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Global Smurfs Day hits the Earth on 25 June!
By InCinemas / 24 Jun 2011 (Friday)
[Find out how you can benefit from Global Smurfs Day in Singapore Below!]
Celebrate the Birthday of Peyo, the Creator of the Smurfs, with Smurfy Events Around the World and Attempt to Break the Guinness World Records™ Title for Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Smurfs within a 24-hour period (multiple venues)!
[Latest Movie Trailer of The Smurfs Included]
On Saturday, June 25, 2011, in celebration of the birthday of Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs (born June 25, 1928), Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation will coordinate events all over the world as part of Global Smurfs Day, a worldwide event in anticipation of the release of the Smurfs’ trip to movie theaters, it was announced today by Marc Weinstock, president, Worldwide Marketing for Sony Pictures. Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s The Smurfs will be released in theaters in Singapore on 1 September 2011.
Commenting on the announcement, Weinstock said, “There are few characters as iconic as The Smurfs – for more than 50 years, they have been icons of popular culture, appealing across generations. Peyo’s creation endures, and that’s why Global Smurfs Day is a fitting way to celebrate his birthday.”
In Singapore, we are celebrating this day at all Cathay Cineplexes,
offering Smurfs popcorn combo sets at S$9.00 each. Each set comes with a
pack of blue popcorn, a blue drink and an exclusive Smurf premium.
While stocks last!
Come on down tomorrow at all Cathay Cineplexes and join us in the celebration of the Global Smurfs Day! Let's all wear blue T-Shirt and speak Smurfs language tomorrow! This is so Smurf-citing!
[Latest Movie Trailer of The Smurfs]
THE SMURFS opens in theatres on 1 September 2011 and is also available in 3D!
[Additional Information]
On Global Smurfs Day, as participants enjoy fun Smurf-related activities
in cities worldwide, they will be invited and encouraged to come to the
events in Smurf costume in an attempt to set a new Guinness World
Records™ title for Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Smurfs within a
24-hour period in Multiple Venues. The events will be synchronized
around the world – this will see the most Smurfs that have ever been
gathered at the same time. To achieve recognition from Guinness World
Records™ the global events must collectively add up to more than 2,510
Smurfs.
Adjudicators from Guinness World Records™ will be on hand in 12
cities around the world as it is expected that hundreds of participants
in each city will come to the event dressed as Smurfs (white Smurf hat,
white pants and shoes, and body painted blue). While all are being
asked to arrive at the event in head-to-toe Smurf costume, each event
will have Smurfs hats and blue T-shirts available. [Cont'd below]
[Check out The Global Smurfs Day Featurette!]
[Cont'd] Among the
cities participating in the record attempt as part of Global Smurfs Day
are Brussels, Belgium (Peyo’s home country); Athens, Greece;
Scheveningen (The Hague), Holland; Dublin, Ireland; Mexico City, Mexico;
Panama City, Panama; Warsaw, Poland; Moscow, Russia; Johannesburg,
South Africa; New York, USA; and London, UK. Events include a Smurfs
Experience in London as The O2 is turned into The “O-Blue" and a family
event at New York’s “Smurf Street Blueport” (a/k/a South Street
Seaport); also, Peyo’s family will be on hand to join in the fun in
their home country of Belgium.
(You may also visit http://www.globalsmurfsday.com/ for more information)
In addition, there will be Global
Smurf Day events in many other locations around the world. For
example, in Spain, the village of Júzcar, in the province of Malaga –
one of the famous White Towns of Andalusia, renowned for their
characteristic whitewashed walls – will kick off the celebrations by
painting the entire town blue for the occasion. In addition,
“life-size” (that is, 7½-inch tall) Smurf figurines will inhabit Paris’s
Trocadero Terrace (in front of the Eiffel Tower), the main square in
Reykjavik, Iceland, Bogotá, Colombia’s El Dorado International Airport,
and high-traffic areas in Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland.
In Taiwan,
the landmark Red House will be transformed into a “Blue House,”
populated by Smurf figurines. In Copenhagen, Denmark, the event will be
at the Tivoli Gardens amusement park, where participants can enjoy face
painting, dance-alongs, and more fun-filled events. And in Los
Angeles, at Santa Monica Place, there will be a celebration of Peyo’s
birthday with Smurfy activities.
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