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JEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1981

THE INSTRUMENTS TO BE DEMONSTRATED ARE TRUMPET. CLARINET. FLUTE, TROMBONE, SAXOPHONE AND FRENCH HORN, TWO BAND DIRECTORS WORKSHOPS WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED, AND WELL KNOWN JAPANESE BAND DIRECTORS MR ISAO MURAMATSU AND MR MIKIO YOSHIICHI WILL DEMONSTRATE REHEARSAL TECHNIQUES WITH THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND. ADMISSION FOR THESE WORKSHOPS IS FREE.

ON NOVEMBER 12, THE JAPANESE SHUJITSU GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WILL JOINTLY PERFORM A FESTIVAL CONCERT AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL. PROGRAMMES FOR THE EVENING WILL CONSIST OF FRENCH WINDBAND MUSIC AND CONTEMPORARY BAND MUSIC. TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL THE MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL AND TOM LEE PIANO CO.

THE MAIN EVENT OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE THE BAND DAY ON NOVEMBER 14, AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM. FROM 10 AM TO 12 NOON, SIX MARCHING BANDS WILL TAKE PART IN A PERFORMANCE. AWARDS FOR +BEST BAND DRILL TROPHY+, BEST MARCHING MUSIC TROPHY+ AND THE BEST SPECTACLE TROPHY WILL BE PRESENTED.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND WILL GIVE A DEMONSTRATION PERFORMANCE.

FOLLOWING LUNCH, 13 COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL BANDS WILL COMPETE IN A SYMPHONIC BAND PERFORMANCE FOR THE BEST SYMPHONIC BAND MUSIC TROPHY+. THE SHUJITSU GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL GIVE A GUEST PERFORMANCE. ADMISSION FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON PERFORMANCES IS FREE AND ADMISSION CARDS ARE OBTAINABLE AT THE MUSIC OFFICE AND TOM LEE PIANO CO.

TO CONCLUDE THE BAND DAY, A GALA PERFORMANCE WILL BE HELD IN THE EVENING AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM. MORE THAN 20 BANDS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXTRAVAGANZA OPENING UP WITH THE FESTIVE OVERTURE OF DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH.

PERFORMANCES WILL ALSO BE GIVEN BY THE WINNERS OF THE MARCHING BAND AND SYMPHONIC BAND CONTESTS, SHIJITSU GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND THE HONG KONG CHILDREN MARCHING BAND.

THE MOST SPECTACULAR PROGRAMME OF THE EVENING WILL FEATURE THE RAINBOW DANCERS, PERFORMING THE ROUSING +CAN-CAN+ DANCE ACCOMPANIED BY LIVE BAND MUSIC.

TICKETS AT $5 FOR THIS EVENING CONCERT WILL BE ON SALE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM BOX OFFICE, MUSIC OFFICE AND TOM LEE PIANO CO.

THE WHOLE FESTIVAL WILL BE CONCLUDED BY FIVE SEMINARS FROM NOVEMBER 15 TO 17 HOSTED BY ATARAH BEN TOVIM AND DOUGLAS

BOYD FROM LONDON. THIS SERIES OF SEMINARS WILL BE JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE MUSIC SECTION OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY BRITISH CALEDONIAN AIRWAYS AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL.

FOR ENQUIRIES TELEPHONE 5-283257 OR 3-819204.

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