This year's Double Ten National Day projection show is being held under the theme "Stay Tuned, Taiwan" to mark the 60th anniversary of the Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan's equivalent of the Emmys, the Presidential Office said yesterday.
Office spokesperson Karen Kuo (郭雅慧) said the light show, which is to be held today through Friday in Taipei's Zhongzheng District (中正), is to highlight 62 Taiwanese TV dramas and 25 variety shows across six decades of broadcasting.
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The public event would feature voice performances by Chen Ya-lan (陳亞蘭), the first woman to win a Golden Bell best actor award, and Jennifer Shen (沈春華), who holds the record for the most Golden Bell Awards, Kuo said.
Each selected work showcases the "unique appearance of that era, as well as the memories belonging to that period," she added.
Television not only "tells Taiwan's stories," but also conveys "important information," she said.
Citing coverage of recent disaster relief in Hualien County, Kuo said that television news showed "shovel superheroes" who went as volunteers to help affected residents clean up their homes.
"Such warm and good behavior, transmitted through television, has produced a cycle of good," she said.
The free public event is to be held on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building, with nightly performances from 7pm to 9:30pm, each lasting about 10 minutes.
Today's opening show is to begin at 7:30pm due to the lighting ceremony, Kuo said.
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