Go Sailing Down to Rio in Travel Film Adventure at The Bushnell
Come celebrate Carnaval with The Bushnell’s second Travel Film of the season
November 11, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
Hartford, CT – October 23, 2007 – At 150,000 tons the Queen Mary 2 is the longest, tallest, widest, biggest ocean liner of the world. To commemorate her launch in 2004 the Queen Mary 2 went on a voyage to Rio de Janeiro for the largest party on earth, Carnaval. The voyage duplicates a legendary journey of the S.S. Normandie in 1939, one of the most remembered voyages of the 20th century. Come experience this historic journey with guest lecturer Doug Jones at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. The engagement is part of the William H. Mortensen Travel Film Series and will be presented in The Bushnell’s Maxwell and Ruth Belding Theater.
Tickets for the Sailing Down to Rio – On the Queen Mary 2 are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting The Bushnell Box Office at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.bushnell.org. Groups of 10 or more should call (860) 987-5959. Tickets are $7.50.
Sailing from Fort Lauderdale, Queen Mary 2 stops in St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands then sails to the Southern Hemisphere arriving in the Portuguese colonial capital of Salvador de Bahai. Along the way travel overnight to the Amazon River and Iguazu Falls. Queen Mary 2 arrives in Rio just as Carnaval begins.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell is Connecticut’s premier performing arts center, hosting more than 350 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. The Bushnell is home to two theaters- the historic 2,800-seat Mortensen Hall, and the 907-seat Belding Theater, a state-of-the-art performance hall that opened in 2001. The Bushnell’s nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), now in its 14th year, is a cross-community educational effort serving 22 schools in 12 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.