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SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1980

YOUNG MUSICIANS LOOKING FORWARD TO

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS *****

A NUMBER OF YOUTH BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS ARE ENTHUSIASTICALLY REHEARSING FOR THEIR COMING PERFORMANCE IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS ON APRIL 21,

THEY WILL PERFORM IN TWO CONCERTS TO BE PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND AND THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS MUSIC AND SPEECH ASSOCIATION.

AT 3 PM ON APRIL 21 AT THE MAPLE STREET PLAYGROUND IN SHAM SHUI PO,

A 300-STRONG COMBINED YOUTH BAND, UNDER THE BATON OF MR JOHN CHENG, AND THE POLICE BAND, CONDUCTED BY MR COLIN WOOD, WILL PLAY A PROGRAMME OF LIGHT MUSIC AND MARCHES.

THE PROGRAMME WILL FEATURE MOVIE HITS INCLUDING THE THEME FROM +STAR WARS+ +CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND+ AND +SOUND OF MUSIC+ AND POPULAR TUNES SUCH AS +TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE+ AND PERSIAN SCIMITAR+. THERE WILL ALSO BE A GRAND BAGPIPE DRILL.

AT 8 PM, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE -HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY A MIXED PROGRAMME OF

WESTERN AND ORIENTAL MUSIC IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, KOWLOON TONG.

THE ORCHESTRAS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR THOMAS Y.S. WANG AND MR TONG LEUNG-TAK FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE.

THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE JOYFUL TIMES+, +GOOD HARVEST+, +SPRING IN TIAN SHAN+, +SAN MEN GAP CAPRI CE+, +THREE VERSES OF THE YANG GUAN+, +BOAT SON G+ AND +WATER MUSIC BY HANDEL AND +POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCH BY ÉLGAR,

A BONUS TO THIS +EAST MEETS WEST+ PROGRAMME WILL BE A MOVEMENT FROM A PIANO CONCERTO TO BE PERFORMED BY KO STU-WAI OF HEEP YUNN SCHOOL, WINNER OF THE PIANO CONCERTO CLASS IN THIS YEAR'S SCHOOLS MUSIC FESTIVAL.

THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND, WHICH WILL APPEAR AT THE COMBINED BAND CONCERT, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA ARE MUSIC GROUPS FORMED AND TRAINED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE.

THEIR MEMBERS ARE MAINLY IN THEIR TEENS AND EARLY TWENTIES, SINCE THEIR FORMATION IN 1978, THEY HAVE GAINED WIDE EXPERIENCE BY GIVING PUBLIC CONCERTS OVERSEAS AND LOCALLY.

IN AUGUST 1979, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MADE AN EXTENSIVE CONCERT TOUR IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE AND TOOK PART IN THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF YOUTH ORCHESTRAS.

/THE YOUT