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YMCA brightens up a cloudy Greenbelt

Over the past few years Ken Montgomery, YMCA England's North East Regional Secretary, and his team have built the YMCA's presence at the festival from a single marquee to a small village packed with attractions to stimulate visiting festival goers in mind, body and spirit.

One of the highlights of the YMCA's Greenbelt 2004 activities was a series of performances featuring young people from emerging eastern European YMCAs.

The triple-bill featured a quirky puppet show from a Bulgarian YMCA team, a selection of favourite pop songs performed by a team of singers from Moscow, and a stunning mime by a talented troupe from the Ukraine.

The twenty-minute performance 'What is your name?' was devised and performed by the theatre group Yabluko, part of YMCA Ukraine.

This emotional piece of theatre tells the story of Queen front man Freddie Mercury and his death from AIDS, and of four other people who contracted HIV in the same year as the singer.

The YMCA's 24 hour cafe was packed by the end of both performances, on Saturday and Monday morning, full of passing Greenbelters, drawn into the tent to get a closer look at the passionate performance.
More about Yabluko here

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