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Organizers say more than 3,000 events scheduled globally for Hans Christian Andersen jubilee
From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050301
Author:CHRISTIAN WIENBERG, Associated Press Writer
CHRISTIAN WIENBERG, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-01-2005
Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
More than 3,000 events have been scheduled worldwide for the bicentennial celebration of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark's famous fairy tale writer, organizers said Tuesday.
The events range from the unveiling of Andersen statues in Vietnam to fairy tale writing competitions in New York schools, to puppet theater performances in Australia.
"The world has joined in to celebrate Andersen," said organizer Christian Have. "It's a little fairy tale of its own."
Some of the events already have taken ...
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