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and Tinkerbell. Tune Search: An International Guitar Festival in 2019. This
number also got them the Consolation
Online Concert by
Prize that year, what an amazing feat!
Coming up next was the introduction of traditional clothing. France’s traditional
costumes include the Breton costume, Alsace costume and Landes costume. The French the Guitar Club
Club representative also gave a tip to identify the rich: the more buttons sealed onto The concert continued with
the Alsace costume, the wealthier the wearer. While French women who pair Landes On the 10th of June, Kuen Cheng “Fireworks of Stars”, performed by Linh

costumes with fancy ribbons are unmarried or divorced. Aside from Kimonos that are High School Guitar Club held an online Chi and Yan Yu. Followed by an ensemble
worn by the Japanese during their coming-of-age ceremony, Japan also has the Yukata concert via video streaming platforms such of “Naruto Main Theme”, a soundtrack
which is a casual version of the Kimono. Lastly, the traditional clothing of Korea is the as YouTube, Facebook and Zoom. Though from Japan’s popular anime Naruto. Hebe

renowned hanbok. the concert was held during the school Tien’s “A Little Happiness” was performed
holidays, many students in Kuen Cheng by their alumna, Mandy Hu.

watched it live.
The audience had a good laugh listening to the interesting festivals such as France’s

Nice Carnival. The two-week event is celebrated to honour visiting nobility where people The performances came to a halt
pelted each other with flour and eggs. In Korea, there is Tooth Day and Gugu Day which Before the concert started, the as one of the emcees interviewed a club
are named after chicken clucking sounds. On the 11th of November, both Korea and emcees, Yee Ling and Wen Qi welcomed member, Lee Swan Yin on her guitar
Japan celebrate Pepero Day and Pocky Day respectively. It is held on this day due to all who tuned in to watch the program. journey. “What inspired you to pick up the
the resemblance of Pepero and Pocky sticks. Besides Pocky Day, Japan also celebrates During the introduction, they dismissed guitar and start playing?”She shared that

Confession Day annually on February 19, five days after Valentine’s Day. a common misconception, which is that she was introduced to guitar when she saw
guitars can only be played individually, but a guitarist playing while singing in a music
not in a group. In fact, guitars can also be programme on television and thought that
It is undeniable that K-pop is taking the world by storm. Koreans will try to mimic played in a band! Guitar ensembles in this playing the guitar looked very cool. Soon

their idol’s style in all aspects: makeup and dressing. Besides that, K-dramas such as club are pioneered by their current coach. after, she went online to buy a guitar and
‘Hotel Del Luna’, ‘Twenty-five twenty-one’, ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Crash Landing on You’ thus started her guitar-playing journey.
have hit the big time. Meanwhile, in France, their renowned movies are ‘The Chorus’

and ‘The Pianist’. Japan is known for Shinkai Makoto’s animation since each scene was The concert started with a bang as
stunning enough to be set as a wallpaper. the emcees enthusiastically introduced the “How did you feel after you got to
first performance of the day, the “Legend experience playing the guitar?” Swan Yin
of Ashitaka”. They informed the audience shared that she thought it was very new
Later, participants were introduced to French’s daily outfits. Unbeknownst to that this song was very special as the Club at first, but soon after she realized that it
many, the French do not dress as complicated as the media portrays. In fact, both French performed this very tune at the Saigon was not as she expected it to be. The guitar
and Koreans prefer to dress as minimalists. On the other hand, the Japanese go for
conservative clothing.

At last, the Talk ended with a group photo. It was an informative and beneficial
meeting for all participants as they understood and learned many things about these

three countries.
Jointly reported by:
Tan Qi Xuan Sr1A
Rachel Koh Huey Shin Jr3Z(2)

Ho Chia Chien Jr3Z(4)

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