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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1981

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TOP JAPANESE SCHOOL BAND TO PERFORM

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THE FIRST PERFORMANCE BY THE JAPANESE GOLD-MEDAL-WINNING SHUJITSU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, (NOVEMBER 12), STARTING AT 8 PM AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.

THE BAND WILL PERFORM WITH THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC

BAND.

IN ITS FIRST OVERSEAS CONCERT TOUR, THE SHUJITSU SCHOOL BAND WILL ALSO PLAY THE CZECH COMPOSER VACLAV NELHYBEL'S TWO SYMPHONIC MOVEMENTS.

THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WILL PAY A TRIBUTE TO RACHMANINOFF BY PLAYING A CONCERT BAND MEDLEY OF HIS CELEBRATED COMPOSITIONS RECENTLY FEATURED IN THE FILM +SOMEWHERE IN TIME+

OTHER ITEMS OF BAND MUSIC TO BE PLAYED INCLUDE WIND MUSIC BY PAUL DUKAS, DEBUSSY, BACH, HANDEL, LEHAR, TCHAIKOVSKY AND ALBENIZ.

A HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WILL BE A JOINT PERFORMANCE OF THE TWO BANDS IN THE FINALE OF SAINT-SAENS'S +ORGAN+ SYMPHONY.

TICKETS AT $5 ARE ON SALE AT THE MUSIC OFFICE CENTRES AND THE NATHAN ROAD, CAMERON ROAD AND MAN YEE BUILDING BRANCHES OF THE TOM LEE PIANO CO.

ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14. THE SHUJITSU SCHOOL BAND WILL PUT ON A GALA PERFORMANCE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM STARTING AT 8 PM, PLAYING TWO ROUSING LATIN-AMERICAN DANCES, AND, DRESSED IN KIMONOS, WILL ALSO PRESENT A JAPANESE FOLKDANCE.

THE EVENING PROGRAMME WILL ALSO FEATURE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HIGHLY-COLOURFUL +CAN-CAN+ DANCE BY THE RAINBOW

DANCE COMPANY AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.

BAND MUSIC FEATURED IN THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE SHOSTAKOVITCH'S FESTIVE OVERTURE, A HONG KONG PREMIERE OF THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT CONCERT MÁRCH WITH THE COMPOSER DR WILLIAM WATSON CONDUCTING, BERLIOZ'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH FROM HIS GRAND FUNERAL AND TRIUMPHAL SYMPHONY, ANDERSON'S TRUMPETER'S LULLABY, MILHAUD'S PERCUSSION CONCERTO, WALTER MURPHY'S A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN, VILLAGE PEOPLE'S YMCA/MACHO MAN MEDLEY.

TICKETS AT $5 ARE ON SALE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, MUSIC OFFICE CENTRES AND THE NATHAN ROAD, CAMERON ROAD AND MAN YEE BUILDING BRANCHES OF THE TOM LEE PIANO CO.

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