Lee Chin, Blaithlin Ennis and Michael D’Arcy Champion the ‘Three Sisters 2020’ Bid and call on the people of Wexford to share their Vision to win the Title
Lead singer of Corner Boy Michael D’Arcy, jewelry designer Bláithín Ennis and Wexford GAA star Lee Chin are calling on the people of Wexford to share their vision for the European capital of Culture 2020 in order to help win the title.
Four regions in Ireland are currently competing for the European Capital of Culture title for 2020. The South East region of Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny under the Three Sisters 2020 banner are putting their best foot forward to win the title which has a €1.5 million prize along with the prestigious title. To win this title, the people of the region need to demonstrate their ambition and desire to host the Capital of Culture in 2020 but sharing their ideas and vision for a proposed calendar of cultural events which would take place here in 2020.
Bláithín Ennis from Gorey is a graduate of NCAD. Having done an internship with internationl designer Diane Von Furstenberg in New York, Bláithín firmly settled on jewellery design and has since had her pieces worn by some of the worlds international stars including Nicole Scherzinger.
In her video for the Three Sisters 2020 Bid Bláithín shares her pride in Wexford and appeals to the people of Wexford and beyond to join her and to do their ‘Bit for the Bid’ by logging onto the threesisters2020.ie website to share their vision for what they would like to see take place in Wexford if the region were to win the European title for 2020. She is joined by Corner Boy lead singer Michael D’Arcy and Wexford GAA star Lee Chin who also share their passion for a win in the campaign.
Speaking about his passion for Wexford and his desire to see the Three Sisters Bid being successful, Michael D’Arcy says that, one of his fondest memories of Wexford and of how Wexford people can collaborate was the Wexford hurling team homecoming of 1996. “The spirit and the sense of energy in Wexford and the people of Wexford during that week was incredible.” It is that energy that Michael asks the people of Wexford to re-ignite to get behind the Three Sisters 2020 title Bid. Michael says, “Part of the judging criteria for this title will be how the people of the region have demonstrated that they really want to be the European Capital of Culture so it’s really important that we don’t miss out on this opportunity to share what an amazing place we live in with the rest of Europe and open the doors to substantial European funding for Culture and the Arts in Wexford.”
GAA star Lee Chin is also championing the Bid and asking the people of Wexford join him. Lee speaks about his passion for hurling. He tells of his passion to share the game and its heritage at a more international level and the platform of the European Capital of Culture to share the experience of hurling all across Europe.
The people of the region have just a matter of weeks to log onto ThreeSisters2020.ie and share their idea or sign the petition, as the Bid will be submitted by late-September. Social media users can also show their support by following @3Sisters2020 on Twitter and Three Sisters 2020 on Facebook and Instagram.
The Irish winners will be named in mid 2016, leaving at least three years to prepare for the year of designation in 2020 and the European Union provides funding of €1.5 million for the winners by way of the Melina Mercouri prize.For further details see www.threesisters2020.ie