Ground Breaking Event Great Success
Yesterday’s ground breaking ceremony was a great success. Friends and Patrons of Northern Ballet Theatre, supporters of our building project as well as members of the Board, staff and dancers from NBT and Phoenix gathered together on Quarry Hill in central Leeds to witness the ground breaking ceremony.
As the sun shone down Andrew Carter, Leader of Leeds City Council got proceedings underway with the ceremonial shovel and both Andrew and Andy Carver, Executive Director of Arts Council England, Yorkshire, gave speeches celebrating the partnerships coming together to make one of the most important cultural developments for Leeds a reality. Dancers David Ward and Rym Kechacha dressed in costumes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream enjoyed clambouring all over the JCB digger – I think everyone wanted to have a go at driving it but common sense prevailed. Mark Skipper spoke on behalf of everyone at NBT when he thanked all our partners and supporters who have given so generously to make our dream a reality. It does mean so much to us. You can add your support by donating through www.building-momentum.co.uk
Here’re some photos from the event taken by Lisa Stonehouse…
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- David & Rym complete their audition for “Diggers – The Musical”
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- Dancers, members of staff and the Board of Directors from NBT reflect on all the hard work that has taken place to get to this point
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- Andy Carver adds his thoughts to the proceedings
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- Supporters of the project gather on site for the ground breaking ceremony
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- NBT Friends and Patrons join us for the ceremony. We really value their support.
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- (Back) Rym Kechacha & David Ward; (Front, left to right) Chris Bailey – Leeds Met, Cllr Bernard Atha – NBT, Mark Skipper – NBT, Andrew Carter – Leeds City Council, Andy Carver – Arts Council England, Yorkshire, Ana Lujan Sanchez – Phoenix, Richard Wilson – Phoenix, Nigel Hall – Jacobs Architecture, Phil Harrison – Wates Construction
