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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1977
HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TO OPEN HK'S FIFTH ARTS FESTIVAL
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN HONG KONG'S FIFTH ARTS FESTIVAL IN CITY HALL ON FEBRUARY 6.
THE PRINCESS WILL ARRIVE IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL AT 7.30 P.M. TO A FANFARE OF TRUMPETS PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND BUGLES, FIRST BATTALION, THE LIGHT INFANTRY.
ON ARRIVAL, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE HONORABLE ANGUS OGILVY, WILL BE GREETED AT THE DIAS BY ARTS FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MR. RUN RUN SHAW.
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THE PRINCESS AND MR. SHAW WILL BE JOINED BY THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, LADY MACLEHOSE AND THE PRINCESS'S LADY IN WAITING, LADY MARY FITZALAN-HOWARD.
MISS BARBARA FE! WILL RECITE A POEM SPECIALLY WRITTEN IN DEDICATION TO THE ARTS FESTIVAL BY MR. HSU YU AND A SCROLL BEARING THE POEM IN CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL THEN DOT THE EYES OF A DRAGON. THIS WILL BE THE SIGNAL FOR ARTS FESTIVAL FLAGS AND BANNERS TO BE UNFURLED, FOR SEARCH LIGHTS TO BE SWITCHED ON AND FOR THE ARTS FESTIVAL LOGO TO BE PROJECTED ONTO THE EAST WALL OF THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK.
INSIDE THE CITY HALL SIR MURRAY WILL PRESENT URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN MR. A. DE O. SALES AND MRS. SALES TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS.
THE PARTY WILL THEN PROCEED TO THE CONCERT HALL WHERE MR. SHAW AND THE PRINCESS WILL BE GREETED BY A SECOND FANFARE OF TRUMPETS BY MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND BUGLES, FIRST BATTALION, THE LIGHT INFANTRY.
AFTER SHORT SPEECHES BY MR. SHAW AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE 1977 HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL WILL BE GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNDER THE BATON OF CONDUCTOR, HELEN QUACH.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL ALSO ATTEND THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE BERLIN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ON FEBRUARY 7 AND THE SECOND NIGHT OF EMLYN WILLIAMS AS +DYLAN THOMAS GROWING UP+ ON FEBRUARY 8.
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