The World Choir Games (formerly named the Choir Olympics) is the largest choir competition in the world.[1]
The World Choir Games is organized by Musica Mundi and INTERKULTUR Foundation. Ever since 1988, about 5,000 choirs from more than 90 countries worldwide have been able to experience the unifying power of music at 89 events. More than 220,000 participants, over half of them children and young people under the age of 25, have visited the events since their founding. They sang and competed, learned from each other, celebrated their success and had unforgettable experiences.
Their motto is "Singing together brings nations together". The idea of the World Choir Games originates from the effort to bring together people and peoples through singing, in peaceful competition. In this way the coming together of nations in the arts can be effectively and illustratively demonstrated and challenged.
Participation is the highest honour at each World Choir Games. Being the world’s largest choir competition, the World Choir Games inspires people to experience the strength of interaction, challenging personality and community equally by singing together. The World Choir Games are organized for amateur choirs from all over the world, no matter which continent they come from, which musical genres are represented in their repertoires or which artistic ambitions they have.
Every two years, choirs from all parts of the world come together to celebrate the World Choir Games to participate, to contribute one’s own performance, to compare to others and to experience the enthusiasm of singing together. The next host will be Shaoxing, China from 15 July until 26 July 2010.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Choir_Games
Now from http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/zhejiang/shaoxing/weather/
With its subtropical monsoon climate, Shaoxing has warm and moist weather with four distinct seasons. The average annual temperature is 16.5 C (61.7F).
Hmm looks quite decent...
Until...
The highest temperature is usually in July and the highest record is 39.5C (103.1F), while the lowest temperature is -10.1C (13.82F) in January.
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Statement 1: The next host will be Shaoxing, China from 15 July until 26 July 2010.
Statement 2: The highest temperature is usually in July and the highest record is 39.5C (103.1F)
Do you see my point here?
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