The 2017 Community Cultural Ambassador Scheme, organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, was rolled out recently with the aim of promoting the development of community arts. Leading the Scheme are 19 cultural ambassadors comprising local performing arts practitioners and groups, who will present around 520 events at community venues covering a wide range of art forms including music, dance, Chinese opera, theatre and multimedia art.
 
     This year, two special topic areas are featured, namely elderly-oriented performing arts projects and community arts projects with interactions and experiments in the programme format. Elderly-oriented performing arts projects include:
 

• "Chamber Music for Life Hong Kong Outreach Project" by Chamber Music for Life Hong Kong;
• "The Rhymes of Tea" by Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble;
• "Sewa Party 2017: African Drumming for Community Inclusion" by James Kwan;
• "Chinese Music Wave" by Hua Xia Chinese Music Association;
• "Tappy Time Travel" by R&T (Rhythm & Tempo);
• "Interactive Dance Theatre - Hug the O" by Moments of Recollection;
• "The Re-raise of Ancient Chinese Gods of Honor" by Drama Gallery;
• "Scraps of Life - Secret Recipe of Love" by Theatre Space;
• "Fantastic O! " by Theatre Ronin;
• "Looking for Hongkongers" by The Nonsensemakers; and
• "Lo's Here" by Actors' Family.

     Community arts project with interactions and experiments in the programme format include "Process Drama of Love" by Ray Kwok, Estella Wong, Pewan Chow and Alex Tam; and "Cardboard Dreams of the Oldie" by We Draman Group, which also combines elderly-oriented elements in the activities.
 
     In addition to the above, there are other projects for the general public. They are:

• "'Breathe' with the Harmonica - BLUES & JAZZ !!!" by Hong Kong Harmonica Association;
• "Cantonese Opera Open Stage" by Wong Siu-sang;
• "Splendour Learning of Cantonese Opera" by Kim Sum Cantonese Opera Association;
• "The Xiao School of Peking Opera" by the Hong Kong Youth of Chinese Opera College;
• "A Tribute to Thoreau - The Living Green Theatre" by the Studio Theatre for Love and Life; and
• "Traditional Cultural Journey: Successful Future of Our Children" by Chan Suk-yi, Cecilia Ng, Ng Yui-man and Willis Wong.

     For detailed information, please call 2591 1300, or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/ab/en/ccas2017.php .  

     The Community Cultural Ambassador Scheme was first launched in 1999. Every year, through an open invitation exercise, local performing arts practitioners and groups are invited to act as cultural ambassadors to conduct a wide range of interesting and meaningful outreach activities at various public spaces in the community including workshops, lecture demonstrations, exhibitions and performances so as to develop interest among the general public or specific community groups in performing arts, and make arts part of our daily life.

Ends/Friday, March 24, 2017
Issued at HKT 14:21

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