MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1981
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JING YING CHAMBER CONTINUES TO WIN PRAISE
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THE HONG KONG JING YING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, IN MELBOURNE TO PERFORM IN THE FIFTH AUSTRALIAN YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL, CONTINUES TO WIN FAVOURABLE COMMENTS.
AT A LUNCH-TIME PERFORMANCE OF DOMING LAMS CONTRAST' AND SCULTHORPE'S IRKANDA IV AT MELBA HALL, THE CONSERVATORIUM OF MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY ON AUGUST 6, THE ORCHESTRA WAS DESCRIBED BY THE AUDIENCE, COMPRISING MUSIC TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AS +ENDOWED WITH A MUSICAL MIND, TINGED WITH TOUCHES OF SHEER POETRY ... A PERFORMANCE TO RESPECT.+
THE FOLLOWING EVENING THE ORCHESTRA TOOK PART IN A CONCERT AT THE DALLAS BROOKS HALL, TOGETHER WITH THE HANNOVER COLLEGE OF MUSIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, THE JING YING'S PRESENTATION OF BEETHOVEN'S FIRST SYMPHONY WAS SAID TO BE +SPARKLING+ AND STYLISH+.
THE JING YING MUSICIANS ALSO PRESENTED AN EXTENDED PROGRAMME AT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA.
THE PROGRAMME WAS PRECEDED BY A LION DANCE AND INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY THE CHINESE ENSEMBLE AND A DIZI SOLO. PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PERFORMANCE.
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FIREMEN VISIT MACAU ****
A 20-MEMBER DELEGATION LED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR MAURICE LANE LEFT FOR MACAU TODAY (MONDAY) TO ATTEND MACAU FIREMEN'S DAY.
DURING THEIR TWO-DAY VISIT, THE DELEGATION WILL ATTEND A REQUIEM MASS FOR MACAU FIRMEN WHO DIED ON DUTY, FOLLOWED BY A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY.
THEY WILL ALSO VISIT THE MACAU FIRE STATION AND TOUR THE CITY AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE VISIT WILL BE A FRIENDLY SEVEN-A-SIDE MINI SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO SERVICES.
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