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The Best Performance I Have Ever Seen Hellish London Marathon
3A Harvey Leung Chun For 3A Ivan Li Wai Ho

It was a Chinese Orchestra performance performed by the Hong Kong Chinese Recently, I took part in the London marathon 2016, which was an unforgettable
Orchestra. The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is one of the best orchestra’s you experience. This marathon is the largest annual fund raising event in the world with
can fi nd in Hong Kong. The performance was held in the Shatin Town Hall. It took 40,000 participants raising over 247 million pounds for charity. The marathon has a
place around fi ve weeks ago. wide variety of charities that you can choose from to raise money for.
I went to enjoy the performance with a I think this marathon is hard
few old friends from the Chinese Orchestra I but a lot of fun. The training before
was a part of. We were really excited about the the marathon was a huge challenge.
performance because in our orchestra we had Moreover, if you get through it then
always heard about how amazing the Hong it will definitely be worth it because
Kong Chinese Orchestra is. We went to the without the training you can’t survive
town hall by bus. When we arrived, the hall this long a run. During the run, the
was already crowded with audience members. first ten miles weren’t so bad. As you
They were all waiting to get into the concert get further, it starts to become more
hall. After a few minutes, we all went into the concert hall to take our seats. The challenging. You’ll feel exhausted,
concert hall was really dark compared to the brightness of the stage. The orchestra dizzy or even dehydrated. The run was
performers were making sure their instruments were all working fi ne. There was one painful but I didn’t give up. I’m not the kind of person who surrenders easily. I took a
Chinese instrument within their orchestra that I didn’t recognize. I asked one of my bottle of water and continued on. While I was running, I saw a guy wearing a lobster
experienced friends about it. He said it is like a Dihu. We didn’t have a Dihu in our suit beside me. The costume was funny and stood out in the sea of people. My heart
old orchestra. A Dihu looks like a Chinese version of a Cello. They are both really was fi lled with joy and pain at the same time. It was indeed a strange experience.
large. As the run went on, I got closer and closer to the end. When I fi nally saw the The Creative Collection of the Budding Writers
After a few chats with my friends, we all stopped talking as the orchestra was end of the marathon, I was so jubilant. The run was like hell but the end was like
finished preparing and was ready to start performing. When they started playing heaven. I used my remaining energy and rushed towards the finish line. Finally,
their songs, the melodies produced by the instruments stunned the whole audience I finished that hell-like marathon, which was so great. Nothing in the world can
because they sounded epic and amazing! describe how I felt.
The Erhu within the orchestra stood out in At the end, there were thirty-two new Guinness
the songs due to its high pitched tone. I was World Records set and one of them was ‘The
a bit disappointed since the new instrument fastest marathon time run dressed as a lobster’. I
that I had learnt about didn’t really stand was shocked and laughed out loud. Taking part in
out among all of the other instruments. this marathon made me realize how hard it is to be
Well, it might have been because of the Dihu’s low pitched tone. The performance a marathon runner. I now have more respect for
was the best thing I have ever seen. I think the orchestra was really impressive athletes than ever before.
Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin)
and very professional. I really enjoyed one of the songs that they performed called
‘Chrysanthemum Terrace’. It’s a song written by Jay Chou, a Taiwanese singer. This
song is really touching and it has a dear meaning as well.
I would totally go to watch another performance by the Hong Kong Chinese
Orchestra again when I get the chance to do so.

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