Last Saturday, I had the privilege of singing back-up for my mother at the RTHK's All the Way With Ray charity function held at the Wan Chai Convention Centre. My mother had been invited to perform at the event which was in celebration of Ray Cordeiro's (A.K.A "Uncle Ray") 60th year at RTHK (Uncle Ray currently holds the title of 'World's Most Durable DJ' in the Guinness Book of Records, while his programme 'All the Way With Ray', airing weeknights from 10pm-2am, is the longest running radio programme in Hong Kong).
Uncle Ray has been a family friend of ours for as long as I can remember. He is one of the kindest, gentlest men I've ever met and I have the utmost respect and fondness for him. Over the course of his career, Uncle Ray, through his radio programmes, was extremely influential in shaping the music scene in the 60s and 70s. He introduced the best of English-language music into Hong Kong and interviewed such legendary performers as Cliff Richard, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka and even The Beatles. He truly is one of a kind!
Aside from my mother, there were several other performers featured at the RTHK event as well including my uncle, Danny Diaz, Albert Au, Joe Junior, Maria Cordeiro and Eliza Chan. Justin Lo (侧田) sang a duet with my mother, while a number of other young artists from Hong Kong's Canto-pop scene made appearances as well
(陳柏宇、孫耀威、鍾舒漫、泳兒、陳偉霆、官恩娜、大Ｌ及玉石樂隊).
It was a wonderful feeling to be back on stage again and to groove to all those good old tunes from the 60s and 70s. I grew up listening to those song and don't think they could ever grow old for me. It was especially meaningful to be able to share the stage with my entire family (my father was the musical director for the event while my brother played the guitar in the band), and, of course, to see all our good family friends again who came to support the show!
Last Saturday, I had the privilege of singing back-up for my mother at the RTHK's All the Way With Ray charity function held at the Wan Chai Convention Centre. My mother had been invited to perform at the event which was in celebration of Ray Cordeiro's (A.K.A "Uncle Ray") 60th year at RTHK (Uncle Ray currently holds the title of 'World's Most Durable DJ' in the Guinness Book of Records, while his programme 'All the Way With Ray', airing weeknights from 10pm-2am, is the longest running radio programme in Hong Kong).
Uncle Ray has been a family friend of ours for as long as I can remember. He is one of the kindest, gentlest men I've ever met and I have the utmost respect and fondness for him. Over the course of his career, Uncle Ray, through his radio programmes, was extremely influential in shaping the music scene in the 60s and 70s. He introduced the best of English-language music into Hong Kong and interviewed such legendary performers as Cliff Richard, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka and even The Beatles. He truly is one of a kind!
Aside from my mother, there were several other performers featured at the RTHK event as well including my uncle, Danny Diaz, Albert Au, Joe Junior, Maria Cordeiro and Eliza Chan. Justin Lo (侧田) sang a duet with my mother, while a number of other young artists from Hong Kong's Canto-pop scene made appearances as well (陳柏宇、孫耀威、鍾舒漫、泳兒、陳偉霆、官恩娜、大Ｌ及玉石樂隊).
It was a wonderful feeling to be back on stage again and to groove to all those good old tunes from the 60s and 70s. I grew up listening to those song and don't think they could ever grow old for me. It was especially meaningful to be able to share the stage with my entire family (my father was the musical director for the event while my brother played the guitar in the band), and, of course, to see all our good family friends again who came to support the show!