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Kim Jong Il Enjoys Art Performance

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, Saturday enjoyed together with senior officials of the Party, the army and the state art performance "Blue Sky over My Country" given at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on the occasion of the lunar New Year. As he appeared in the auditorium the audience enthusiastically welcomed him, representing the unbounded reverence of all the people for him. Among the audience were Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, member of the NDC of the DPRK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, Jon Pyong Ho, Choe Thae Bok, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam and Kim Jung Rin, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet, department directors and first vice department directors of the C.C., WPK and other senior officials of the Party Central Committee, leading officials of the ministries and national institutions and officials of scientific, educational, literary and art and media organizations.
    Invited to watch the performance were Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of the Chinese embassy, Chinese technicians and specialists active at the Taean Friendship Glass Factory, Chinese guests staying here and Chinese students and trainees who are joining Korean people in celebrating the lunar New Year.
    The performance began with chorus "Blue Sky over My Country." The repertoire included colorful numbers such as chorus "Song Devoted to Marshal Kim Il Sung", female solo and pangchang for violin "O, Mother Party", male solo and group dance for chorus "For the Motherland", male chorus "We Will Never Forget Those Days", oungum ensemble and pangchang "We Will Be Always with the Loadstar", female folk song singing and chorus "Arirang for Prosperity", female solo and chorus "Song Devoted to Comrade Kim Jong Il" and chorus "The Path for Victory."
    The artistes sang high praises of the immortal exploits Kim Jong Il has performed by building a socialist power of Juche on this land under the uplifted red flag of revolution associated with the whole life of President Kim Il Sung. They made an epical representation of the unshakeable faith and will of the KPA servicepersons and people to always share the destiny with the headquarters of the revolution and win the final victory of the Korean revolution without fail. The performance was highly acclaimed by the audience as it was pervaded with the sky-high spirit of the servicepersons and people dynamically speeding up the advance for the new year full of great ambition and confidence.
    Kim Jong Il waved back to the enthusiastically cheering performers and audience and congratulated the artistes on their successful performance. Staff members of the Chinese embassy here mounted the stage and presented the artistes with a floral basket in the name of the embassy, congratulating them on their successful performance.