Dear HK Fans and Wakin & Co.,
Once again I am very tardy in thanking you all so much for the great time we had at Wakin's double-header concerts in Hong Kong last month! As with the Taipei double headers, both shows were packed with energetic, high quality entertainment! Wakin sang a large volume of his classic Cantonese songs as well as plenty of his beloved Mandarin hits. He also sang in English his powerful, crystal-clear version of Elton John's “Your Song,” which I'd first heard him perform in Taipei at his O2 charity concert in 2002 — Man, Wakin is always really fine on that song. I wish he could record it!!
Wakin & Co. were so fired up that they sort of on purpose forgot  about the official time-limit regulation for using the Hung Hom Coliseum — the concerts ran overtime on both nights, twice causing a hefty monetary fine to cut into their profit margin! For now, here are a few memorable scenes:
Hung Hom Coliseum packed to the rafters
Wakin has been practicing piano enough! 哈哈
Carefree in a canary yellow tee
Still love after all these years
Giving the stringfolks their due
A big thanks to Wakin and his merry musicians!
Another particularly special aspect of Wakin's 2006 concert tour has been the solo segments performed by Violinist Lee Chi, Pianist Hong Jingyao, and Bassist Guo Zongshao, who all have been key to Wakin's music for the major part of his career.
Among my other precious memories from the Hong Kong trip are:
- Merlin's fine Japanese conversation ability and her excellent taste in Japanese music!
- The great design of the tee shirt presented to us by the Wakin & Friends HK Fans Club!
- Listening to my ultra-fave "新天長地久之男大當戀女大當愛 New Everlasting Love" while the whole HK fan club cheered "Hey! Hey! Hey!" as they waved their lightsticks in time with Wakin's speedy beat! He was able to sing that turbo-tune without a single missed lyric too!
- Getting to see SGBY Yvonne again after a couple of years! And hearing her be the umpteenth person to mention at their introduction that my Japanese piano teacher has a very long name . . . . 哈哈哈
- Getting to see TWBY Amber again after a couple of weeks! But then I was kind of sorry that Officer Cup-Cup and Uncle Chuan could not make the trip.....
- Receiving a pretty bracelet from sweetie Angela! (I hear that there are three sweetie Angelas in the HK fan club~!)
Thank you very much to everyone! We hope you could be our guests in Japan someday! — A. Kurita
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