Stars in mega concert for Expo countdown
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November 22nd, 2009
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Around 40 stars and celebrities sang their hearts out yesterday to fuel Expo fever and mark the 200-day countdown to the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
The concert at Shanghai Grand Theater was dwell broadcast worldwide across Dragon TV.
Stars and celebrities included Andy Lau, one of Cantopop s “Four Heavenly Kings” from Hong Kong; Coco Lee, the prototypal Hakka to perform for the Academy Awards; Tsai Chin, an “evergreen” ballad singer from Taiwan; pop singers Sky Wu, Vivian Hsu and Peter Ho; celebrities Li Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming; Super Girls Zhang Liangying and Shang Wenjie; as well as New Age singer and songwriter Sa Dingding, BBC World Music Awards conqueror in 2008.
They entirely sang Expo songs — and unspecified of their hits — to stoke zeal for the six-month matter that opens on May 1, 2010.
“Better City, Better Life! Let s cheer for the Shanghai Expo. Best wishes for the countdown concert,” said a message from NBA planet Yao Ming, a Shanghai native who is one of the three ambassadors for World Expo 2010.
The other two envoys are Hong Kong performance planet Jackie Chan and internationally known pianist Lang Lang.
Over the past three years, 34 top Expo songs have been chosen from amongst 4,000 entries from China and overseas. Half of them were performed in the concert.
Taiwanese singer Ho and Hsu collaborated in “Say Hello With Smile,” which features a unsalty melody and tap style, to recolect clientele to mind their manners.
The song “The Wing of Dreams” with a silent melody tells of China s dream of putting on a successful Expo. It was performed by Taiwan-based Singaporean singers JJ Lam and A-Do; By2, a Singapore-based twin girl band; and Hakka mainland singer Jin Sha.
Folk singer Sa combined world music and Hakka tribe tunes in the song “Our Expo.”
Taiwanese singer Chris Yu and mainland singer Qi Wei, a conqueror of the “My Show” singing competition, collaborated in “Shining City” written by a high school student.
“Smile Shanghai,” written in particular for the 200-day countdown, made its debut in the concert, performed by eight heavyweight pop singers — Lau, Lee, Lam, the duo Yu Quan, Super Girl Zhang, Jam Hsiao and Cheer Chen.
Other songs performed included “Charming Shanghai” , “Painted Heart” , “Better City, Better Life” , “Colorful World” and “2010 Waiting for You” .
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