2016 ?????? (Korea & China Singing and Dance Festival)

It’s been 9 months since I came to Korea and with the passage of every day I have been making unforgettable memories and experiencing new things. Rainy season has already begun here, which I don’t like a lot but despite of the rain, last weekend I made one of the best weekends I had in Korea and it was because of ?????? (Korean-Chinese Singing and Dance Festival).

??????  festival was celebrated for the first time this year in the honor of “2016 Visit Daegu Year” but has been decided to be held every year. This year 14 teams participated in total, 3 teams represented China and 11 teams represented Korea.

When I reached at the event place, I was so surprised that despite of rain, lots of people showed up to watch the performances and support the teams. Since I am one of the Daegu International Blog Supporters, I was one of the audience judges and was given a voting remote.

With the welcoming speech by Director of Daegu Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the festival began officially.

First team to perform was Team Rainbow representing China. Although they were elementary school kids but their performance was mind blowing. They dance so well and sang so well while holding signposts in their hands. I remember, upon finishing their performance I kept on clapping for a long time. These kids were really amazing.

Team Rainbow’s performance was so stunning that audience judges had to give them a high score of 94.4 out of 100.

Team ‘Smoking Man’ from China performed at number two. The team had their own drummer and sang really well. One of the things which impressed me a lot was it’s been just one year in Korea and they were speaking really good Korean. I felt like I need to study more and improve my Korean speaking skills 🙂

Team ‘Smoking Man’ managed to get 85.75 score which was relatively far lower than Team Rainbow’s score.

Third team representing China was ‘????’ and are basically from Shanghai. They were also like second to none; especially their body moves were breath taking.

Audience Judges gave 90.6 score to team ‘????’

Team ‘Home’z’, representing Korea, presented at number four. Band consists of students from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science. A team with guitarists, drummers, singers; really showed of stunning performance.

Team Home’z unfortunately also couldn’t get a relatively high score. They were able to get 85.7 score yet their performance was amazing.

Number five was a solo performer, ???. He is a high school student who came all the way from Gyeongju. The moment ??? started singing, all the audience couldn’t resist to applaud.

This solo singer managed to get a really good score from audience judges i.e 91.6

Performance at number six was one of those performances which made audience stand up and start dancing and clapping. Once again it was  a solo performer  ??? from China. Started his performance with famous song ‘Here with You’ by Asher Monroe, ??? got audience’s attention the next moment. He had a powerful voice and amazing dancing skills.

He was able to get 92.6 score from audience judges and went down the stage with smiling face.

At number sever, another team of kids performed and rocked the stage. ??? team, consisting of elementary school children, but after seeing their performance, they were looking just like professionals. I still remember the girls’ expressions and dance moves were simply marvelous.

Without doubt, these kids managed to catch audience’s attention and support because of their splendid performance and got a really high score of 95.5.

Team performing at number eight was ‘????’. This team was also consisting of drummer, guitarists and singers and sang the song from famous Korean band 10CM.

They were managed to get 89.5 score which was not that much high score compared to their expectation.

????? performed at number 9, representing China. They started their performance with traditional Chinese martial arts and few moments later performed poppin dance.

Team?????also couldn’t managed to get a relatively high score from audience judges. They got 88.7 score but no doubt their performance was stunning.

Number 10 was again a solo performer ???. ??? came all the way from Seoul where he has been doing performances at Hongdae. It was my first time listening traditional song live and I admit??? gave one of the best performances that day. His voice was powerful and confident which made all the audience like his song.

As expected, he was able to get a good score of 91.7 from judges.

Team ‘TIGER STARS’ consisting of 2 young girls performed at number 11. These Chinese girls have been living in Korea for around 3 years and are inspired by K-Pop music and dance.

Their performance was also amazing but unfortunately they were able to just get 86.9 score from the judges.

‘??? ??’ was a team of young energetic boys who performed at number 12. Their vibrant dance moves made all the audience stand up and clap for them.

They were able to get 92.4 score and walked away from stage happily.

Second last team to perform was a band from Daekyeung University called ‘DID’. The band have been doing performances since 2 years and show off amazing singing skills.

They got 89.2 score from the judges and lots of applaud from audience.

The last but not least team to perform was another band from Seoul named ‘BlackSwan’. They also have been actively performing in Hongdae area and have active SNS profiles and fans throughout the city.

A beautiful song sang with a powerful voice made them get 88.4 score from audience.

At this moment I was feeling sad since all the performances were over and I was enjoying each and every performance a lot. Meanwhile I was also curious to know which team snatched gold and who’s going with bronze. The final scores were calculated by score from main judges and the ones given by audience.

Finally the wait was over. At first there was a ‘Special Prize’ for the team and the award went to team ‘?????’. They deserved it as they performed extraordinary dance including Chinese martial arts.

Bronze Award was won by??? who performed the song ‘Here with you’ made everyone cheer for him.

Silver Award was won by ‘??? ??’, a team of young energetic boys who showed extra ordinary dance moves.

Golden Award was won by kids’ team ???. I was so happy seeing them winning golden award as they deserved it. I loved their performance a lot and so did everyone else.

And the Grand Award winner was??? from Seoul, a Hongdae street performer who rocked the stage with his song and powerful voice.

It was end of?????? and I was sad that it ended. I had such a memorable time and saw amazing performances by youngsters and kids from both China and Korea.

?????? is first of its kind of event held for the first time in Daegu. The aim of the festival was to attract more Chinese visitors to Daegu, to open Daegu to the world and above all to celebrate cultural diversity. Thank you Daegu for making my day an unforgettable one 🙂