Author: Xie Yafeng (Huailai)
At half past six o'clock yesterday evening, the art troupe gathered in the University for the Elderly to perform in Xishuiquan Village, and the head of the troupe, Cao Dengyin, was waiting in the courtyard early. There is a lot of equipment to bring to the countryside for performances, and the men in the troupe arrive in advance to load the car together, who can tell that they are about 70 years old? Everyone arrived one after another, and a convoy of more than a dozen vehicles set off slowly, and Xiao Jinsheng, consultant of the University for the Elderly and secretary of the Party branch of the art troupe, personally led the team.
The villagers of Xishuiquan rushed to the village committee square one after another. Men, women, and children, running to tell each other, some holding benches, some carrying chairs, and some sitting on stone piers at the edge of the field with cushions.
The actors seized the time to familiarize themselves with the venue and change their costumes. There are eighteen programs in this performance, and many actors have four or five programs, and the room where they change clothes is relatively far away, and everyone shuttles between them, performing, changing costumes, waiting, performing, and changing costumes, and they are very busy. The few people in the show are not idle, they are waiting for everyone in the dressing room, helping to pull zippers, put on hair flowers, and tidy up their bags.
The villagers of Xishuiquan sat under the stage in an orderly manner from beginning to end, bursting with applause from time to time, and occasionally a few children danced together with the audience. Secretary Xiao has been watching the performance seriously in the audience, the evening breeze is a little cool, he wore a half-sleeve, and Zhang Fengzhi found a coat to put on him.
The stage was very spacious, and our dances were spread out as much as possible than usual, and several dances changed formations due to the temporary lack of actors, and everyone did not dare to relax at all, and took them seriously with 100% spirit. The program ended with the reunion song and dance "Singing China in the South, the North and the South", and the applause and cheers of the audience came and went.
2024.07.02
(Photo: Hua Jianguo)
Editor: Niu Yixin/Li Xunxiu/Song Zhanlin, Editorial Department of Qingyanwei Literature