Did you know?

THE Liverpool Launch of Capital Of Culture 2008's live outdoor production required:-

* Four cranes including a 150 foot and 250 foot crane to form part of the show

* Four performing forklifts

* 50 km of cable

* 60 tonnes of containers

* 100 tonnes of staging and structures

* 80 tonnes of lighting

* 14 tonnes of speakers

* One km of performance space

* Four km fibre optic cable

* 15 camera's

* Two 40 by 40 foot projection screens and a 10 metre sq LED screen

* Event personnel of 250 doing over 40,000 hours of work to create and build the show

The show included:-

* 600 local people including 20 guitarists, choirs and school children

* 40 aerial performers

* The choirs are assembled from Liverpool Philharmonic Community Gospel Choir, One Voice Community Choir, ACCORD Community Gospel Choir, Sound Central Community Singers, Formby High Midnight Voices, One Heart Singers

* Choir Director and vocal arrangement:- Tyndale Thomas. Sopranos; Kadria Thomas, Debbie Jones, Lisa Smith. Additional vocals:- Yvonne Shelton, Zena Taylor, Mark McKenzie, Stuart Bell

* Pupils from Pleasant St (Toxteth) and St Christopher's (Speke) primary schools.

* Running time:- 40 minutes

* 50+ St Johns Ambulance Staff

Just to name some of the many things requires!