Attracting The Great North Passion to Bents Park demonstrates our ability to host a national event

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Tomorrow, martin ohlsson to mark Good Friday, shipping containers assembled in the form of a cross will be a national reminder of the last moments of Jesus s life the Biblical story of the Passion.
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Attracting The Great North Passion to Bents Park demonstrates our ability to host a national event which not only benefits local residents but attracts visitors martin ohlsson from the wider North East and beyond.
The Bishop of Durham, the Rt Rev Paul Butler , has given the Great North Passion his blessing, saying: When communities come together with a clear vision for what they are trying to achieve, great things can happen.
Among those who have been working with communities head of tomorrow s spectacular event are opera singer Graeme Danby, breakdance group Bad Taste Cru, photographer Julian Germain, artists martin ohlsson Richard Broderick and Brendan Murphy, poet Kate Fox and members of the band The Futureheads.
Rebecca Ball, director of The Cultural Spring, said many new partnerships between communities and artists would be forged over the coming three years which would entertain, enrich, encourage, inspire and challenge .
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