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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1981
BALLET SHOW FOR YUEN LONG RESIDENTS
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THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET IS TO GIVE A 90-MINUTE PERFORMANCE IN YUEN LONG ON JUNE 27.
ABOUT 800 LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HALL OF CHIU LUT SAU MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AT 7.30 PM.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL CONSIST OF FIVE SHOWS, ONE OF WHICH, 'EATERS OF DARKNESS, IS BEING PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG,
WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE EVENT IS BEING ORGANISED BY YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE WHICH JOINED UP WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF YUEN LONG TOWN HALL TO RUN A BALLET SCHOOL FOR LOCAL CHILDREN IN 1979.
THE SCHOOL IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND IS OPEN TO CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 14.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 70 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND ONE-HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS WEEKLY AT THE TOWN HALL.
YEAR.
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED $18 000 TO THE SCHOOL THIS
A MEMBER OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG CHUNG-YAN, SAID THE SCHOOL PLANNED TO ORGANISE A MAJOR PERFORMANCE NEXT EASTER.
THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO PLANNING TO SET UP A SCHOLARSHIP TO SEND TALENTED STUDENTS OVERSEAS FOR FURTHER TRAINING,
ADMISSION TO THE PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET IS FREE.
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, YUEN LONG TOWN HALL AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION.