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Riding High Together Festival Photo Release
04/16/2017
The Riding High Together Festival, The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s annual flagship community event, ended today (16 April). The three-day Festival – under the theme “Lets Kindle our Creativity -- attracted around 47,000 people to Sha Tin Racecourse and Penfold Park during the Easter weekend where they enjoyed more than 70 “edutainment” activities.
Highlights of the Festival included the breaking of a Guinness World Record where around 1,000 participants created clay sculptures of Easter bunnies for the Largest Sculpting Lesson. Two records had already been broken at the previous festivals. Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel also made an appearance, playing with kids and teaching football skills. And in addition to the equestrian activities at Penfold Park, there were numerous live shows, including Unicycling Encounters, Puppet Theatre, African Drum Jam, as well as performances by the Hong Kong Rope Skipping team.
Now in its third year, the Festival’s activities were divided into ten zones arranged around five themes: Horse Encounters; Inspiration & Fun; Let’s be Active; Snap & Share; and Live Performances. In total, over 100,000 people attended all three festivals.
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Zone 1 – Riding High Together Exhibition: A showcase of Hong Kong’s world-class racing, as well as the Club’s contribution to the development of arts and culture throughout the years. Here, festival goers learn more about Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage through photo booths and activities such as the “Bun Scrambling Game”.
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Zone 2 – Family Love and Care: Visitors interact with family members while playing different games with an arts and culture theme.
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Zone 3 – Virtual World: A new attraction this year, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in a virtual reality world.
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Zone 4 – Master Classes: Under the guidance of master artists, participants create different types of art, ranging from local traditional creations to modern Western ones.
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Zone 5 – DIY Together: These DIY workshops allow children to explore their creativity through arts, sports and Easter-themed classes.
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Zone 6 – Kiddiland: Kids explore their sporting potential while having fun with different games
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Zone 7 – Pursuit of a Football Dream: Outstanding young players take part in the HKJC Soccer 4 tournament for an opportunity to visit Manchester United’s training base. “Family Football Fun” is another new feature this year, where parents coach their children to demonstrate teamwork (Photo 10, 11). Manchester United football legend Peter Schmeichel, also makes an appearance (Photo 12). He plays with kids and teaches football skills. The freestyle footballer Lyson Sze interacts with the audience (Photo 13) – the atmosphere is electrifying!
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Zone 8 – Live Performances: A number of thrilling shows, including world champion performances by the Hong Kong Rope Skipping team (Photo 14), Unicycling Encounters (Photo 15), African Drum Jam (Photo 16) and Puppet Theatre (Photo 17).
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Zone 9 – Inflatable World: Children and parents demonstrate courage and skills with giant inflatables!
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Zone 10 – Horse Encounters: Close encounters with horses at Penfold Park (Photo 19). Visitors pose for pictures next to the Club’s Shetland ponies (Photo 20) and enjoy equestrian demonstrations (Photo 21, 22, 23) while kids have a rare chance to ride a pony (Photo 24). A demonstration of the Club’s dedication to the promotion of equestrian sports in Hong Kong.
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Renowned cross-media artist Simon Ma’s large-scale “Loving Hearts” installation art on display throughout the Festival. Visitors enjoy interacting with the different-sized inflatable hearts.
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The Club’s “Progressing Together Cheering Team” encourage visitors to explore their creativity.
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The Club set a new world record with over 1,000 participants for the Largest Sculpting Lesson on the first day of the Festival. These Easter bunnies clay sculptures are on display in the Festival.
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Some of the popular activities in the Festival.
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