Week ahead
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 31 July, 2011, 12:00am
UPDATED : Sunday, 31 July, 2011, 12:00am
Today
Youth Music Camp Concert
Participants from the Music Office's summer camp this year present a programme featuring Kuan Nai-chung's Darkened Sky; Chinese folk song Jasmine; Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 and Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 in D minor, 4th movement. Tsuen Wan Town Hall auditorium, 3pm; HK$40, HK$60 and HK$80 from Urbtix
Know More About Dragonflies
Guided tour at Hong Kong Wetland Park, home to a third of Hong Kong's dragonfly species; 11am, 4.30pm, from Orientation Point 3, Visitor Centre
Wednesday
Spaghetti Western Orchestra
Wacky Australian ensemble performs movie scores written by Italian composer Ennio Morricone using off-the-wall devices, from coat hangers to nail clippers, as well as conventional instruments. Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium, 7.30pm, Also Aug 4, Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium, 7.30pm; HK$100, HK$180, HK$240 from Urbtix
Thursday
Stargazing By the Sea With McDull
Hong Kong Sinfonietta presents a musical programme to accompany a journey with Hong Kong's favourite cartoon piglet, City Hall Concert Hall, July 4-7, 7.30pm; also 3pm, July 6-7; HK$140, HK$200, HK$280 from Urbtix
Friday
My Little Green Planet
Dance poem by the Hong Kong Dance Company's Children and Youth Troupe about the state of the environment: Will flowers still bloom several hundred years on? What shall we do to save the earth? Hong Kong City Hall Theatre, Aug 5, 6, 7.45pm; Aug 6, 7, 3pm; HK$120, HK$180, from Urbtix. Also Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium; Aug 13, 7.45pm; tickets HK$90, HK$140
Saturday
International Baby/Children Products Expo
Consumer fair featuring products for pre-natal care, baby care, preschool education and play groups, alongside activities such as a baby crawling competition. Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Aug 5-6, 10am-9pm; Aug 7, 10am-7.30pm; tickets HK$25
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