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Royal Visit,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1986
HONG KONG YOUTH STAGE SPECTACULAR FOR THE QUEEN
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ONE OF THE BIGGEST YOUTH PERFORMANCES HONG KONG HAS EVER SEEN WAS THE CLIMAX OF THE QUEEN'S FIRST DAY IN THE TERRITORY.
MORE THAN 6 000 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, JOINED BY FILM AND RECORDING STARS, STAGED A +YOUTH SPECTACULAR+ AT THE COLISEUM THIS EVENING. THE SHOW. PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON LOCAL TELEVISION AND BY SATELLITE TO BRITAIN, WHERE THE BRC WILL BROADCAST IT LATER IN THE EVENING, BRITISH TIME.
THE COLISEUM WAS PACKED WITH AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
AS THE QUEEN, WEARING A MULTI-COLOURED PRINT ORGANZA EVENING DRESS. AND PRINCE PHILIP ENTERED THE HALL THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRUCK UP A FANFARE AND WAS JOINED BY THE CHINESE YOUTH ORCHESTRA IN PLAYING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM,
DANCE.
NEARLY 300 SCHOOL CHILDREN OPENED THE SHOW WITH A CHINESE
THEN CAME A KUNG FU PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL.
GYMNASTICS FOLLOWED, WITH AN ARTISTIC DISPLAY BY THE HONG KONG AMATEUR GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE GYMNASTICS TEAM.
A CHANGE TO SONG WAS INTRODUCED BY A CHORAL PERFORMANCE BY THE COMBINED YOUTH AND DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS THEN TOOK CENTRE STAGE WITH ITS PUPILS SHOWING THEIR TALENTS IN A ROYAL FIREWORKS DANCE, +
THE SHOW SHIFTED TO PIANO AND BALLET, WITH A PIANO DUET AND BALLET PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND THE CHRISTINE LIAO SCHOOL OF BALLET.
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