XN000022-1976-08-17 — Page 6

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1976

H.K. DANCERS WIN MORE FRIENDS IN SCOTLAND

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THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS CHINESE DANCE TEAM, AT PRESENT ON A SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF SCOTLAND, WILL APPEAR IN KIRKALDY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AND GIVE AN EXTRA PERFORMANCE IN ABERDEEN ON THURSDAY BEFORE GOING TO LONDON TO TAKE PART IN A GALA SPECTACULAR AT SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE NEXT SUNDAY (AUGUST 22).

LAST SUNDAY (AUGUST 15), IN THEIR SIXTH APPEARANCE ON STAGE FOLLOWING THEIR ARRIVAL IN SCOTLAND, THE DANCERS AGAIN CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE AUDIENCE IN ABERDEEN'S +HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE+.

BEFORE A CAPACITY AUDIENCE OF 1,500, THEY ADDED A LARGE MEASURE OF CHINESE GRACE AND SPLENDOUR TO AN INTERNATIONAL +GALA VARIETY SPECTACULAR+ BY PROVIDING THE GRAND FINALE TO THE SHOW WITH THE DANCE OF THE RED SILK+, +SONG OF THE SUNFLOWER+ AND THE NORTHERN LION DANCE+.

BACK IN THE CHANGING ROOMS, FESTIVAL SECRETARY GENERAL, MRS. JOY BRYER CONGRATULATED TEAM OFFICIALS FOR +A MARVELLOUS AND FABULOUS PERFORMANCE+.

+THE HONG KONG CHILDREN HAVE BROUGHT A NEW VISTA OF DANCE INTO BRITAIN. I AM SURE ABERDONIANS WILL NEVER FORGET THE BLOSSOMING BEAUTIES OF YOUR DANCERS ON THE STAGE,+ SHE SAID.

LAST FRIDAY (AUGUST 13), HONG KONG'S POPULAR DANCING TROUPE WAS HOST TO 700 PARTICIPATING PERFORMERS FROM 16 COUNTRIES IN A +HONG KONG NIGHT+.

AMONG THE GUESTS WERE LORD PROVOST ROBERT LENNOX OF ABERDEEN AND THE LADY PROVOST AND MR. AND MRS. LIONEL BRYER. DURING THE TWO-HOUR CULTURAL FUNCTION, THE GUESTS WERE TREATED TO CHINESE MUSIC, DEMONSTRATIONS IN CALLIGRAPHY, HAIR DRESSING, CHESS, FORTUNE TELLING, TEA AND SNACKS.

MRS. ELEANOR LEE, LEADER OF THE HONG KONG GROUP, SAID A GREAT DEAL OF PLANNING AND ORGANISATION HAD GONE INTO THE +HONG KONG NIGHT+ WHICH WAS +AIMED AT ACQUAINTING OUR FELLOW PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH THE FEW FACETS OF CHINESE CULTURE AND CUSTOMS+.

NEXT MORNING, APPEARING IN THEIR BLUE DANCING COSTUMES UNDER THE HONG KONG FLAG, THE DANCERS WERE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF MANY NATIONS WHO CHEERED AND WAVED AS THE QUEEN AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY DROVE PAST ABERDEEN'S ALBIN PLACE ON THEIR WAY TO DEESIDE.

IN THE EVENING, THE HONG KONG DANCERS ATTENDED A PERFORMANCE BY THE NIGERIAN FOLK DANCE GROUP.

THE NIGERIANS LATER THREW A PARTY FOR THE HONG KONG CHILDREN WHO WERE SERVED WITH CHINESE FRIED RICE, ROAST AND BARBECUED DUCK.

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