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MILESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1986
1 000 MUSICIANS TO PERFORM AT CONCERT
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MORE THAN 1 000 YOUNG MUSICIANS WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE SAME TIME AT A CONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 26).
THE 1986 ANNUAL TRAINEES GALA WILL REVIEW THE TRAINEES' ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST YEAR UNDER THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME RUN BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE GALA WILL BE A GRAND COMBINED PERFORMANCE EY THE 1 000-STRONG ORCHESTRA COMPRISING STRING, WOODWIND AND BRASS PLAYERS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMBINED YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA.
+THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE INSTRUMENTALISTS COMBINE TOGETHER TO PRESENT SUCH A LARGE SCALE PERFORMANCE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE SAID.
+IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE TRAINEES WHO HAVE BEEN REHEARSING HARD DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS FOR THIS GALA PERFORMANCE,+ HE ADDED.
UNDER THE BATON OF ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR THOMAS WANG, THE 1 000 TRAINEES WHOSE AGES RANGE FROM SEVEN TO 26 WILL PLAY A PIECE ENTITLED +DANCE OF THE YAO+, ARRANGED BY LIU ZHAN- LIN.
THE ANNUAL TRAINEES' GALA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE TO PROVIDE TRAINEES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM BEFORE THE IR PARENTS IN PUBLIC.
+WHEN PARENTS WATCH THEIR CHILDREN PERFORM ON STAGE AND PARTICULARLY BEFORE A LARGE AUDIENCE, THEY FEEL PROUD OF THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE YOUNGSTERS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND LADY AKERS-JONES WILL OFFICIATE AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY DURING WHICH OUTSTANDING TRAINEES, ORCHESTRAL, CHOIR AND BAND MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF MERIT OR AWARDS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE PAST YEAR.
THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, AND THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO, WILL ALSO ATTEND THE GALA.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONCERT AT 3 PM.
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