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Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:34 AM PDT

YOUTH APPEAL

Johor Area Rehabilitation Organisation is showcasing new product lines for the young at its open house on July 16

THE Johor Area Rehabilitation Organisation (Jaro) is introducing two new hand-made product lines -- Jaro Green and Jaro Heritage -- for the younger generation.

Its open house on July 16 from 11am to 3pm will showcase the new range of products at its store along Jalan Sungai Chat between Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar and the Mawar Complex.

Jaro Green products are made from recycled materials or sustainable sources, while the Heritage products reflect the country's multicultural community.

Jaro was founded in 1952 as a workshop for the disabled.

Committee members Datin Patricia Lim and Annie Thomas worked with volunteer Chris Parry, a former New York-based graphic artist who recently returned to live in Johor Baru, on the new product ranges.

"I'm looking to local culture as inspiration," said Parry, who is now Jaro's creative consultant.

"Some of our products are not only decorative but functional as well.

"We have specific products for special occasions such as Hari Raya and Deepavali and also items that tourists like," said Parry, pointing to the pretty purses and make-up bags designed in Indian brocade.

He also thanked the Rotary Club of Johor Baru for its generous donation and Metropoint College Johor Baru for helping to upgrade the computer system and installing a computer in the store.

Jaro depends on volunteers to make the products and run the business.

So it welcomes the support of people with handicraft skills and those with experience in marketing, sales and promotions.

The Jaro store is open on weekdays from 8.30am to 5.30pm, and closed on weekends and public holidays.

Its retail outlets are at City Square and Holiday Plaza.

For more information, visit http://jarogreen.blogspot.com.

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Classical evening with 3 masters

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Classical evening with 3 masters

2011/07/07
By Shenton Thomas De Silva

THE South Front Art & Music House in Taman Sri Setia, Johor Baru, will be staging a violin recital on July 24 at 3pm in the auditorium of Foon Yew High School, Jalan Stulang Laut.

Members of the public can expect an evening of classical music by three musicians led by Tan Guang Yu, 35, who will be performing pieces by Beethoven, Franck and Bach.

Guang Yu first played the piano when he was eight, but found his passion in violin when he was 12.

"The violin belonged to my father, the late Tan Hooi Song," said the violinist who is here on holiday from the United States.

He is completing his doctoral degree in violin from Michigan State University.

"Those who want to know more about western classical music should come to the recital," he said.

Hooi Song was a musician and composer from Johor Baru. He taught music at the Foon Yew High School, Johor Baru.

Guang Yu's 27-year-old sister, Guang Mei, who is also the recital's organising chairman, will be playing the Double Concerto in D minor with him and an invited guest from Taiwan, Ming Ching Wu.

Guang Mei is a music instructor with the South Front Art & Music House. She was earlier trained under three prominent music instructors, beginning with her father and two others from Malaysia and Singapore.

She also majored in music in Fu Jen University, New Taipei City, in Taiwan and in the fine arts at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. She then went on to work on a violin project with renowned violinist Min Lee from Singapore.

"I hope the audience will enjoy our performance. This show is to give people in Johor a taste of Western classical music," she said.

Pianist Ming Ching Wu, who will be playing a piece from Provokief, began playing the piano when she was eight. She bagged first prize in a piano competition in Taiwan in 2005.

She is now working towards a doctorate in music from the Eastman School of Music in New York, USA.

For ticket enquiries or more information, call 07-221 9930 or 012-709 6124.

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Jumaat, 8 Julai 2011