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Celebrating the 101st National Day of the Republic of China, the cultural delegation toured the United States and Canada

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Celebrating the 101st National Day of the Republic of China, the cultural delegation toured the United States and Canada In order to celebrate the 101st National Day of the Republic of China, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission specially held a special event in mid-September...

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In order to celebrate the 101st National Day of the Republic of China, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council specially selected the "Ben'an Cultural Theater" and "Wansheng Ensemble" in mid-September to form a National Day cultural tour group, which toured 26 cities in the United States and Canada. They celebrated the National Day of the Republic of China with overseas Chinese and mainstream people with a cultural feast featuring traditional culture and Taiwan's new music, and then let the world see the vitality and cultural vitality of Taiwan.

>"Ben'an Cultural Theater" toured cities including Boston, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Dallas, Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles and Phoenix, etc., performing 10 performances, and "Playing Voice Ensemble" toured cities Cities include Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota Twin Cities, Orlando, Washington, Atlanta, North Carolina, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, San Francisco and Honolulu, with 17 performances. The "Ben On Cultural Theater" performers include well-known Taiwanese artists Lu Yichan, Fang Fang, Chen Karen, Lang Zujun, Su Pei, and Ryo Arayama, who just won the Golden Melody Award for Best Taiwanese Male Singer this year. The theme of the program is "Stars Dancing to Celebrate Double Ten" and arranges the classic song "Hot" "Desert of Love", "Standing on the High Hill", the fresh and sweet ditty "West Lake Hope", "Flying Over the Field", the popular Taiwanese songs "The Girl from Uchiyama is Getting Married", "Cheers", the familiar Cantonese song "Shanghai Beach", and the interesting One-Man Talk Show, etc., with the performance team of Laogan and Xinzhi, concretely showcase Taiwan's diverse culture, allowing overseas Chinese who care about their hometown to feel the joyful atmosphere of the National Day celebrations of the Republic of China. "Playing Voice Ensemble" is Asia's leading vocal ensemble. This year's program not only arranges well-known songs in Chinese, Taiwanese, Hakka, Cantonese and English across the three generations of old, middle and young, but also sings "Teresa Teng's Classic Suite", folk song series, Hakka and Cantonese songs such as "Eighteen Girls", "The Sky Falls into the Water" and "Chasing" in different genres such as jazz, pop, lyrical and dynamic. "Las" is also arranged. Vegas", "Change the world", "Born this way" and other representative English songs, hoping to showcase the rich creativity and connotation of Taiwan's performing arts with rich and lively harmonies and passionate stage charm. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Council and the overseas Chinese groups hosted by 26 cities in the United States sincerely invite overseas Chinese to celebrate the 101st National Day of the Republic of China with old friends and new knowledge. For detailed performance time, location and participation methods, please contact the overseas Chinese cultural and educational service centers or overseas embassy offices.

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