Performing arts can be delivered right to your school doorstep this year, thanks to the 2006 Young Friends Scheme.
Organised by the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the programme aims to expose students to performing arts by bringing the shows to their schools.
This year, 30,000 students from 40 secondary schools and tertiary institutions will have the chance to enjoy a mini-musical, The Quest for Beauty.
A joint production with the Hong Kong Musical Theatre Federation, the show is a contemporary version of the classic Beauty and the Beast, and will tour schools from today until the end of this month.
The newly introduced School Partnership Project includes arts education activities aimed at students. So far, more than 1,200 students from 11 schools have signed up. They are welcome to attend performances and rehearsals of the 2006 Hong Kong Arts Festival, including introductory workshops, pre-performance talks, backstage tours and meet-the-artist sessions.
The scheme, established in 1992 with the support of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, aims to enhance appreciation of the performing arts among young people.