<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=4>On Saturday <B>WOMADelaide</B> baked, but as the weather cooled today the enthusiasm of the crowd merely grew. By the time Bollywood legend <B>Asha Bhosle</B> and the <B>Kronos Quartet</B> took to Stage One with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s <B>Wu Man</B> for a mesmerising set at 7:15pm on Sunday evening, a massive throng of almost 18,000 people had gathered to see them.<BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=4>In <B>2007</B>, <B>record attendances</B> of <B>78,000</B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=4>over the weekend show that that WOMADelaide’s popularity continues to grow.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT size=4>As <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Botanic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> hosts the global groove of WOMADelaide, organisers are celebrating record sales.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since it’s inception in 1992, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Adelaide</st1:place></st1:City> audiences have been passionate supporters of the event.<BR>Not only that, Premier Mike Rann announced that the event would be in the city well beyond 2009 and that it could be expanded into other parkland areas.<BR><BR>Read the full story here:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21364098-5006301,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21364098-5006301,00.html</A></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>