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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1989
'MELODIES GALA' TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR
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HUNDREDS OF KWUN TONG RESIDENTS WILL BE AFTERNOON OF MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT AT THE "KWUN TONG NEXT SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 191 AFTERNOON.
TREATED TO AN MELODIES GALA"
THE CONCERT, ORGANISED TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, WILL BEGIN AT 2 PM AT THE LOK WAH ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN NGAU TAU KOK.
THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE SOLO AND CHORAL SINGING BY CHILDREN, RENDITIONS OF POPULAR SONGS, AND INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCES.
THE CONCERT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION, WITH SPONSORSHIP BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
FREE TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS AT THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
1,000 YOUNG MUSICIANS TO PERFORM AT GALA
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MORE THAN 1,000 TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS WILL PERFORM TOGETHER AT A CONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN WAN CHAI NEXT SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 19).
THE 1989 ANNUAL GALA WILL BE THE CULMINATION OF A REVIEW OF THE TRAINEES' ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST YEAR UNDER THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TRAINING SCHEME RUN BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.
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THE HIGHLIGHT WILL BE A GRAND COMBINED PERFORMANCE 1,000-STRONG ORCHESTRA COMPRISING STRING, WOODWIND AND BRASS PLAYERS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMBINED YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE DESCRIBED THIS
AS THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR THAT BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE INSTRUMENTALISTS HAD COMBINED TO PRESENT SUCH A LARGE-SCALE PERFORMANCE.
"IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE TRAINEES WHO HAVE BEEN REHEARSING HARD DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS FOR THIS GALA PERFORMANCE WITH A DIFFERENCE," HE ADDED.
UNDER THE BATON OF THE ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, MR THOMAS WANG, THE 1,000 TRAINEES, WHOSE AGES RANGE FROM SEVEN TO 26, WILL PLAY PIECES INCLUDING "DANCE OF THE YAO" AND THE "MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS" THEME SONG.
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