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| Aberdeen is lit up by Barrymore | Aberdeen is lit up by Barrymore |
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| Television entertainer Michael Barrymore has switched on Aberdeen's main Christmas light display. | Television entertainer Michael Barrymore has switched on Aberdeen's main Christmas light display. |
| He took time out from final rehearsals for the city's musical Scrooge for the Union Street event. | He took time out from final rehearsals for the city's musical Scrooge for the Union Street event. |
| Barrymore, who has appeared in Strike it Lucky and Celebrity Big Brother, was in a horse-drawn carriage at the front of the annual Christmas parade. | Barrymore, who has appeared in Strike it Lucky and Celebrity Big Brother, was in a horse-drawn carriage at the front of the annual Christmas parade. |
| It left from Albyn Place on Sunday evening and the lights switched on as the procession passed underneath them. | |
| Mr Barrymore said: "I'm delighted to be joining the Lady Provost in celebrating the launch of this year's Festive Aberdeen programme by helping switch on the Christmas lights. | Mr Barrymore said: "I'm delighted to be joining the Lady Provost in celebrating the launch of this year's Festive Aberdeen programme by helping switch on the Christmas lights. |
| "Of course, Ebenezer Scrooge wouldn't dream of getting involved in anything that was such fun - so let's hope he's been left at home." | "Of course, Ebenezer Scrooge wouldn't dream of getting involved in anything that was such fun - so let's hope he's been left at home." |
| Mr Barrymore was joined by the Lady Provost Helen Reynolds and three-year-old Joe Noble, who had a liver transplant last year. | Mr Barrymore was joined by the Lady Provost Helen Reynolds and three-year-old Joe Noble, who had a liver transplant last year. |