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Today’s Articles — October 19, 2007

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Music Director Has Great Appreciation for the NTDTV International Chinese Vocal Competition

(Clearwisdom.net) Matthew Jaskiewicz graduated from the Conducting Department of Poland's Warsaw Academy of Music. He has been conducting choirs and orchestras in Canada for over 25 years. Mr. Jaskiewicz told an NTDTV reporter that he believes it is extremely important for NTDTV to hold the first of its kind International Chinese Vocal Competition. He also emphasized that a pure and authentic music competition should not have any communist ideological influence.

Vocal Competition Presents to the World the Beauty of Traditional Chinese Culture (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) (Note: Some of the names below are translated based on Chinese Pinyin due to lack of original English names.)

NTDTV hosted the first International Chinese Vocal Competition from October 15 to 17, 2007 in Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York. More than one hundred professional vocalists from over twenty countries and regions applied for entrance into the competition. This competition provides a platform for professional and amateur vocalists to learn from each other and improve themselves. It is also a grand cultural event to restore and promote the orthodox vocal arts of the East and the West. It brings beauty, hope and a bright future to humankind.

Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Introducing Falun Gong in Brookline City (Photo)

(Clearwisdom.net) The 21st Brookline Garden Fair was held in Brookline, Massachusetts on October 14, 2007. Falun Gong practitioners set up a booth at the fair, and attracted many people as they demonstrated the exercises and made paper lotus flowers. They introduced Falun Gong to the local residents and exposed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.