SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1977
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND 5,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN
WATCH DOLPHIN AND SEA LION SHOW
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THE SUN SHONE AND THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF SMILING FACES AND PROLONGED APPLAUSE AT THE OCEAN PARK THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING WHEN HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY WALKED THROUGH THE SPACIOUS GARDENS AND JOINED SOME 5,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN AT A PERFORMANCE OF MARINE MAMMALS AT THE OCEAN THEATRE.
WHILE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE TO HER SEAT IN THE OCEAN THEATRE, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS STOPPED MANY TIMES TO SPEAK TO THE SMILING CHILDREN.
THE PRINCESS ALSO MET AND TALKED TO SOME HANDICAPPED CHILDREN BEFORE GOING INTO THE THEATRE.
THE MARINE MAMMALS PERFORMANCE WAS GIVEN A ROUSING START BY A CONTINGENT OF PIPES AND DRUMS FROM THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS.
FOUR DOLPHINS AND THREE SEA LIONS PERFORMED IN THE OCEAN THEATRE AND THE IR ANTICS AND ACROBATIC SKILLS IN THE WATER WERE REWARDED WITH ENTHUSIASTIC AND SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE.
THE DOLPHINS EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO BE CLOSER TO THE PRINCESS WHEN HRH STOPPED BY THE TRAINING POOLS TO LOOK AT THEM AND TO REWARD THEM WITH A BUCKETFUL OF FISHES.
BEFORE LEAVING THE OCEAN PARK, THE ROYAL VISITORS WENT TO THE WAVE TANK WHERE THEY SAW SEA LIONS, DOLPHINS AND OTHER MARINE MAMMALS AND SHORE BIRDS BASKING UNDER THE SUN.
EARLIER, THE ROYAL COUPLE HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF DEEP WATER BAY WHEN THEY TOOK A CABLE CAR UP TO THE HEADLAND SITE FOR THE PERFORMANCE.
THE PRINCESS AND MR. OGILVY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE. THEY WERE RECEIVED BY SIR KENNETH FUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE PARK'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS AND SENJOR STAFF OF THE PARK.