SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1980
PERFORMANCE BY MULTI-LINGUAL CHILDREN'S CHOIR ******
THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR, NOW ONE YEAR OLD, HAS BEEN REHEARSING AN AMBITIOUS MULTI-LINGUAL PROGRAMME FOR ITS FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC CONCERT APPEARANCE IN THE BAPTIST COLLEGE AC HALL, ON MARCH 9 (SUNDAY).
FOLLOWING THE TRADITIONAL LION DANCE, THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THIS INAUGURAL CONCERT WILL BE OFFICIATED BY MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF INVITED DIGNITARIES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS OF SAI KUNG.
THE 75 YOUNG CHORISTERS - AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 12 - WILL THEN PRESENT A FULL PROGRAMME OF 15 SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, SINGING IN CANTONESE, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, LATIN, MANDARIN ÅND THE HAKKA DIALECT.
CONDUCTING AND ACCOMPANYING THE CHOIR ON THE PIANO WILL BE THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR, MR YIP CHI-KWONG, AND MISS WINNIE LIN FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE, AND MISS LEUNG YUET-MEI, A TEACHER IN SAI KUNG, WHO DEVOTE MUCH OF THE IR SPARE TIME TO TRAINING THE CHOIR.
THE CONCERT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY STUDENTS FROM SAI KUNG SUNG TSUN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO WILL PERFORM THREE TRADITIONAL CHINESE FOLK DANCES,
FORMED IN JANUARY LAST YEAR BY THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, THE CHOIR PROVIDES RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT AND ENCOURAGES THE IR MUSICAL TALENT.
ALTHOUGH THE CHOIR HAS ALREADY TAKEN PART IN EIGHT CHORAL PRESENTATIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING A CONCERT AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL LAST MONTH, THE INAUGURAL CONCERT NEXT MONTH MARKS BOTH THEIR COMING OF AGE AND THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS, TV AND RADIO ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CONCERT ON MARCH 9 AND ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE BEFORE 7.45 PM WHEN THE LION DANCE STARTS.
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