PENNSYLVANIA BALLET CELEBRATES 40th ANNIVERSARY WITH FREE GOURMET CAKE!

Free Birthday Cake & Celebration in The Bellevue Gourmet Food Court, Thursday, September 25, Noon -- 1:30 pm

PHILADELPHIA, PA (PRWEB) September 23 2003-- The Pennsylvania Ballet will celebrate its 40th Anniversary and leap into the 2004 performance season on Thursday, September 25, 2003, in The Bellevue Gourmet Food Court, located at 200 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, from noon to 1:30 pm.

The public is invited to enjoy complimentary gourmet birthday cake courtesy of Founders Restaurant and The Park Hyatt Philadelphia, in addition to special guest appearances, performance costumes, and drawings for prizes including tickets to the Pennsylvania Ballet Opening Night. Invited participants include Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser, Governor Edward Rendell, Mayor John Street, Hon. Anna Verna, and PA State Senators Fumo and Evans. (Please note: Attendance by Rendell, Street, Verna, Fumo and Evans are not yet confirmed).

Founded in 1963, Pennsylvania Ballet is widely recognized as one of the leading ballet companies in the nation. The Company is celebrating its 40th anniversary this season with popular works from the Companys history, two company premieres and two world premieres commissioned for the 40th Anniversary -- including a new, million dollar, full-length production of Swan Lake by world-renowned choreographer Christopher Wheeldon.

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EXCELLENT STORY, PHOTO AND VIDEO OPPORTUNITY

Photos available upon request. Please contact Andrea Riso at (215) 875-0429 risoa@preit.com, for additional information.

About The Bellevue: The Bellevue is a 99-year old national historic landmark building located at Broad &Walnut Streets in Center City Philadelphia, PA. The Bellevue is home to upscale shops including Tiffany & Co, Nicole Miller, Polo, Origins and Williams-Sonoma, a gourmet food court, a luxury hotel - Park Hyatt Philadelphia at The Bellevue, an award-winning European day spa, world-class restaurants including The Palm, and a 93,000 square-foot fitness center designed by architect Michael Graves, The Sporting Club at The Bellevue.

The Bellevue is managed by PREIT-RUBIN, Inc., management affiliate of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. Founded in 1960, PREIT is one of the first publicly held equity REITs and is an owner, developer and operator of shopping centers and apartment communities in the eastern U.S. The Company owns interests in a diversified portfolio of 46 properties totaling 12 million square feet of retail space and 7,242 apartment units. Three new retail properties are under development, which will add approximately 1 million square feet to the portfolio. PREIT is a full-service, fully integrated real estate company, specializing in acquisitions, ground-up development of new properties, property management and marketing, leasing and redevelopment services. PREIT is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, and its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Symbol: PEI.

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