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Charlotte
Waves Hello to New Year |
SINGING
sensation Charlotte Church led the Millennium celebrations in Wales
with an open air performance.
The teenager
performed two songs at the Calennig celebration in Cardiff city
centre.
Thousands
gathered in Cathays Park to listen to Charlotte and enjoy an
action-packed evening of entertainment.
She sang her
latest single Just Wave Hello which was broadcast around the world.
Charlotte refused the chance to perform for the Pope and President
Clinton to be in her home town for the Millennium.
Actor Ioan
Gruffudd lit the National Beacon and a spectacular firework display
greeted the Millennium in the sky above Cardiff Castle.
Across the city
the Manic Street Preachers thrilled more than 50,000 fans at the
Millennium Stadium in the largest indoor concert held in the UK.
The Manics
rounded off a great year, supported by Super Furry Animals, with a
spectacular performance.
But the concert
suffered a minor setback when fans were delayed entry for about 20
minutes after the electronic gates system failed.
Beacons lit up
the skyline across the country and party-goers flooded onto the
streets in towns and villages.
But it was not
such a happy time for 300 families who were left without electricity
due to a faulty transformer at about 6pm.
The problem
affected homes in the Porthmadog area. Manweb engineers were hoping
to locate the damaged lines and restore supplies before midnight.
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