release

• Makassed ABATSchool is going to participate in the Big Dance event 2012 @May18,2012.
  Dear parents and group visitors, I want to share with you the Big Dance 2012-Press Release.
  
  The British Council Brings the “Big Dance” to Lebanon
  
  In the presence of H.E. Tom Fletcher, UK Ambassador to Lebanon, the British Council cordially invites you to witness a one of a kind event in Lebanon. Your presence and coverage of this novel, exciting and cultural event will provide the boost for its national success
  
  Friday 18 May 2012 - the day the Olympic Torch arrives in the UK – thousands of schoolchildren from over 1,000 schools in Lebanon and across the world will join together to take part in a world-record breaking dance, created especially for them by Wayne McGregor, Artistic Director of Random Dance.
  
  Following last year’s remarkable big dance event with 22 Lebanese schools and 1300 students taking over the Parliament Square downtown Beirut, this year again, the Nijmeh square along with its narrow surrounding streets will witness the Big Dance with over 2250 students coming together from 34 private and public schools to celebrate this day with their counterparts from around the world for a 5 minute dance routine with the aim of encouraging people to get into dance, increase fitness levels and generate a legacy of dance for all. The Lebanese team is looking forward to participating in the world record attempt that will take place at 3pm on Friday 18 May 2012, with a live screening of the Olympic torch.
  
  This initiative is part of the wider work of the British Council with schools in Lebanon which have been linked directly with schools in the UK; throughout this year, pupils in Lebanon have exchanged information about dance, costumes and music in their culture, shared experiences with their partner schools and extended activities to include active, healthy lifestyles and balanced diets.
  
  The Big Dance Schools Pledge is one of the world’s biggest and most influential dance festivals and is part of the British Council’s Warm up for the Games programme, which offers schools around the world the chance to feel part of the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. For more information on Warm for the Games, visit http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/warm-up-for-the-games
  
  The schools taking part are:
  American Academy of Beirut - Lycée franco libanais Verdun - Grand lycée franco libanais - International College - Mohammed Shamel State School - Omar Hamad State School - Ameer Shakeeb Arslan State School - Beirut Modern School - Makassed Khalil Shehab School - Makassed Abi Baker Saddiq – Al Amiliyeh High School - Ras Beirut 1ST State school - Makassed Ali Ben Abi Taleb - Cadmous college – Student’s Paradise School - National Evangelical Institute for Boys and Girls - Tyre Intermediate State School for Girls - Sidon State Secondary School for Girls - Barouk State School - Saint Anthony College Hammana – Bshatfine Sate school – al Basateen el Shaabiah State school - Saint Jean Baptiste school - Antonine Sisters Jamhour - College Elysée - Antonine Sisters Roumieh - Lady Of Balamand High School – Jbeil 2nd State school - Modern Saint Anthony school- Jesus and Mary school - Central College - Notre Dame de Louaize - College Notre Dame du Balamand – Antonine International School Ajaltoun.