Newsletter 4
With just 3 weeks to go before the opening concert January 8th 2010, we proudly present a big and varied program for the entire year. Besides we can present several television broadcasts from Ribe. It will also be possible to buy everything drinkable from water to wine as a tribute to the old town.
The program
The program consists of ca. 250 events from January 2nd to December 30th 2010. You can download the entire calendar for 2010 here:
http://ribe1300.dk/English/Calendar%20for%202010.aspx
The Ribe TV-Guide
During 2010 several programmes about Ribe will be broadcasted. At the Danish regional station, TV SYD, you can see three different Ribe-programs. They are broadcasted the 6th, 13th and 20th of January at 7.30 p.m. The programs show the nature, the Wadden Sea, the hidden Ribe with some of its most hidden and secret places – and of course they focus on the exciting history of Ribe. The programs will later be shown at TV SYD Plus.
During spring 2010 the national station, DR, shows “Perfect Day” (Smag på Danmark), where the renowned chef Claus Meyer cooks different historical dishes based on products from the Wadden Sea and the Ribe-area. This program will be broadcasted all over the world in the years to come.
Water, drams, beer and wine
Producers of beverages have been busy. Ribe Bryghus publishes Jubilæums Ale with ingredients inspired by traditional beer brewing. The ale is brewed on rye and barley, flavoured with wormwood, rowanberries, juniper berries and liquorice root. The percentage of alcohol is 6 %.
www.ribebryghus.dk
Den Lille Vinklub and Flassan Vin have allied themselves with the renowned wine producer Jean Marot, who presents the anniversary wine the 27th of February at Den Gamle Avlsgaard. They have imported a red wine and a white wine. The label was created by the artist Kirsten Rudiengaard.
www.flassan.dk and www.ribevinfestival.dk
Ridley is doing Ribes 1300 Anniversary Dram, where nuts and herbs are combined and seasoned inspired by the nature around the Wadden Sea with its open marshland. The seasoning is inspired by Viking favourites like wormwood and bog myrtle. The brew itself is made upon buckthorn and rounded with walnut.
ridley@ofir.dk
Due to the anniversary two companies, Company Water A / S and Jogros Catering A / S, have teamed up to produce and sell half-litre water bottles in favour of Ribe. For every bottle sold goes 50 øre to a common gift for the entire town: a painting to Ribe Kunstmuseum, which can be enjoyed from 2011.
www.ribe1300.dk via "Giv en gave til Ribe”.
See you in 2010!
Yours sincerely
Charlotte Lindhardt
Project coordinator
December 2009
Newsletter 3: Ribe celebrates its 1300 years anniversary
The jubilee is just around the corner! We are about to plan the final program with all the events. Ribe Turistbureau and Esbjerg Erhvervsudvikling print the program in co-operation with the jubilee. The program will be available in the end of 2009, both in print and at our homepage.
From the 15th of August the steering group will get a new chairman, Mads Stendorf, since Esbjerg Municipality has appointed him as a new head of Kultur & Fritid.
The work with The History of Ribe (will be published in Danish) has received 200.000 kr. as a donation from Fonden af 29. december 1967. and Ribe Bys Forskønnelseskomité has donated 10.000 kr. for an event in Ribe Plantation.
We have got several sponsorships, among them the company Ib Laursen ApS, who has chosen a gold sponsorship. This sponsorship provides support for a Wadden Sea Regatta and gala party for the citizens of Ribe. Besides
Ribe Fjernvarme Amba has chosen to support local events with a bronze sponsorship. All our funds and sponsorships are mentioned at our homepage.
The Festival for the people takes place 16th to 19th of June 2010. Wednesday is for children, where all young children from Esbjerg Municipality are invited to participate.
Thursday the 17th of June is reserved for Dancing in the streets. Everybody can participate, and we would like all groups with an interest in historic dancing to join us. It can be medieval dancing, renaissance dancing etc. The streets of Ribe shall be filled with dancers from all times.
Friday the 18th of June will be an eventful evening. The citizens of Ribe participate in a gala party. Tickets are sold at the Tourist Office. The surplus goes to charity. The evening will be memorable with an excellent five course dinner, dancing to the music from Big Band Ribe and a possibility to dress in your finest clothes.
Saturday the 19th of June we host a huge, free concert with Ribe All Stars, which consists of different renowned musicians and bands from Ribe.
Many new events are getting planned right now. Among those Big Band Ribe is planning a jazz concert with various tunes from Ribe-composers.
Ribe Byferie and the artist Bernd Hobohm are working on a 1x12 metres long outdoors painting showing the history of Ribe.
Ribe Byhistoriske Arkiv is publishing a photo book called 172 øjeblikke fra Ribe (172 Ribe Moments) showing pictures from the history of Ribe and focusing also on the new neighbourhoods in Ribe.
The theatre Den danske Skueplads is planning a play, Stub i Ribe, about the famous Danish author Ambrosius Stub. He is also the subject of another play by Thimes og NOF, called Julesamtale mellem Biskop Brorson og Ambrosius Stub – i Julen 1757.
Even thought Ribe Kunstmuseum right now is getting renovated, they are planning a special exhibition and a book called Kunstens Ribe (Art of Ribe). Ribe Kunstmuseum has moved to a temporary head quarter, while the renovation takes place.
Ribe Wine Festival is planning their annual festival in 2010, and they are also planning to sell a jubilee wine, with the logo of the jubilee and a label designed by the artist Kirsten Rudiengaard.
Ribe Katedralskole is arranging Fagenes Fest with fun activities showing the history of the school disciplines in history, chemistry, sports and much more. Besides they are planning an exhibition with Ribe Cathedral, showing their common almost 900 year old history.
Ribe is going to be on TV! Ribe will be on show in several broadcasts. The renowned chef, Claus Meyer, visits Ribe as part of the cooking show “Perfect Day”. Claus Meyer uses local ingredients and produce. The series displays famous Nordic chefs, and it is broadcasted in many countries all over the world. The previous series had more than 13 million viewers.
TVSYD is planning several broadcasts from Ribe. One of them shows the nature around Ribe and all the possibilities it provides. Another is about all the hidden secrets which are not normally visible for the citizens and tourists.
Besides head project coordinator Charlotte Lindhardt has been interviewed for the local TV-station, Familiekanalen.
All of the newsletters are available on our homepage in Danish, English and German.
Yours sincerely
Charlotte Lindhardt
Project coordinator
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