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More than 2000 people gathered at the Palace Reception Hall on October 26th to celebrate the launch of King Midas’s children’s book and opera CD.
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The project’s musical directors, Maria Diamantis and Dimitris Ilias, did great things for their little singers, bringing them in a limousine to a red carpet launch in an imposing room.
The evening’s program featured a moving performance of five of the CD’s songs, followed by speeches by various dignitaries, including Senator Leo Housakos and Andy Crilis, executive vice-president of the CHGM. It goes without saying that many media were present.
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To conclude the evening, the public was treated to a book signing by the 25 students of Socrates-Demosthenes School who happily signed autographs. At the end of the event, each chorister received a commemorative medal on the theme of The Gold of the Midas King.
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