Canada yesterday announced the program of its celebration for the Canada Pavilion Day on July 1, featuring a full week of performances and activities including a 10-minute show from Cirque du Soleil, a famous Canadian troupe and one of the country’s most famous cultural exports.
Cirque du Soleil’s Tokyo-based show ZED will be presented at the Expo Center on July 1, together with performances by the Acadian group Grand Derangement, Alberta’s pop and R&B singer Kreesha Turner, British Columbia’s ambient rockers Jets Overhead and the British Columbia Aboriginal Dance troupe Dancers of Damelahamid. Cirque du Soleil made its debut on the Chinese mainland in 2008.
Alberta’s pop and R&B singer Kreesha Turner staged a concert at America Square yesterday night as part of the program.
July 1 is Canada Day and this year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Canada. Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean will join in the celebration at the Expo site on July 1, Mark Rowswell, Canada’s commissioner general for Expo 2010, revealed yesterday.
The pavilion receives more than 30,000 visitors daily, with a peak of 37,000 people, he said.
The commemorative Expo cards showing Canada’s commissioner general posing in front of the Canada Pavilion will be distributed to visitors on the day. Rowswell, better known under his stage name Da Shan in China, is the “most famous foreigner in China” for his role performing xiangsheng (a popular form of comic dialogue).
(Source: en.expo2010.cn)
