Nintendo UK comes on board to support this year’s Autumn Windsor Festival!
Windsor, 22nd September 2011 - The Windsor Festival, one of the UK’s leading arts, literary and cultural events, is delighted to announce that Nintendo UK, based locally in Central Windsor, has come on board as Festival Partner for this year’s Autumn Windsor Festival – running from Saturday 17th September to Sunday 2nd October.
This year’s programme of events will include performances by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Yuki Ito (winner of the Windsor Festival International String Competition 2011), the National Youth Jazz Orchestra along with appearances from author Michael Morpurgo and Olivier award winning actress and singer Janie Dee.
David Yarnton, UK General Manager at Nintendo UK, said: “Nintendo is proud to be in a position to offer our support to what has developed into a truly remarkable cultural event. The Windsor Festival team have worked tirelessly to create an event that gives back to the local community and this is our opportunity to support them in this endeavour. We look forward to developing this partnership further during the months ahead and continuing to promote what our historical town has to offer.”
Martin Denny, Windsor Festival Director, said: “We are delighted to be welcoming on board an internationally recognised company such as Nintendo. They have generously offered us their support and enabled the team to provide an eclectic and entertaining programme to suit all tastes. Based in Windsor themselves, they have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the local community and I hope the Festival will provide them with a platform to further develop this. We greatly look forward to working with Nintendo throughout the Festival and exploring new avenues of development with them over the coming months.”
The partnership provides additional benefits for audiences at this year’s Festival with the Nintendo team attending both Jazz in the Park with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra on Saturday 17th September and Michael Morpurgo’s talk about his internationally acclaimed novel, War Horse, on Tuesday 27th September. Audiences will get the opportunity to try out Nintendo’s game-changing Nintendo 3DS console and get their hands on the latest games, such as family favourites The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D TM , nintendogs™ + cats and Pilotwings Resort TM.
The full 2011 programme and all booking information is available at www.windsorfestival.com, or from the Box Office on 01753 714 364.
Alternatively, you can contact the Windsor Festival Press Office for further information and imagery:
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About Nintendo:
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii(tm) home console, Nintendo 3DS(tm) and Nintendo DS(tm) family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System(tm), Nintendo has sold more than 3.7 billion video games and more than 600 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi(tm) and Nintendo DSi(tm)XL, as well as the Game Boy(tm), Game Boy Advance(tm), Super NES(tm), Nintendo® 64 and Nintendo GameCube(tm) systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario(tm), Donkey Kong(tm), Metroid(tm), Zelda(tm) and Pokémon(tm). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in Europe. http://www.nintendo-europe.com/
About Windsor Festival
Celebrating music, literature and the arts, Windsor Festival has been bringing an explosion of colour and culture to the Royal Borough since 1969. The Festival offers a unique entertainment and educational experience, while enhancing community, social and commercial interests. It is a time for celebration and a delightful way for Windsor and the surrounding area to experience the arts at the end of the summer.