Q:How did you get to know about the Culture in the Alley activity? How many times has it been held in Kaiming Neighbourhood?
A:I knew a member of the TCOCO. After being introduced to the members and reading about them on the Internet, I was very interested. They have played in Kaiming four times.
Q:Why did you want to hold the Culture in the Alley event in the Kaiming Neighbourhood?
A:Because music cultivates spirituality and helps people to have a better understanding of it.
Q:How many times have the TCOCO come to Kaiming Neighbourhood? And why do you still want to invite them back again?
A:They’ve already played four times. They’ve played in a lot of places around Taipei so their performances are very good. When they play, we get to learn more about music and this raises appreciation of classical Chinese music.
Q:What do you need to prepare before a performance?
A:We need to get permission and funds to rent a space. Also we need to prepare some souvineurs
Q:Before the performances, how do you let the community know about them?
A:We put up poster and make announcements.
Q:Do you let other communities know about the upcoming performances?
A:We have no objections to other communities attending the performances.
Q:What do you think is different about the TCOCO’s perfomances? What’s your most memorable performance or song?
A: Their performances was excellent and always.
Q:After this performance, do you still want them to come back and play again? Is there anything you’d like to see them do differnetly?
A: Yes! We’d love for them to come back.
Q:The TCOCO are plasying in the National Concert Hall on 12/16, could say some words of encourgement?
A:We’ve asked them to play for us four times and they always perform brilliantly. I hope they can come back to Kaiming Neighbourhood and other communities in Taipei to let even more people appreciate their performances. |