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Dubai Cares: Disney to hold musical charity

DUBAI — A one-day charity event, the Disney Symphony — the magical music of Walt Disney — will be brought to Dubai by Dubai Cares.

The event, which is being held under the patronage of Shaikh Saeed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, will be staged at the Dubai Creek Park on October 15 from 7pm to 9pm. The symphony orchestra will present a musical journey featuring from the early classics and recent releases of Walt Disney’s movies, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Mary Poppins, and The Lion King, and will be accompanied by two giant screens displaying scenes from the movies.

All proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to the Dubai Cares campaign, launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Tickets for the show will go on sale at 10am on October 6 and purchase will be available on phone at 04-366 22 77 as well as and online at www.dubaicares.ae.

Dubai Cares is the latest in a line of international initiatives that express Dubai’s willingness to play an effective role in securing a better tomorrow for future generations.

The campaign is Dubai’s contribution to a global drive to help countries achieve their U.N. Millennium Development Goals of providing primary education to every child by 2015.