Chapter 33 Chapter 9 Thousands of people chorus

The winter vacation of 1941 was spent in the bombing.After school started, the Nankai Choir took an hour a day to practice the song "Thousands of Chorus" directed by teacher Li Baochen.On March 12th, we sang in the auditorium first, and then added a scaffolding on the ruins of the bombed center of Chongqing (later the spiritual fortress square). More than 20 choirs from all over the city gathered and sang together Singing patriotic songs, I hope that the impoverished compatriots in the city will hear it, people all over the world will hear it, and the souls of the dead underground will also hear it.we sing:

"China must be strong! China must be strong! Look at those 800 strong men, standing alone on the Eastern Battlefield..." "Arise, people who do not want to be slaves, build our new Great Wall with our flesh and blood, The Chinese nation has reached the most dangerous time, and everyone is forced to make a final roar. " That night, the singing shook the sky, everyone's blood boiled with enthusiasm, tears never dried, and they sang loudly the grief and indignation of national hatred and family hatred accumulated deep in their hearts.Teacher Li recalled the situation many years later: "When I took the stage to direct, I saw the burning and collapsed buildings behind the Japanese plane bombing, and I heard the voice of a thousand strong men." The power of that singing was beyond the imagination of people in the Taiping era. of.

When the song "Thousands of People Chorus" came out that night, several military trucks took us back to Shapingba.At a turn, the door panel at the back of the truck was squeezed loose and fell off. We all fell to the ground. Because we fell into a pile, no one seemed to be injured. We only heard a burst of shouting, and everyone quickly got up and chased the car.The boy who was crushed at the bottom when he fell was named Hu. He was a famous piano genius in Nankai and once gave a recital in the school.I actually rushed to pull him up, and asked eagerly, "Is your hand hurt?" During these years, I occasionally think of him, and I can't even remember his name, no

Do you know if he later became a pianist? That night, we laughed while chasing the truck on the dilapidated road. The Jialing River flowing along the road was as beautiful as a fairyland when the moon was rising, and the youth under the shadow of war and death had a moment of respite.That short-lived joy is unforgettable forever. Nankai's school spirit is not only rich in reading.There are also many talent and community activities, and there are often various concerts and choirs in the school.Among the personal concerts, the mezzo-soprano Zeng Xian'en is the most famous. Her singing (Flowers Are Not Flowers) and "I Live at the Head of the Yangtze River" directly touches my heart. Some people call her "the voice of an angel", which makes us fascinated .Fifty years later, I joined the 1943 class reunion and knew that she had been teaching vocal music at Hangzhou Music College.Another memorable one is the tenor Zhu Shikai. He became popular in the school because of singing "Drinking Song" in "La Traviata". Many people were crazy about him. Every time he

Singing "Hometown of Duna" has become the dream lover of more girls.Forty years later, I met him at the Nankai Travel and Taiwan Alumni Association, and I still have some fan complexes. The women of the Whitehead Palace talked about how we girls were fascinated by him back then.He returned to the United States and sent me a handwritten copy of the lyrics (Dunner's Hometown), and sighed that the past was like a dream. He suffered from high blood pressure and died before he was seventy years old. Another characteristic of Nankai is the drama club, which was established shortly after the founding of the school by President Zhang.At the earliest, Principal Zhang wrote and directed it himself. In the 1920s, when Zhou Enlai was studying at school, he participated in the set work and played female roles (different stations for men and women).When I was in school, the drama club did not only perform patriotic dramas. One year after my graduation, I performed Oscar Wilde's "Young Mistress's Fan". , to everyone's amazement.

Performances by the Nankai Drama Club, concerts and various ball games are often grand events in Shapingba, which are supported by Central University, Chongqing University and other schools.There are some common "stars" on the dam.Walking down that one and only street attracts attention.One year, the basketball team of the Northeast Zhongshan Middle School, where the Nankai basketball team also went abroad, had a sensational game.Zhongshan narrowly won.Fortunately, I have graduated, otherwise I don't know which team to cheer for.