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| Norfolk and Norwich Festival launched with giant dominoes topple | |
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| More than 7,000 block dominoes toppled their way over a city-wide route to mark the start of the 250th Norfolk and Norwich Festival. | More than 7,000 block dominoes toppled their way over a city-wide route to mark the start of the 250th Norfolk and Norwich Festival. |
| The installation, by artist Julian Maynard Smith, took more than 200 volunteers three days to put in place over a 1.6-mile (2.5km) course that snaked through the centre of Norwich. It tumbled, watched by thousands of people, in about 30 minutes on Friday evening. | The installation, by artist Julian Maynard Smith, took more than 200 volunteers three days to put in place over a 1.6-mile (2.5km) course that snaked through the centre of Norwich. It tumbled, watched by thousands of people, in about 30 minutes on Friday evening. |
| The work, which has been replicated across cities of the world since 2009, grew out of an initial idea to connect boroughs of London. | The work, which has been replicated across cities of the world since 2009, grew out of an initial idea to connect boroughs of London. |
| He said the whole purpose of the performance was to make people look afresh at their environment. | He said the whole purpose of the performance was to make people look afresh at their environment. |