May 07, 2004

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I have just returned from attending one of the best concerts held in Hong Kong in years.

The Annual International Concert for JC's pre-school was a well-attended event held in City Hall. With a queue eager for the 10am start, an air of nervous anticipation was hidden behind nervous laughter and worries about who's child would screw up first. The morning was well compared by two of the parents who managed to link the various acts and when necessary (e.g. when one class took far too long to remove themselves from the stage) stall with interesting annecdotes.

The theme was "International", meaning various classes presented songs from around the world with the kids dressed in appropriate national costumes. After battling through that Disney die-hard "It's a Small World" the cuteness meter kept climbing as samples of Chinese, Japanese, Canadian, American (Disney again), Indonesian, Brazilian and Austrian (if the Sound of Music counts as Austrian) song and dance were paraded by kids. They aquitted themselves with honour, obligingly looking for Mum and Dad in the audience, finding them with a smile and a wave, before completely forgetting which way they were meant to be running.

A hushed awe came over the audience before the presentation from the Philippines. Yes, JC was the star of the entire presentation with her quietly affection performance during a bamboo slapping dance (don't ask) and her affectation of the shy girl from the country making her way in the big bad world of show biz. The standing ovation (of two, Mrs M and myself) was well-justified by this nuanced performace. Let me be the first to say that I see great things ahead for this star...it wouldn't be too early to lay bets on an Oscar.

The grand finale was yet another rendition of "It's a Small World". It didn't improve on the first. Finally a rousing rendition of the school song followed by an amazingly orderly dispersal of the crowd saw a great morning's entertainment conclude with the announcement of McDonald's for the performers.

When asked to comment, Tung Che-hwa, Hong Kong's Chief arse-lickerpledge fealty to the Motherland.

posted by Simon on 05.07.04 at 02:32 PM in the




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It was good because it wasn't held in the CEC. The best acts die there, including Pavarotti. No one plays the CEC twice!

posted by: fumier on 05.07.04 at 02:53 PM [permalink]




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