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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1980
IN THE MEANTIME, TREES AND FLOWERS ARE BEING PLANTED ALONG THE WATERFRONT TO CONVERT THE AREA INTO A PROMENADE.
ALSO TO BE PROVIDED WILL BE COVERED SEATING PLACES AND A TRAFFIC-FREE WALKWAY.
THE PROMENADE WOULD BE AN IDEAL PLACE FOR SPECTATORS TO WATCH FUNCTIONS SUCH AS THE DRAGON BOAT RACES AND CROSS HARBOUR SWIM. PROMENADE CONCERTS COULD ALSO BE HELD THERE, MR BOSHER SAID.
SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDED NEARLY $17 000 TO BUILD THE PLATFORM FOR THE DOLOS AND ANOTHER $5 400 FOR TREE PLANTING ALONG THE PROMENADE.
COURSES BY MUSIC EDUCATOR FOR TEACHERS
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MISS CECILIA VAJDA, A DISTINGUISHED MUSIC EDUCATOR AND CHOIR CONDUCTOR, WILL BE ON A TWO-WEEK VISIT TO HONG KONG NEXT MONTH AT THE INVITATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
DURING HER STAY, SHE WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR MUSIC TEACHERS BASED ON THE KODALY CHORAL MUSIC METHOD.
THIS METHOD WAS DEVISED BY KODALY, A HUNGARIAN COMPOSER AND MUSIC EDUCATOR, TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF ORDINARY SCHOOLS WITH ONE OR TWO MUSIC LESSONS A WEEK WHEN STUDENTS CAN GAIN A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC CULTURE AND DEVELOP MUSICAL LITERACY THROUGH SINGING,
MISS VAJDA IS A FORMER PROFESSOR OF SCHOOL MUSIC AT THE LISZT ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN BUDAPEST AND CHORUS DIRECTOR OF THE HUNGARIAN RADIO CHOIR.
IN 1967 SHE WAS INVITED TO INTRODUCE THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE KODALY CHORAL METHOD TO YEHUDI MENUHIN'S MUSIC SCHOOL IN ENGLAND, SUBSEQUENTLY SHE ESTABLISHED A KODALY TEACHING CENTRE IN SWANSEA WHERE TEACHERS FROM ALL OVER BRITAIN CAN STUDY THE SYSTEM.
WHILE IN HONG KONG, MISS VAJDA WILL ALSO RUN CHORAL CONDUCTING CLASSES FOR TEACHERS AND AMATEUR CHOIR CONDUCTORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.
FURTHER DETAILS OF MISS VAJDA'S VISIT AND APPLICATION FORMS TO ATTEND HER COURSES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (MUSIC), MUSIC SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CAROLINE MANSION, 4TH FLOOR, 8 YUN PING ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
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