Communicated by GPO Jerusalem, 17 March 1998 The "Jubilee Chimes" Event Main details Approximately 5,000 people are expected to participate in "Jubilee Chimes", the main event of Israel's 50th anniversary celebrations on 30 April, at 20:30 hours, at Givat Ram Stadium, Jerusalem. "Jubilee Chimes" will open with a state ceremony under the aegis of President Ezer Weizman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Dan Tichon. The artistic show will begin at the end of the ceremony. The entire event is planned as a television show, effectively making the Givat Ram stadium a giant television studio, in which the audience shall form an integral part of the television show. The events producer is Shuki Weiss. The emcee will be Israeli television personality Haim Yavin. The show is composed of excerpts and pictures dealing with different aspects of Israel's history and the Jewish experience during the past 50 years. The stage will be provided by Stage Co., and as is the custom with the giant shows done abroad, multimedia, giant screens, laser shows, special effects and recorded television segments will be combined in the event. The event will be filmed in multi camera, 11 cameras directed by Chris Sven in partnership with the Israeli director Benny Carmeli. Chris Sven has directed Pavarotti in Hyde Park, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo in Vienna, Paul McCarthy in London as well as other giant shows throughout the world. Benny Carmeli is a permanent director of the Dan Shilon television show in Israel. The event will be broadcast live through satellite and optic cable to television stations in Israel, Europe and the United States and to dozens of Jewish communities throughout the world. The complex television production and broadcasts will be produced by Omri Meron of April Com Company. Hundreds of media people, print, radio and television journalists from all over the world will cover the event. A communications center will be established at the stadium which will enable journalists to broadcast directly via satellite in real time, as well as to tape selections from the event. The Foreign Ministry will send a list of VIPs attending the event in the next few days. US Vice President Al Gore, who will head a 100 member delegation of visitors and senior American journalists, has already confirmed his attendance. Tickets for the event will be available for purchase by the public at ticket agencies starting from April 1, 1998.