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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991
REGIMENTAL BAND ENTHRALS STUDENTS
BAND
WELL
A CONCERT BY THE
OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES AT ST PAUL'S CONVENT SCHOOL (PRIMARY SECTION) TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WAS RECEIVED BY AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS.
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UNDER ITS CONDUCTOR, WARRANT OFFICER PHILIP SHANNON, THE PERFORMED A SERIES OF UNIQUE AND POPULAR PIECES INCLUDING "RAIDERS THE LOST ARK", "THE HAPPY ELEPHANT", "ONE FINGER POLKA" AND "THE "UNTSMAN"
BAND
OF
TAFFY TO ADD COLOUR TO THE CONCERT, THE REGIMENTAL MASCOT
itt STOOD GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CONCERT VENUE ΤΟ GREET THE CHILDREN.
THE MASCOT IS A BEAUTIFUL KASHMIR GOAT GRANTED TO THE REGIMENT BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
THE CONCERT WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE UNDER THE "MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS" (MFM)
ΤΟ PROGRAMME INTRODUCE MUSIC TO NEW AUDIENCES.
THE MUSIC OFFICE HAS SO FAR ORGANISED MORE THAN 4,900 CONCERTS FOR OVER THREE MILLION LISTENERS OF DIFFERENT AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.
A MUSIC OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE OFFICE HAD INVITED THE REGIMENTAL BAND TO JOIN THE MFM PROGRAMME.
"THE BAND WILL GIVE A SERIES OF SCHOOL CONCERTS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"THE VIVID PERFORMANCE OF THE INSTRUMENTALISTS IN THEIR SPLENDID UNIFORMS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE WELCOMED BY
CHILDREN,
ADDED.
THE
HE
HONG
THE BAND, CURRENTLY STATIONED AT STANLEY FORT, WILL BE IN ONG UNTIL 1993. IT HAS BERN INVOLVED IN SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ROGRAMMES FOR MANY YEARS.
IN RECENT YEARS THE BAND HAS TOURED EXTENSIVELY IN EUROPE, HAS GIVEN CONCERTS IN GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE
AND
AND
KLGIUM.