O
ne Friday evening at the
end of March, some of the
Playtimes’ team headed
out to the Queen Elizabeth
Stadium in Wanchai, for an energetic
night of uplifting choral music, at ESF’s
Rhythm of Life choral concert. 800
children, from 11 ESF primary schools
around Hong Kong, took to the stage,
dressed in lime green, citric lemon and
hot pink t-shirts. The evening was the
culmination of six months of rehearsing
by the boys and girls, and the brightly
coloured t-shirts they were dressed in,
reflected the enthusiasm and energy in
their singing.
It is oneof theESF’s biggest events of the
year and itwas easy to seewhy,with somany
parents (more than1500) brimmingwith
pride, as theywatched their littleones take to
the stage toentertain thehugecrowd.
ESF sets its own rhythm
Each of the school’s music teachers
presented and performed a song that
they had been working on with their
students. The children who were aged
eight to 11 years old, enthralled the
audience with a wide range of songs
ranging from the traditional ‘Cantate
Domino’, sung in Latin and English, the
popular song ‘Food Glorious Food’, from
the musical OLIVER and ‘Children are the
future of the World’. The powerful and
rhythmic evening was finished off with the
choir’s rendition of ‘The Rhythm of Life’.
We were blown away and can’t wait
for the next one!
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