Fame re-enactment in Shoreditch

Being in Essex when the word re-enactment is mentioned I tend to think of gun powder and men dressed up as Oliver Cromwell, Brentwood being home to a very active Sealed Knot group. There are also several civil war groups and medieval guys and gals all dressing up every weekend to show us how life used to be.

Today I was contacted by James Allen with a different kind of re enactment in mind featuring one of our most famous Essex Girls, Denise Van Outen. You can see the trailer here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwmMx1IZPg

Yes, its time to get the leotards and leg warmers out again!

The public are set to get their ‘15 minutes of Fame’ as Denise Van
Outen leads a cast of thousands in the UK’s biggest ever movie scene
recreation for film channel TCM’s ‘Capture Your Classic’.
Bringing together people from across the country, the event will see
Denise, dancers and members of the public recreate the famous street
dance scene from iconic 80s movie, ‘Fame’, live on Sunday, July 12th
2009 at 1pm.

An area in London’s Shoreditch will be transformed into a dramatic
New York streetscape, where thousands of members of the public are
invited to don their leg warmers and participate in this free
and unique opportunity which will be choreographed by
Aicha Mckenzie and televised on TCM.

Joining Denise and fans of Fame will be another surprise celebrity
who will be announced on the day. All those who participate will
have their ‘15 minutes’ with the event being filmed and shown on the
channel as part of a ‘Fame Night’ special on 30th July from 8.30pm
which includes a behind the scenes programme of the event as well
as the film itself at 9pm.

‘Capture Your Classic’ is a nationwide competition inviting film
fans to submit video recreations to WWW.TCMUK.TV/CYC of famous film
scenes, as voted in a nationwide survey.
The winner will receive return flights to LA, with accommodation,
VIP tickets to the TCM film festival in Hollywood, and £1000 spending
money.

Fashion brand UNIQLO has partnered with TCM to bring cool style to
the ‘FAME’ recreation, and will be offering those taking part a 20%
discount between 8th and 12th July. Discount vouchers will be
available in-store and via UNIQLO’s online newsletter.

To participate, simply log on to WWW.TCMUK.TV/CYC for full details
of timings and a location map.

When my wag sees this she will be practising in the garden with her
sisters  

Watch out Shoreditch, here we come  

Sarah

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