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Posters in the hotel lobby. |
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The event was set up with lots of free time for people to socialise and make friends. We were invited to lunch to meet well known Chinese composer Lian Xinguo. |
Left Harley Jones, Public Relations Officer of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) and above Li Cong, China Accordion Association President. |
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Crystal Wang, Chen Yiming, Niu Hongtao, Lian Xinguo. |
CD Pack of Lian Xinguo works |
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This is for the cat lovers!! |
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Beautifully decorated table setting and superb food. |
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The first session of the competitions was crowded with lots of video cameras and plenty of enthusiasm. |
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Many of the groups were performing with different combinations of accordions, other instruments and voice. |
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Jury sat at the front and after each section, one or more of the jury would address the audience with comments and advice to the competitors. This was done in a friendly manner with many times, a joke or encouraging comment included. |
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Jury member addressing the audience. |
Usually 2 or 3 jury would talk to the audience and competitors about the class. |
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