Ticket sales have been poor for a charity concert to raise funds for needy seniors, with just 10 percent of the seats sold with less than a week to go before the show, organizers said yesterday.
The benefit concert, organized by the Taipei-based Huashan Social Welfare Foundation, is scheduled to be held the National Taipei University of Technology on Sunday. It will feature local performers such as Shennio Lin (林芯儀), Mark Chang (張心傑), Olivia Hang (杭士旋) and the band Red Flower.
However, the public response so far has been lukewarm, said Hsieh Hsiao-chi (謝小琪), head of the foundation’s public relations department.
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“We’ve only sold about 220 of the 2,200 seats,” Hsieh said, -acknowledging that the event had not been well promoted.
Since 1999, the foundation has been working to assist seniors who live alone and those in need. The event is its first attempt to hold a charity concert, Hsieh said.
“It will be a great pity if only a few people show up, as many people have put a lot of thought and effort into this -concert,” she said.
The foundation has invited 30 seniors who live alone to attend the concert so they can interact with others and “simply have fun,” Hsieh said
Admission to the concert is NT$350 and all proceeds will go to charity, the foundation said. Inquiries can be made by calling (02) 2836-3919 (Chinese only), it said.
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