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CHINA TRIP 2000
-- AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE
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SHANGHAI
Chinese
Acrobats
Jazz Band
Stick
Shtick
Concert at the Shanghai Children's Palace
It's
not every H.S. band that has
Shanghai Children's Palace
their own
film crew!
"Welcome Illinois Highland Park High
School Band"
Thursday:
This was an easy day -- shopping, the Yu Gardens, and a boat cruise.
The
Shanghai skyline is beautiful ... but not as nice as Chicago's.
Wednesday:
We had two exchange concerts -- at the Shanghai Music High School
and the
Children's Palace. It is wonderful seeing the way the kids have interacted
with
the Chinese students, which has been a tremendous experience for
everyone. On
another note, they are also learning terrific bargaining
skills and have single-handedly
overhauled the economy of China. So don't
expect any of those traveler's checks to be
coming home.
If
it's Tuesday, this must be Shanghai: Shanghai is a beautiful, modern,
and very
cosmopolitan city -- very European as well as Chinese. We visited
the Shanghai Art
Museum, where the most famous exhibit was Barbra Streisand,
vacationing in
Shanghai. (Unfortunately, they didn't take a photo of her
for the site.) We also saw a
Chinese Acrobatics show, which was
spectacular.
BEIJING
Performance at the Jin Fan Concert
Hall Yu Ying
High School Exchange Concert
Entrance
to the Forbidden City
Inside the Forbidden City
Chinese
Students at Jin Fan Concert
Hall Chaperones at the
Great Wall
Monday
News: China is great! We climbed the Great Wall and it was awesome.
The
view from up there is spectacular.
Sunday
News: Today we visited the Temple of Heaven, which was incredible. Then
the band
played magnificently at the Jin Fan Concert Hall in Beijing. The group is
tired
but having a fabulous time.
Saturday
News: We had a wonderful sunny mid 60's day at the Forbidden City -- a
spectacular site. We were "assaulted" by street vendors
afterwards, but got some
good deals. We had lunch at a beautiful park by a
lake (like Lincoln Park's Bauer Cafe,
but with Chinese architecture). Had
an exchange concert at Yu Ying High School
where we listened to a performance
from their Chinese music band and performed our
set -- the Percussion Ensemble
debuted Stick Schtick, too. Our students were warmly
received by the
students there, gifts and e-mail addresses were exchanged. After the
concerts, the students played an impromptu game of basketball outside just
before
boarding the buses. Dinner was hosted by the Soong Ching Ling
Foundation -- with
Peking Duck as the specialty main course.
Friday
News: Dinner was wonderful. After a good night's
sleep, the group went off
to
explore The Forbidden City.
MORE
PHOTOS
Breakfast
in
Beijing
An appreciative audience at Yu Ying H.S.
Jin
Fan Concert
Hall
Tiananmen Square
Great
Hall of the People at Tiananmen Square Courtyard at the
Temple of Heaven
Temple
of
Heaven
Temple of Heaven
Shanghai
Children's
Palace
Dr. Liu's Lecture
Shanghai Skyline
from river
walk.
Shanghai Skyline from boat cruise.
Making
friends from the other side of the world ... at Shanghai Music H.S.
Shopping
at Yu
Garden
Time to go home and sleep.
For
additional information about the Highland Park High School Bands or the China
2000 trip, contact:
Dr.
James Hile
Director
of Bands
Highland
Park High School
433
Vine Ave.
Highland
Park, IL 60035
847/926-9267
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