Audio: Chinatown elders’ singing event
21 November 2008
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By Guo Shipeng –
Every Tuesday afternoon, a group of about 20 Chinese elders gather for a small singing event in Hotel Oakland, a senior’s home on the outskirts of the city’s Chinatown.
Their average age is over 75 and they practice a wide range of Chinese songs, both old and new.
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[audio:http://rosebud.journalism.berkeley.edu/~j200/510report/chineseseniorssinging.mp3]
Teacher Sha Hong and Pianist Ding Kong Xiaolan (standing) with about 20 elders at the singing event
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