[09/11/09](TheStars)Melting hearts like ice-cream

Akina55299

LOVE was in the air at the Ice-cream 4 U Charity Concert at the KL Badminton Stadium in Cheras last Friday.

Not the sort between lovers though, but the love for humanity and those who are less fortunate.

It was, after all, a charity concert to raise funds for the Pusat Penjagaan Kanak-kanak Cacat Taman Megah (PPKKCTM).

A group performance by the Entertainment Journalists Association and the children from PPKKCTM singing the concert’s theme song Xu Yao Ai (In Need of Love) kick-started the concert, setting a heart-warming tone for the evening.

One of the highlights was the performance by the three co-organisers Yi Jet Qi, Lee Sinje and Fish Leong, and their buddy local singer-director A-Niu.

They got to know each other better after taking part in the latter’s film.

It seemed like a mini-gathering for them as they chatted onstage, regaling interesting stories and taking swipes at A-Niu.

The foursome sang each other’s songs while A-Niu sang local singer Nicholas Teo’s song Who Would You Think Of When You Are Lonely because Teo could not make it to the concert as he was recuperating from illness.

With the cheeky A-Niu around, there’s sure to be barrels of laughs.

He even poked fun at the recent fight between local singer Gary Chaw and Hong Kong singer Justin, which made headlines in Hong Kong’s entertainment tabloids.

Yi, who came up with the idea of the charity concert, sung two songs solo — In Time and Good To Have You.

When he got down the stage to distribute ice-cream to some of the audience, there was a flurry as photographers rushed to snap photos.

Lee, clad in a red hot sexy mini- dress, also had the photographers busily snapping photos of her as she morphed into a rocker chick and danced and head-banged to the music like there was no tomorrow.

Most of the songs followed the theme of love such as the cover of Michael Jackson’s Heal The World by local singers Kit Teo, Manhand, Dave and Kah Jun.

Other highlights were the performances by guest artistes Taiwanese singer Valen Hsu and Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam.

Lam and the co-organisers held hands and hugged each other as they sang one of Lam’s signature tunes Zhi Shao Hai You Ni (At Least There’s You).

Hsu mesmerised the audience with her performance, proving that she’s still a force to be reckoned with despite her two-year hiatus from the entertainment scene.

She sang two songs, one of which is from her latest album.

There was also a lovely performance by Lee, Hsu and three children from the home who are adopted by Lee. They sang Baby, a song by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Deserts Chang.

While the children were painfully shy, they gave a laudable performance, earning applause from the audience.

More than 25 songs were sung at the three-hour concert.

A total of RM180,000 was collected via ticket sales but the organisers are still counting the proceeds derived from T-shirt (designed by Leong) sales and donations collected at the concert.


FROM : The Star

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