The Proms at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport suggested "that the Proms was one of several big cultural events that many people did not feel comfortable attending" and advocated an increase in multicultural works and an effort to broaden the audience. Her comments received wide criticism in the musical world and media as being a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the Proms, with Gordon Brown even distancing himself from her remarks. In the 2009 season, which ran from 17 July to 12 September 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. The principal anniversary composers
Blue of the Night Blue of the Night Blue of the Night is a 1932 Mack Sennett Star Comedy (No. S3628) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Leslie Pearce. This was the last of the six short films Crosby made for Mack Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Six shorts were made by Crosby for Mack Sennett, of which were four filmed in a three-month period in 1931 and two in 1932. The shorts were: After filming the first four shorts in 1931, Crosby went to New York and enjoyed great success on the radio and through live appearances