Dundee

FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2009

Dundee's contemporary culture and innovative past was illuminated in a free event being held as part of the nation's Homecoming Scotland Finale Celebrations, and to mark the city's new ‘One City, Many Discoveries' identity.

A visual feast, set to mix audiovisual displays and music against a backdrop of street art, performances and story telling, Dundee's Winter Light Night took place on Friday 27 November 2009, beginning with a Torchlight Procession through the city centre and culminating with a fireworks display set to music.

Projections and lights illuminated the city as visitors move around the city centre which will become the stage for the evening with the performance area stretching from the Wellgate, City Square/Overgate area to the McManus Galleries and the city's Cultural Quarter.

A programme of entertainment ran throughout the evening with performances including contemporary circus outfit No Fit State, techno-ceilidh band The Grouse Beaters, the award-winning Puppet Lab and Dundee-based performance group Showcase the Street.

Visitors could also discover Dundee's pioneering past with the Heritage Trail, and witness a dazzling reconstruction of how local inventor James Bowman Lindsay may have discovered incandescent light with a live Revealing Research demonstration.

Local performers from St John's RC High School and the Scottish Youth Dance Theatre got  in on the act, and Margaret Mather's Showtime set the feet tapping.

Winter Light Night celebrations continued into the night with extended opening of the city's cultural buildings including the DCA, Sensation Science Centre and Discovery Point, late night shopping and a host of venues holding special nights and events. Local radio stations Radio Tay and Wave 102 also got involved, broadcasting from the city centre on the night. Winter Light Night was also the first showcase of the city's 2009 Christmas lights.

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