SNSD to attend historic choir event for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics bid

As part of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics bidding effort, a huge ‘National Choir’ event will be held in Seoul, Pyeongchang and New York.

On May 3rd, World Harmony officials said that the ’2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Bid National Choir’ event will be held for 2 hours starting from 7pm KST on May 14th at Seoul Plaza, Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Park and New York simultaneously.

2,018 people will be participating at the event in Seoul and Pyeonchang. In New York, participation from a choir group of about 200 members is also expected. The participation of the 2,018 people in Korea marks the year 2018.

The three choir groups in Seoul, Pyeongchang and New York are connected via multivision and will be conducted by Jung MyungHoon in Seoul Plaza. Choir group in Seoul will be performing ‘Triumphal March’ from the opera ‘Aida’ and Korea’s folk song while choir group in Pyeongchang will be singing ‘Pyeongchang’s Dream’ and ‘Why We Sing’. Choir group in New York on the other hand, will be singing ‘I Have A Dream’, etc. At the end of the event, the choirs will be singing ‘Symphonic Fantasia Korea’ and ‘Arirang’ together with the public.

This event will also be attended by famous singers such as SNSD, CN Blue, In SoonI, etc and sport stars such as Lee SangHwa, Lee JungSoo, Song ShiBaek, Kwak YoonGi, Hwang YoungJo, etc. World Harmony official said, “We plan to get this large choir event into the Guiness Book of Records”.