HUNGARY: Santa parachutes into Budapest ice-skating rink and gives a rap concert for underprivileged children

Record ID: 640866

  • Title: HUNGARY: Santa parachutes into Budapest ice-skating rink and gives a rap concert for underprivileged children
  • Date: 12th December 2005
  • Summary: (L!1) BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (RECENT - DECEMBER 4, 2005) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) NIGHT VIEW BEHIND HEROES SQUARE PAN TO CITY PARK ICE-SKATING RINK SKATERS ON RINK (2 SHOTS) PARACHUTER FLYING DOWN AND LANDING BEHIND ICE-RINK, WOMAN SIGNALLING IT'S NOT SANTA BUT ONE OF HIS BOGEY-MEN SANTA ARRIVING ON PARACHUTE AND LANDING, CHILDREN RUNNING TOWARDS HIM SANTA WITH PARACHUTE GEAR SANTA WAVING AND GOING UP ON STAGE CHILDREN SCREAMING AND CLAPPING CHILDREN CLINGING TO SANTA, SOUNDBITE OF PRESENTER: "You are not the real Santa Claus, my God, who are you?" 'SANTA', LEAD SINGER OF 'DOPEMAN' BAND, SINGING RAP SONG 'ME AND MY LITTLE BROTHER' GIRLS IN SANTA HATS DANCING TO MUSIC CHILDREN SCREAMING AND BLOWING WHISTLES DOPEMAN BAND ON STAGE PLAYING RAP CHILDREN LOOKING AND MOVING TO RAP MUSIC (2 SHOTS) CHILDREN UP ON STAGE WITH BAND AND RAP DANCING (3 SHOTS) CHILDREN WAVING AND CLAPPING WITH MODEL OF GIANT SANTA IN THE BACKGROUND CLOSE OF GIANT SANTA DECORATION PEOPLE ICE-SKATING (4 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 27th December 2005 12:00
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  • Location: Hungary
  • Country: Hungary
  • Topics: Lifestyle
  • Reuters ID: LVACWLOUOQ3FSKJVBQ2AQLAIXKOY
  • Story Text: As all performers know, making a big entrance is important, so when Santa arrived at an ice-skating rink in Budapest, he took the advice to heart.
    Leaving behind his customary sleigh, Santa and his bogey-man parachuted from the sky. As members of the Hungarian Stunt Association, they landed at the City Park ice-skating rink as part of a charity event for under-privileged children, many of them from Budapest's Roma minority.
    Santa then took to the stage to a frenzied welcome from the children. But it didn't take long before the audience realised that the Santa on stage was no stuntman but in fact the front man of Hungarian rap band, the Dopeman.
    The show was a huge success among the children who followed the concert screaming and dancing along with the music. At the end, some of them were invited up on stage to join the band in rap dancing.
    The Budapest City Park Ice-Skating Rink will have more Santas during the festivities. The rink is one of the most popular winter venues of the city ever since it opened at the end of the 19th century, built on part of the City Lake. It is one of the largest and oldest open-air ice-skating rinks in Europe.
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