Recently, a 68-person delegation of students and teachers, including vulture wind ensemble team, symphonic band and percussion orchestra from North Monterey High School of the State of California arrived in Yichang for the culture exchange and performance tour.

　　 On the concert, a group of young people in black celebration dress, holding variety of western instruments, showed up in square matrix on the deck of a super five-star foreign luxury cruise President VII along the Three Gorges. Mr. Johnson, the head and conductor of the band led the entire band for a friendly exchange concert. They marched in neat steps, stepping forward while giving their instrumental performance. The music Stars & Stripes Forever which is full of rich American style, together with the music like Ode to the Motherland which is familiar to all Chinese, was played on the concert.

　　 It is reported that the band held in a high regard at home and abroad is scheduled to take the luxury cruise "President VII" to Chongqing, Shanghai and other places for their exchange performance after the visit in Yichang.(Journalist: Xiong Donghua; Correspondent: Li Ying)