After our first official day of the World Conference, it was time for the opening ceremony. We welcomed many honourees, including Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Benedikte of Denmark, CY Leung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Regina Leung, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association (HKGGA), Pansy Ho, Chairman of the Hong Kong Organizing Committee, Daisy Ho, Chief Commissioner of HKGGA, and Mary McPhail, Chief Executive of WAGGGS. They were all welcomed with a dragon dance!
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| The honourees. |
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| Being welcomed with a dragon dance. |
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| Special effects on the dragons! |
We enjoyed a traditional meal (with far too much food to finish!) and some more performances, including an orchestra with beautiful, traditional instruments, the Chinese children's opera and two dance groups. We were all amazed!
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| The orchestra. |
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| The Chinese children's opera performance. |
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| With the opera performers. Beautiful costumes! |
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| The first dance group. |
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| The second dance group. |
Following this was the big highlight, the South Korean boy band, Uangel Voice. Everyone was dancing and screaming. They even serenaded HRH Princess Bendedikte of Denmark!
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| Uangel Voice! Woo! |
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| Serenading HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark. |
This event took us late into the evening and we had to rush upstairs to bed afterwards, to make sure we were ready for the next big day of business.
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