FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982
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HEALTH TALK FOR CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE OLD PEOPLE
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ABOUT 70 ELDERLY PEOPLE AT CHEUNG SHAN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE
'N TSUEN WAN ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND A HEALTH TALK TOMORROW
· SATURDAY) AT THE LUTHERAN SCHOOL AT THE ESTATE.
STARTING AT 2.30 PM. THE EVENT WILL FIRST BEGIN WITH A GENERAL MEDICAL CHECK-UP FOR THOSE ATTENDING BY A VOLUNTEER DOCTOR AND FOUR NURSES.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TALK BY THE DOCTOR ON COMMON ILLNESSES AMONG OLD PEOPLE AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE THREE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AT THE ESTATE, THE TALK IS AIMED AT AROUSING OLD PEOPLE'S AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING GOOD HEALTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT MORE SUCH FUNCTIONS WOULD BE ORGANISED IN FUTURE IF THE TALK WAS WELL RECEIVED.
BALLET PERFORMANCES IN NT ***
TWO BALLET PERFORMANCES WILL BE STAGED BY THE HONG KONG ACADEMY BALLET COMPANY AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITOR FUM ON JUNE 12 (SATURDAY) AT 7.30 PM AND LUT SAU HALL, YUEN LONG ON JUNE 19 (SATURDAY) AT 7.30 PM RESPECTIVELY.
THE GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER FOR THESE PERFORMANCES, TO BE PRESENTED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS JACK CARTER. THE BALLETS CHOREOGRAPHED BY HIM ARE +SUMMER DAY+ AND THREE DANCES TO JAPANESE MUSIC+.
THE OTHER DANCES ARE +NAPOLI+ CHOREOGRAPHED BY A. BOURNONVILLE AND +PAS DE QUATRE+ BY WALTER GORE.
+SUMMER DAY+ IS A SETTING FOR ONE GIRL AND TWO BOYS
TO DEBUSSY'S +L'APRES-MIDI D'UNFAUNE+.
+THREE DANCES TO JAPANESE MUSIC+, ORIGINALLY CHOREOGRAPHED FOR SCOTTISH BALLET IN 1973, IS AN IMPRESSIVE WORK WHICH REFLECTS THE ENORMOUS IMPACT THE CHOREOGRAPHER RECEIVED DURING HIS STAY IN JAPAN. THIS IS A BALLET USING DEVICES OF KABUK I, NOH AND BUNRAKU AS SEEN THROUGH WESTERN EYES.
+NAPOLI IS A CASCADE OF DANCE AND WEDDING CELEBRATIONS DESCRIBING THE STORY OF A YOUNG NEOPOLITAN FISHERMAN AND HIS BRIDE.
+PAS DE QUATRE IS A RECREATION OF A LEGEND WHEN FOUR MOST FAMOUS ROMANTIC BALLERINAS PERFORMED BEFORE QUEEN VICTORIA ON JULY 12, 1945.
TICKETS RANGING FROM $5 TO $20 ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND LUT SAU HALL BOX OFFICES AS WELL AS THE NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY.