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Electric violinists FUSE performed at the British Red Cross International Fundraising Committee Gala Ball on Wednesday 10th June. Linzi Stoppard and Ben Lee (FUSE) performed excerpts from their eagerly awaited debut album.

Guests attended a reception and dinner at one of a selection of Ambassadors’ residences before being taken to the Hyatt Regency London The Churchill Hotel for entertainment, dancing and the chance to bid for exclusive and unattainable items at an auction, which raised money for the international life-saving work of the British Red Cross.

The theme this year was ‘A Celebration of Life’ and the gala ball brought together influential people from across the world. Guests included Anne Robinson, Sir Trevor Nunn and European Royals.

FUSE are duo Linzi Stoppard (daughter-in-law of Sir Tom Stoppard) and Ben Lee, the most innovative and in demand string act for a generation. FUSE began 2009 as the act opening for the New Year’s Day London Parade immediately after the Queen’s New Year message. Their performance was broadcast to more than 300 million viewers on 750 international TV stations around the world. Their breakthrough album will be released later this year.

This year’s auction prizes included a glamorous stay in Paris, including tickets to the Christian Lacroix Haute Couture show at Paris fashion week in July and a weekend for four touring the glories of the Veneto in Italy with television presenter and architect expert Francesco da Mosto.

All money raised from the Gala Ball will fund the vital work of the British Red Cross in the UK and around the world, which recently has included aid work in Darfur, relief efforts for the thousands of people affected by cholera and food shortages in Zimbabwe and fund-raising for those affected by the Italian earthquake and Australian bushfires.
source: FPR

Notes to editors:
The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.
We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help them to recover and move on with their lives.

FUSE Contact:
www.linzistoppard.com/contact

More information on FUSE:
www.electricstringquartet.com

British Red Cross contact:
# Laura Hinks, telephone: 0044(0)207 877 7463, email: LHinks@redcross.org.uk