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Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM (GMT)
The 7 Wonders in 7 Days Charity Auction and Tweetup is a charity event raising funds for 7 Wonders in 7 days, a round-the-world charity fundraising trip taking place in September 2009. Read the full social media news release.
Come along for an evening of fun and entertainment at the Living Room, Deansgate, Manchester.
There’s plenty planned for the night, from a fun charity auction to live music from award winning cellist and pioneer of contemporary music, Peter Gregson.
Widely read comic fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett OBE has sent a signed book for the auction. The celebrated author best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels has sent a signed copy of his children’s novel, A Hat Full of Sky.
Sir Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. He is patron of Alzheimer’s Research Trust, one of the charities being supported by the 7 Wonders in 7 Days trip and has sold 65 million books worldwide.
Peter Gregson fuses contemporary and classical music with contemporary digital culture, in March he performed at Twitter's offices in San Francisco. He also performed at Twestival. More recently, in April he performed at the Classic FM Live concert at a sold out Royal Albert Hall.
Peter Gregson won the prestigious Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland award in November 2008 and was recently the cellist on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s revolutionary HyperBow project.
Manchester-based old skool vinyl supremo, Widdy will be providing some chilled laid back tunes in between Peter's sets and the charity auction.
TIMETABLE
18:00 Doors open
19:00 Peter Gregson live performance - first set
19:30 Charity Auction
20:15 Break and networking
20:30 Peter Gregson live performance - second set
21:00 More networking and dancing? Stay as late as you like!
What is 7 Wonders in 7 Days?
On 9th September 2009, (9/09/09) Chi-chi Ekweozor will set off to see all 7 new wonders of the world in 7 Days, raising £777,000 for 7 charities.
The trip, inspired by her grandmother’s death from complications arising from Alzheimer’s Disease, is being planned and chronicled at www.7wondersin7days.com using social media like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, last.fm and YouTube.
It has already gained support from social media industry luminaries like @twitchhiker, the first person to travel half way across the world using Twitter and Mashable, the Social Media Guide.
The 7 charities being supported through 7 Wonders in 7 Days are:
If you are on Twitter you can get involved with planning the trip by sending a tweet sharing which of the 7 new wonders of the world you would visit tomorrow if you could!
The 7 new wonders of the world are:
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Great Wall of China, Republic of China
Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Peru
Petra, Jordan
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
About Chi-chi Ekweozor
Chi-chi Ekweozor is the founder of Manchester-based social media consultancy Real Fresh TV. Find out more at www.realfresh.tv
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Via Michelin | GoogleFrom 10th October 2010 - 10/10/10 - I will visit the new 7 wonders of the world in 7 days, raising 777,000 pounds for 7 charities. It's a big task (some say 'impossible') and I need your help.
Please support the campaign at www.7wondersin7days.com
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