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Eurovision! - a celebration/discussion

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May 4, 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm UTC+01
Location: Big Green Bookshop
Latest Activity: Apr 21, 2017

Thursday May 4^th – 7.00pm – 9.00pm

EUROVISION! A presentation by Chris West.

TICKETS £3 (redeemable on the book) – BUY TICKETS HERE.

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest final will be held on Saturday May 13^th, so to get you in the mood, we’ve invited Chris West, the author of “Eurovision!” to the shop to present a celebration/discussion of this phenomenal programme.

Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs have nothing to do with serious European politics? Think again. The contest has been a mirror for cultural, social and political developments in Europe ever since its inauguration, when an audience in dinner jackets and ball-gowns politely applauded each song. It has been a voice of rebellion across the Iron Curtain, an inspiration for new European nations in the 1990s and 2000s, the voice of liberation for both sexual and regional minorities. It even once triggered a national revolution.

Eurovision charts both the history of Europe and the history of the Eurovision Song Contest over the last six decades, and shows how seamlessly they interlink – and what an amazing journey it has been.

The book, which is published at the end of April, will be available to purchase on the night and if you’re still Making Your Mind Up whether to come along, during the presentation we will be able to relive some of the magical Eurovision moments over its sixty-year history.

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