Monday June 29, 2009
KL show to kick off Rainforest World Music festival
By JACK WONG
KUCHING: Red Chamber (Canada/China) and Asika (Malaysia) will perform in two preview shows in Kuala Lumpur in the run-up to the Rainforest World Music festival.
The first of the shows will be held at the Curve on Friday.
Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) chief executive officer Gracie Geikie said local music fans here would be entertained by four international and Malay-sian musical groups at the second preview show at the open-air amphitheatre at Jalan Taman Budaya on July 8.
The three-day festival, the 12th edition, will feature 13 foreign and four Malaysian groups at the Sarawak Cultural Village on the foothill of the legendary Mount Santubong near here from July 10.
Unique blend: Red Chamber from Canada/ China will be performing at the preview show on Friday. The other international groups are from France, Tanzania, Korea, New Zealand, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, Morocco, United States, Portugal, Indonesia and Poland.
“So far, we have sold more than 10,000 tickets. The sale this time is 10% higher than last year’s,’’ Geikie told The Star yesterday.
She said all the major hotels in Santubong peninsula and in the city had been fully booked.
More than 200 foreign music writers, print and electronic media journalists will cover the event. They are brought in by STB, Tourism Malaysia and SilkAir.
Geikie said last year’s festival attracted some 22,000 music fans, most of them foreigners and Malaysians from outside Sarawak.
But she expected a lower turnout not only because of the influenza A (H1N1) but also the global economic slowdown.
She said STB was working closely with the state health department to take precautionary measures to prevent any spread of A (H1N1) flu.
“A health centre will be set up to provide free screening for music fans and others. Pamplets on the flu will also be distributed,’’ said Geikie.
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