ACHOIR of 50 youngsters from Hong Kong has just returned from a three-week North American tour where they found themselves starring in a television show with a viewing audience of about 20 million worldwide.
During the half-hour live broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word on the CBS channel, the choir shared centre-stage with the renowned American Mormon Tabernacle Choir and gave an impressive performance showcasing the best of Hong Kong's musical youth.
Mr Chan Ho-choi, chairman of the board of directors and one of the founders of the choir, said they were presented on television as being ''one of the best children's choirs in the world''.
Since the choir was founded in 1969, it has steadily acquired an international reputation for its high standards of musicianship and performance.
This year, it was the only children's choir to have been invited to perform at the prestigious World Symposium on Choral Music in Vancouver. The symposium is held once every three years and this year involved over 1,000 musicians and conductors from 65 countries.
Mr Dennis Tupman, president of the symposium, later described the choir's performance as ''outstanding'' and said they had ''truly represented Hong Kong with grace, colour and musicianship''.