Australia Darwin Cantonese Opera Association (ADCOA) 澳洲達爾文粵曲雅集

Happy Holidays [Dec 22, 2008]

We are proud to announce that we have again won the 2008/9 Cultural and Linguistic Award being offered by the Northern Territory Government.

ADCOA is going to stage our 9th Annual Concert of opera extracts, music and dances, "Cantonese Delights 2009" on Saturday 15th August 2009 at Darwin Entertainment Centre.

The Concert is part of the artistic programs of the 2009 Darwin Festival, which spans from 13-30 August 2009.

On behalf of all ADCAO members, we hope you all have a lovely break over the festive season.

Thank you.

Winnie (PinPin) Wong

Cantonese Delights 08 [Sept 26, 2008]

The video recording of our performance can be viewed online by clicking here

2008 年 演 出 錄 影 重 溫  已 登 出

Thank you for all of your support!

Winnie (PinPin) Wong

ADCOA Choir members performed in the Darwin Synphony Ochestra
[Aug 30, 2008]

ADCOA Choir members participated in the Pine Creek Concert, directed by Dr. Martin Jarvis OAM, Artistic Director of Darwin Synphony Ochestra on Saturday 9 August 2008.

澳洲達爾文粵曲雅集(雅集)在 八月九日 被邀演唱三首情歌﹕
三情頌 - 豪情、鶼鰈情、友情。

Please sit back and enjoy the 10-minute video recording of
Medley - Themes of Passion

請欣賞當晚的錄影片段

Themes of Passion 三情頌

Cantonese Delights has been another success
[Aug 23, 2008]

I am happy to announce that ADCOA's 2008 Concert - Cantonese delights has been another success with over 300 people attending the concert last saturday evening at Darwin Entertainment Centre.

ABC Radio and online reporter Miss Kate Humphris has published an interview report about the concert. The story is on the Darwin Festival website.

ADCOA will publish the 2008 concert programs in our web site soon.

Once again, on behalf of the members of ADCOA, I thank for your continuous and relentless support of our endevour to provide quality opera production in Darwin. Thank you.

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

ADCOA 2008 Concert Final Program [July 28, 2008]

We look forward to seeing you in the concert.

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

ADCOA Choir members invited to the Darwin Synphony Ochestra
[July 29, 2008]

Dr. Martin Jarvis OAM, the Artistic Director of Darwin Synphony Ochestra has invited ADCOA Choir members to sing in his concert (see below), in partly celebrating the Chinese involvement in the mining in Pine Creek on Saturday 9 August 2008. ADCOA choir members will sing a 10-minute Medley - Themes of passion for the honorable concert audiences as follows:

三情頌 - 豪情、鶼鰈情、友情 Themes of passion - Medley

The first song reflects the passion for saving the world. The story is based on a contemporary martial art fiction written by a famous Chinese writer in Hong Kong, Kim Yung (金庸). The second one is about the true love between husband and wife. The last song praises the joy of having good friends who could share the same passion in singing.

澳洲達爾文粵曲雅集(雅集)為嘉賓演唱三首情歌，歌頌人性宝貴的一面。 第一首“絕情谷底俠侶情”是以武俠小說家金庸笔下两位英雄 “楊过、小龍女” 譜寫出二人救国救民的 壯志豪情。第二首 “金石缘”描寫宋代女詞人李清照和丈夫 鶼鰈之情。最后一首 “梨园歸夢南山隱”是歌頌 朋友之情。 两個異性朋友，因喜愛唱歌而成莫逆。 歌曲描述二人久別重逢，欣悅莫明的情景。

We look forward to seeing you in Pine Creek.

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

[June 28, 2008]

The 2008 Darwin Festival will be launched offcially on 9th July 2008 in Darwin. As in the past 5 years, ADCOA contributes to Darwin Festival through her annual concert since 2004. This year, our concert - Cantonese Delights 2008 will be staged at Darwin Entertainment Centre on Saturday 16th August 2008.

雅集在2008達爾文藝術節的官方刊物

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

雅集會員上街募捐 [Jun 05, 2008]

五 月 廿 四 日 雅 集 會 員 連 同 小 城 的 華 人 跟 红 十 字 會 上 街 募 捐 。 替 四 川 的 5.12 災 民 盡 点 棉 力 。 壁 報 係 雅 集 台 柱 之 一 呀 Kat 連 夜 攪 的 ( 图 一 坐 着 的 美 人 是 也 ) 。 麻 pin 今 次 至 明 白 乜 嘢 叫 "人 情 ” 呢 。 好 感 动 呀！

ADCOA members jointed force with the Red Cross and other Chinese Community groups to participate in a fund raising activity in Darwin City Mall on Saturday, 24 May 2008.

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

Message from the President [Feb 07, 2008]

(1) Wish everyone a happy and prosperous lunar new year.

(2) I am proud to announce that ADCOA has again won the Cultural & Linguistic Award in 2008. That means, we will be conducting our Cantonese Delights 2008 at Darwin Entertainment Centre in August during Darwin Festival. I'll keep you informed once the program and casting are done.

(3) Three members of ADCOA are going to Sydney in March to compete in the first National Cantonese Opera Contest which is jointly organised by 2CR radio and Lee Yuen Cantonese Opera Association.

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

Message from the President [Apr 20, 2008]

澳 纽 粵 曲 大 賽 2008 决 賽 在 雪 梨 第 二 大 唐 人 埠 Hurtsville 大 會 堂 举 行 完 畢 。 評 判 隨 了 雪 梨 外 再 加 香 港 粵 曲 介 名 人 ﹔ 人 数 比 初 賽 還 多 ， 有 十 八 人 之 多 。 加 上 五 、 六 百 觀 众 , 場 面 熱 鬧 。 香 姐 (李 鳳 聲 女 仕 ) 說 , “ 今 次 比 賽 實 是 一 個 好 的 交 流 機 會 ！ ” 。

雅 集 會 員 勞 師 远 征 ， 也 有 所 獲 – 對 唱 殿 軍 及 獨 唱 優 異 獎 。

請 點 閱 澳洲中文電視台綠影决賽片段

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

Message from the President [Feb 07, 2008]

(1) Wish everyone a happy and prosperous lunar new year.

(2) I am proud to announce that ADCOA has again won the Cultural & Linguistic Award in 2008. That means, we will be conducting our Cantonese Delights 2008 at Darwin Entertainment Centre in August during Darwin Festival. I'll keep you informed once the program and casting are done.

(3) Three members of ADCOA are going to Sydney in March to compete in the first National Cantonese Opera Contest which is jointly organised by 2CR radio and Lee Yuen Cantonese Opera Association.

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

Message from the President [Feb 04, 2008]

It was our honor to be invited to perform in Adelaide, Australia on Jan 20, 2008. We sang the Big Broken Bridge in front of 200 Cantonese Opera lovers in a small local Chinese hall.

本 年 一 月 廿 日 ﹐ 夫 婿 與 我 有 幸 參 與 澳 洲 雅 城 音 樂 會 ﹐ 我 們 在 二 百 位 粵 曲 愛 好 朋 友 跟 前 演 唱 了 [ 大 斷 橋 ] ﹐ 請 多 多 指 教 ﹗

Video of Our Song - part One 大 斷 橋 錄 影 ( 上 ) (30M)
Video of Our Song - part Two 大 斷 橋 錄 影 ( 中 ) (30M)
Video of Our Song - part Three 大 斷 橋 錄 影 ( 下 ) (14M)

Thank you.
Winnie (PinPin) Wong

Message from the President [Aug 31, 2007]

Video of the Entire Show
全場錄影

I am delighted to announce that our 7th concert, Cantonese Delights 2007, on 11 August 2007 has been another success. I congratulate the audiences, artists and concert supporters of the concert evening for their enthusiasms and contributions to keep our concert going from strengths to strengths every year. Our hard work has also attracted attention from the media.

The ABC journalist, Ms. Terri-Anne Kingsley has published a detail report* about our concert including photos and interviews. Please visit 105.7 Darwin ABC Radio web sites for detail of her report.

http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/stories/s2002854.htm

Thank you.
Winnie Wong

Message from the President [Aug 5, 2007]

I am glad to announced that ADCOA members and our honourable guest artists are getting ready for the Anual Concert on next Saturday, 11th August. I look forward to seeing you at DEC to support us.

DEC ticket office will be opened between 6.30 - 7.30pm on the Concert evening.

Final program poster

Main chararcters of the opera extracts

Thank you.
Winnie Wong

Message from the President [July 20, 2007]

In this July ADCOA Bulletin, I am glad to announce that tickets are available for sale/bookings. Please enquires at DEC Booking Office - 89803333.

I would also like to introduce the 3rd opera extract that ADCOA is going to perform in our August Concert in association with the Darwin Festival.

The Yeung's Female Generals

About 800 years ago, the Han people of China were often invaded by the nomads from the northern part of China. The resistance from the Hans was strong but not their corrupt emperors (Sung Dynasty) who used to sacrifice the land and people in return for temporary truces. However, legends were gererated during the people's struggle with the foreign invaders. One of the famous legends was the Yeung's family. In their decades of fighting, the family had lost all their male members leaving only the widows. The Yeung's women continued the resistance. This story is seeen as one of the most popular dramas about the Yeung's family of female generals - how Bo and ying met on a battlefield and fell in love at first sight. Young General Bo meets Ying who later becomes his wife and also one of the most powerful female generals of the Yeung Family. Contrary to Chinese traditions, Ying, as the female, was the one who proposed the marriage that indicated her unusual courage and determination for landing her prize catch.

楊門女將之招親

宋朝年間，遼人經常入侵中原。宋室不思反抗，喪權辱國，人民飽受凌辱。宋朝軍民奮戰不懈, 敵愾同仇。其中以天波府楊家將抗敵事蹟最為人樂道。楊門女將之招親故事是講述穆桂英、楊宗保如何陣上一見中情，結成夫婦。

The casts for the Yeung's Female Generals are Anne Hughes as Ying (穆桂英) and Louis Wong as Bo (楊宗保)

Cheers
Winnie Wong

Message from the President [June 28, 2007]

Correction: Our 2006 honourable photographer is Ms. Kara Burns. Kara's art works can be found in her web site: http://www.karaburns.com

Profiles of our guest musicians
雅集八月晚會的音樂家素描

"嶺南文化北地开" 音樂会，兴幸有國际專業藝術人仕参與，真是蓬蓽生輝。

(1)嘉賓鋼琴家: Piano Solo 鋼琴獨奏 – Soon Kim 金順子

金順子是法籍韓矞鋼琴家, 她將在音樂会上弹奏地道嶺南鋼琴樂曲，例如平湖秋月。 金順子為雅集拍造形時，隨手試弹了一小段乐曲。希望大家喜歡。
收睇請按: http://adcoa.spymac.com/Louis/SoonInAction.mpg

I have pleasure to announce that Ms. Soon Kim our special guest artist has agreed to perform some famous Chinese piano masterpieces in ADCOA’s August Concert at DEC.

Soon has just been arriving in Darwin in 2007. She is a professional pianist and musical director experienced in international music education. She has been teaching piano and coordinating musical concerts in Australia, France, China, Japan and Korea.

She enjoys dancing, tennis, swimming, cooking and movies. She is interested in fine arts, counselling and is having passionate love of children, classical music and jazz. Soon has just opened the Roskim Performing Arts Studio offering lessons in piano and vocal. Live and recorded accompaniment for exams, auditions and performance are also available. Please call 8942-0862 for enquiry.

For a quick enjoyment of her piano performance, please click on the following web link: http://adcoa.spymac.com/Louis/SoonInAction.mpg

(2) Rejoyce Music Group 歡欣樂隊

由陳雷美美女士領導的“歡欣樂隊”將會在音樂會上表演中國音樂, 並為雅集合唱團伴奏。 歡欣樂隊成員都是對音樂有濃厚興趣的華人大、中、小學生, 今次在課餘能抽出時間再為八月的演出努力練習, 我本人謹代表雅集多謝Meimi, 各位歡欣樂隊成員及各家長的大力支持, 並預祝歡欣樂隊演出成功

We have the pleasure to announce that Mrs Meime Chan will again lead her Rejoice Music Group to perform in our August Concert. The Group will play popular Chinese music and accompany the ADCOA Chorale in the Concert. The Group composes of young enthusiastic local Chinese children with musical talents and are coached by the Group conductor and ER-Wu soloist, Meime.

On behalf of ADCOA, I gratefully thank Soon, Meime, the Rejoyce Music Group members and parents for their contributions and relentless support for the Concert. I wish them well in the performance.

Cheers
Winnie Wong

Cantonese Delight 07 嶺 南 文 化 北 地 開

Tickets for our August concert are available for sell starting July 11, please click image below for detail.

Message from the President [May 24, 2007]

I am glad to announce that the Chung Wah Society - Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe (CWS) has kindly agreed to perform again in our 2007 Concert. The CWS has just acquired 5 new Lions into its family of Lions. The 5 new Lions include 3 that were recently acquired from Malaysia while the remaining 2 were placed into CWS care in 2006 by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. The "Hoi Gwong" or "Kai Guang" ceremony (also known as the "eye dotting ceremony") was held at the Darwin Chinese Temple 25 Woods Street, Darwin CBD at 08.00am on Saturday 12 May 2007. The five new Lions were proudly accompanied by the existing 7 lions and the Dragon during the ceremony. I am also delighted to let you know that the gorgeous and most cute girl dancers from the Chinese Language and Cutural Centre of Darwin are practicing hard to perform again in our 2007 Concert. The pix of the young talented dancers in the attached poster was taken by Kara Blohm, ADCOA's honourable photographer during the 2006 concert.

Cheers
Winnie Wong

Message from the President [April 18, 2007]

I would like to introduce the story of the second opera extract that ADCOA is going to stage on 11th August 2007 at Darwin Entertainment Centre. I am much appreciated for the expert advices being given by Ms. Sally Neagle of DEC and Ms. Lee McIvor of Darwin Festival in relation to o ur home-made posters of the Moon Worshippers. The following poster design is designed partly based on the advices of Sally and Lee. Once again, thanks for their inspirational ideas.

Thank you.

The saga of Princess LogChong 隋宮十載菱花夢

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The story is based on the saga of Princess LogChong of the Chan Kingdom during the chaotic warlords period in between Han and Tang Dynasties 1700 years ago. After the collapse of the Chan Kingdom, the rival Emperor Tsui ordered General Young to capture & execute the rest of Chan's Royal family. Princess LogChong was captured but married to her captor, General Young. The latter fell in love with the princess because of her extraordinary courage to sacrifice herself for the safely escape of her husband.

隋帝派遣大將楊越把陳後主趕盡殺絕，陳後主蒙塵，宮主樂昌賣弄機玄，施緩兵之計，駙馬得以逃脫。楊越憐才惜玉認作夫妻。十年後，駙馬四出訪尋，夫妻重聚， 破鏡重圓。楊越得悉此事，假作絕情寡義，強迫樂昌離開。樂昌感懷身世，總覺前夫有情，後夫有義，極難取捨，最後以死明志 。

Cast: Katherine YUEN as Princess LogChong 陳 , 樂昌公主 & Louis WONG as General Yuet Young 隋 , 楊越將軍

Cheers
Winnie Wong

Message from the President [April 2, 2007]

I would like to introduce one of the opera extracts that ADCOA is going to perform in our August Concert in association with the Darwin Festival. Attached please also find two of the promotion posters that ADCOA is going to publish. As they are "home design" stuff, your comments to make them more professionally look will be much appreciated.

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Moon Worshippers 雙仙拜月亭 之搶傘

It is one of the many love stories that depicts the subtle ways of love expresssion by Chinese women for their Mr-Right-Could-Be. It is also a story about the power of true love. During Sung Dynasty 800 years ago, China was frequently invaded by the Nomads. In one invasion, Scholar Jian met Nan, the daughter of the Defence Minister Wang who lost contact with her family in a chaotic retreat. Both young people fell in love with each other while escaping the invaders and got married. After the nomads were defeated, Nan reunited with her father who was unhappy with his poor son-in-law. Wang forced their separation. A few years later, Jian changed his identity and eventually succeed to become a court official. Without knowing Jian was his ex son-in-law, Wang wanted his daughter to marry this new official with a promising future. However, Nan believed that she should be faithful to her ex-husband. As a gesture of protesting the arranged marriage and demonstrating her faithfulness, Nan decided to committed suicide after worshipping the Moon. Moon worshipping was a common ritual among Chinese young girls who were hoping for a good marriage. Dramatically, Jian and Nan bumped into each other at the Moon Temple. The love story ended with a perfect happy ending – Wang admitted his mistake and the couple reunited. This opera extract depicts how Jian and Nan fall in love with each other during the chaotic retreat. The casts for the Moon Worshippers are Anne Hughes as Jian and Winnie Wong as Nan.

宋朝外患戰亂頻仍，秀才蔣世隆與妹往他方避亂，途中失散。兵部尚書王鎮奉旨出使平亂其女兒瑞蘭亦與親人失散，幸而遇上世隆，兩人一見傾心， 路上患難相扶。戰亂平息後，王尚書父女重逢，得悉瑞蘭下嫁清貧世隆，便藉詞迫女兒與世隆斷絕夫妻情份，更假傳瑞蘭死訊。世隆失意，抱石投江，後獲救改名， 赴考高中狀元。王尚書迫瑞蘭再婚，蘭執意拒絕，以死明志。怎知在拜月亭與世隆相逢，夫婦兩人有如雙仙復合，終得團圓。

Cheers
Winnie Wong

ADCOA has won the NT Government 2006/07 Cultural Linguistic Awards!

雅集榮獲北澳政府 2006/07 度文化語言獎﹗