Dear classmates:
This year marks the 110th year that Pui Ching has been graduating talented, smart, nice, good, useful, and contributing members of the world society like you and me.
There will be many organised activities to celebrate the 110th Anniversary. The first event was a Pui Ching concert held on 7th July at the Hong Kong Cultural Center Concert Hall (the home of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.) We had eight classmates with family members attending the event.
When we stood and sang the school song. You felt so closed and proud of being a member of this family. I guess the last time I sang it in major school functions was in our 1996 reunion.
There is one song especially composed for the 110th Anniversary. It was sung by the primary school little girls to be heard for the first time by the Pui Ching-ers. The music was lively and the voice was so sweet. You listened to the song and the lyric so intently that your thought were completely immersed into it.
Back In our good old days we had the singing groups and the famous brass marching band only. But now in addition to the regular singing teams, Pui Ching has two Chinese Musical Instruments Teams (Secondary & Primary schools), the Secondary school Flute team, the Brass Marching Band, and two Symphonic Orchestra (Secondary & Primary schools.)
The songs sung by the children were beautiful and lovely. When you look at the cute tiny little boys and little girls walked up the stage and sang, you remembered the days when we were like them. There were many singing groups, Primary School high, Primary low, Secondary School high, Secondary low, uni-sound, mixed sound, hymn choirs, etc. I liked the singing of the hymns the best. When they sang "Glory be to Jehovah" and "Psalm 23", you felt so familiar and so closed with the songs. They brought you back to the days when you sang hymns at the school gatherings and the Christian fellowship.
The instrumental teams were very good too. It was fun to see the little kids carrying big instruments. Some of the children were so tiny relative to the instruments that you almost wanted to go up stage to carry for them.
Although the music were not performed perfectly, when you realise that they are little kids, and they have a full load of school works, you will appreciate how hard they have worked in their spare time.
Nothing is complete without the performance of our kindergarten kids. Their play was "Welcoming the Millenium by the World Countries." You saw them dressed up in different costumes. They danced to the tunes of the Disneyland's "It's a small world" and "Snow White and the seven Dwarf". It was fun to see the little girl dressed and danced the Hawaiian Hula dance. It was the climatic point before the intermission. The audiences clapped their hands throughout their dance. They are such innocent and lovely kids.
The grand finale of the evening was the music played by the 65 member Symphonic Orchestra [A full orchestra!!] The last song they played was "Grand March - Aida" by Verdi. If you are familiar with and like the song, you can imagine the beautiful sounds of the trumpets played by the Red & Blue. It is a beautiful marching song.
The program lasted for two and a half hours. The music may not be the best in the world. But to us, the proud Red and Blue alumni, it brought back good memory of our past and once again re-enforce our love of the school. I tried to find better description for my thought and the music. I found that it was very difficult to find the right words. But I think you all know how I feel and may have vicariously enjoyed the concert as much as I did.
With warmest regards,
Tin Munsin Charles