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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1976.

H.K. SCHOOLS' DANCERS RAISED 2,000 POUNDS STERLING FOR

AN APPEAL FUND IN U.K.

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THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS CHINESE DANCE TEAM YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) APPEARED BEFORE A CAPACITY AUDIENCE AT CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE IN CHICHESTER AND RAISED SOME TWO THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING TOWARDS AN APPEAL FUND TO BUILD A LIFT FOR DISABLED PATRONS OF THE THEATRE.

ALL 1,400 TICKETS FOR THE AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE, ORGANISED BY THE CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE SOCIETY, WERE SOLD OUT WELL IN ADVANCE.

EACH DANCE WAS GREETED WITH PROLONGED CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. AFTER THE SHOW, THE DANCERS PERFORMED THE FLOWER DRUM DANCE+ IN FRONT OF THE LAWN OF THE THEATRE BEFORE A LARGE CROWD.

AT THE END OF THE DANCERS' STAGE APPEARANCE, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR. S.T. KIDD, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. KIDD PRESENTED A BANNER TO MR. LESLIE EVERSHED-MARTIN, FOUNDER OF THE CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE AND PRESIDENT OF THE CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE SOCIETY.

MRS. RUTH RIGLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE SOCIETY, RECEIVED A BANNER FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DANCE TEAM. IN RETURN, THE SOCIETY PRESENTED THE TEAM WITH A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE.

AT A TEA RECEPTION HELD LATER AT VICAR'S HALL, CHICHESTER THE SOCIETY PRESENTED EACH DANCER WITH A SOUVENIR PACKAGE WHICH CONSISTED OF A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH VIEWS OF CHICHESTER, A BOOK ABOUT THE CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE AND A SOUVENIR PROGRAMME OF THE THEATRE'S 1976 SEASON.

THE DANCE TEAM WILL APPEAR AT THE OPEN-AIR COURT THEATRE IN LONDON TODAY (SATURDAY). THEY WILL PERFORM IN CAMBRIDGE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AND IN BIRMINGHAM NEXT TUESDAY BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG.

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