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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1986

*THE MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS, SOME 700 OF THEM, WILL BE SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT,+ A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DURING THE DEMONSTRATION, THE VARIOUS MOVES AND STEPS OF BALLET WILL BE EXPLAINED IN CHINESE SO THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN UNDERSTAND THE SPECIAL MEANINGS OF THE DANCE.

THE BALLET DEMONSTRATION WILL BE HELD AT 4 PM IN THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL, NEXT TO THE BUS TERMINUS OF SAI KUNG TOWN.

FREE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TOWN HALL TICKET OFFICE AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, MAN NIN STREET, SAI KUNG TOWN.

SONGS OF THE SEA CONCERT TO BE STAGED

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MORE THAN 150 MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC OFFICE YOUTH CHOIR AND THE CHINESE FOLK SINGING CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE WILL PERFORM AT A CHORAL CONCERT ON MAY 25 AT THE SHOUSON THEATRE, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE.

THE SONGS OF THE SEA CONCERT, ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, WILL FEATURE A REPERTOIRE WHICH INCLUDES POPULAR PIECES LIKE MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS THEME SONG, SONG OF THE BEACHES, FILM MUSIC ON SEA, SEA SONG FOR MIXED VOICES, IN EXITU ISRAEL, EXCERPTS FROM ISRAEL IN EGYPT+, FISHERMEN'S SONGS

KUNG SUITE+.

AND EXCERPTS FROM SAI

TO ADD COLOUR TO THE TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME, WHICH BEGINS AT 3 PM, CHOIR MEMBERS WILL SING IN LATIN, ENGLISH, CANTONESE, MANDARIN AND THE FUJIAN DIALECT AND ALSO DANCE TO SOME OF THE SONGS.

TICKETS AT $5 EACH ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL THE MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE. FOR ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL 5-283257.

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