GRi Arts &
Culture Ghana 08 -06 - 2001
US musical youth group arrives on tour
US musical youth group arrives on tour
Accra
(Greater Accra) 08 June 2001
A 25-member
musical youth group, Stillwaters Sinfo-Nia Youth Orchestra, based in Atlanta,
United States, is in the country to undertake a two-week tour.
The group,
mostly students, will also arrange exchange programmes with some selected
Ghanaian schools.
Speaking to
the GNA at the airport on Friday, Mr David Robinson, Leader and Founder said
this is the group's first performance in Africa since its inception 11 years
ago.
They chose
Ghana because of her "rich and colourful cultural diversity," Mr
Robinson said.
The group
will perform at the Statehouse before a state audience including President John
Agyekum Kufuor and other government officials and tour the Northern, Central,
Eastern and Ashanti regions.
In the
north, they will pay a courtesy call on the Ya-Naa and participate in the Damba
festival. They will also visit the Manhyia palace in Kumasi.
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