Celebrations planned across the Consulate's jurisdiction,
complementing global celebrations
NEW
YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Superstar DJ
Mark Ronson will be headlining Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum
Jubilee celebration in New York
with a silent disco at the Lincoln Center, hosted by the British
Consulate General in New York.
The Saturday 4 June event will also feature leading British DJ
Gemma Cairney, and is part of a series events across New York and Philadelphia and across the US in May and June
to celebrate 70 years of Her Majesty The Queen's service. In
addition to the VIP reception and silent disco (enjoyed via
wireless headphones instead of a speaker system), the Consulate
General will co-host a Garden Party and tree planting ceremony at
the Queen Elizabeth II Garden in Lower Manhattan (25 May); a United
Nations Queen's Platinum Jubilee cricket match on the UN lawn in
Turtle Bay, Manhattan (9 June);
and a Queen's Green Canopy tree planting event in Philadelphia, PA (14 June).
In February 2022, Her Majesty the
Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum
Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the
United Kingdom and the
Commonwealth. The Queen has ruled for longer than any other
Monarch in British history, undertaking over 260 official visits
overseas, including nearly 100 State Visits.
The host of the events, Her Majesty's Trade Commissioner for
North America and British
Consul-General to New York Emma Wade-Smith OBE said:
"Her Majesty The Queen's unprecedented Platinum
Jubilee is a central element of an exciting year for British
culture and creativity. In New
York, we have planned activities to pay tribute to Her
Majesty, celebrate the international cooperation that flourishes
thanks to her dedicated service, and to celebrate with all our
friends."
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts President and CEO
Henry Timms noted:
"We're honored to join the international celebration and mark
this milestone of Her Majesty The Queen. As both an Englishman
and a New Yorker, I'm always thrilled when we have occasion to host
British artists at Lincoln Center. And there is no better occasion
than The Queen's Platinum Jubilee."
Luke Parker Bowles, Director, The
Queen Elizabeth II September
11th Garden noted:
"The garden was founded to reflect the long history, shared
friendship, common causes, and sacrifices of the people of the
United Kingdom, the Commonwealth,
and the United States of America.
Since Her Majesty allowed us to name the park after her, came to
Manhattan to open it and continues
to show her support along with our patron, His Royal Highness, The
Prince of Wales, it is such a pleasure to be bringing our
communities together at a place of such special significance to
mark this wonderful occasion."
This celebration, alongside others across the US including a
Garden Party in Washington DC,
will be taking place alongside a series of events in the UK, which
include an extensive programme of public events, mixing traditional
British pageantry with community celebrations. This will
include The Queen's Birthday Parade, the lighting of Platinum
Jubilee Beacons, A Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, The 'Platinum Party at
the Palace', The Big Jubilee Lunch, bringing communities together
across the country, and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, featuring
artistic performers, dancers, musicians, military personnel and key
workers telling the story of The Queen's reign in a festival
of creativity.
British-American DJ Mark Ronson has received seven Grammy
Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Gemma Cairney is a Rose d'Or and Sony Award
winning BBC DJ. Information for free tickets to the Platinum
Jubilee Silent Disco on 4 June may be found at:
https://summerforthecity.org/.
This event is also supported by the GREAT
Britain and Northern Ireland campaign (GREAT), the
UK's international promotional program that encourages the world to
visit, study, live and do business with the UK. For more
information on the British Consulate General New York please follow
us on Instagram: @ukinnewyork, Twitter: @ukinnewyork, or Facebook:
UKinUSA
For more information, please
contact:
Toby Usnik, Head of
Communications, British Consulate-General New York
Toby.Usnik@fcdo.gov.uk
Leah Johnson, Chief Communications
Officer, Lincoln Center
ljohnson@lincolncenter.org
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