WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1991
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TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL TO OPEN ON FRIDAY
THE 13TH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL WILL OPEN ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 25) EVENING WITH A PERFORMANCE BY THE ORIENTAL SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE FROM CHINA.
THE ENSEMBLE IS A WORLD-RENOWNED NATIONAL ART TROUPE FOUNDED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.
OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS EITHER CREATED OR REVISED HUNDREDS OF SONGS FROM ASIAN, AFRICAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND ITS UNIQUE ARTISTIC STYLE CAN BE REFLECTED IN ITS EXOTIC AND SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES.
THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR HAIDER BARMA, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FESTIVAL'S OPENING CEREMONY AT 8 PM ON FRIDAY IN THE AUDITORIUM OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
THE FESTIVAL IS ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT'S CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION.
IT WILL RUN FOR 37 DAYS AT ALL ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. THE PROGRAMME OF OVER 50 PERFORMANCES WILL INCLUDE CANTONESE OPERA, DRAMA, MIME AND A HAKKA FOLK SONG CONCERT.
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT AN URBTIX OUTLETS. TELEPHONE RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE ON 734 9009 AND ENQUIRIES ON 414 0144 OR 414 9662.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 25) AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
A PREVIEW GIVEN BY THE ORIENTAL SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE FROM CHINA WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY), BEGINNING AT 3 PM AT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER BOTH EVENTS.
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