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参赛短文题目: Glastonbury festivals

    Have you ever felt lazy and bored in the summer? Do you want to find somewhere exciting to go? Every summer in the south-west of England, a small village will quickly turn into the location of one of the biggest rock and performing arts festivals in the world in a short time.

    The Glastonbury festivals first began in 1970 .Officially known as the annual Glastonbury Festival for Contemporary Performing Arts, the pageant is located near the small village of Pilton in Somerset. At first people only needed to pay one pound for the ticket which also included free milk from the farm.

    This festival is described as the biggest greenfield festival in the world. It normally lasts for about 3 days and features rock music, dancing, comedy, theatre and circus. Other types of music played may be, alternative rock, India rock, Punk Rock, reggae and folk music. The festival is very dependent on the weather. If it rains, the ground turns into a sea of mud and there is chaos.You can see people dancing in the muddy field happily.Feel strange? But that is what thousands of young people will be doing every summer in the UK.

    The artists there are all big names.such as Kaiser Chiefs, Ash, Ian Brown and Bjork. There will also be some new talents on show.Needless to say,the scene are full of crazy fans that overwhelmed by the atmosphere.

    As the size of the festival continually increases, so does the price of admission. Now entrance tickets are increasing in price. The tickets of this year were sold out within 3 days.But the founder of the festival donates a great deal of money to charities. What is more, at the festival there is more and more emphasis on being friendly to the environment.

    One of the most impressive part of this fastivals are the tents.Most festival-goers would stay in the tents.and experience camping life. Any abandoned tents found there will be donated to the "Give Me Shelter" campaign. At the festival site, all energy is from solar and wind power.

    At Glastonbury this year the " I Count" campaign starts. This encourages people to reduce the production of carbon dioxide in their daily activities: "Together we can cool it" .These festivals not only work for charity, but also call for everybody to participate actively in protecting the environment.

    The Glastonbury Festivals have become an English tradition.apealing thousands of people to see this grand festivals.