The Overall Activity Plan for the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week

Zhangjiajie is the site that the world natural heritage and world geo-park is located as well as the hometown of national and civil music and cultural arts. Setting up the platform of international country music is aimed to combine professional and folk country music, display and exchange with arts essences from different nations in the world, which can inherit and promote the arts of country music and enhance cultural exchanges. In an open posture, the music week welcomes all philharmonics to display their talents and exchange music, thus build Zhangjiajie into the holy land for international country music. In order to organize this event, the plan is as follows:

1.Time

August 31, 2013 to September 4. On August 31, the opening ceremony is held. The award party(closing ceremony) is kicked off on September 4, with three days for show tour from September 1 to September 3. August 30 and September 5 are the days for register and leaving respectively.

2.Location

The host place for the music week is in Zhangjiajie,Hunan. The opening ceremony is staged in ecological square of Yellow Dragon Cave, the greater theater of Tianmen Mount canyon for the award party(closing ceremony). The tour show is kicked off in ecological square of Yellow Dragon Cave, Bao feng lake, Tianzi Mount, Tianmen Mount, Xibu street, Laomowan and Shuiraosimen.

3.Sponsor, organizer and executive organizer

Sponsor:

Ministry of culture of the PRC

People’s government of Hunan province

Organizer:

Culture department of Hunan

Tourism bureau of Huan

Zhangjiajie people’s government

Executive organizer:

Yellow Dragon Cave Investmen. co., LTD

4.Institutional framework and assignment of responsibility

A specialized Institutional framework has been set up for the event–executive committee of 2013 Zhangjiajie international; country music week. The executive committee falls into the following sectors: outreach team, cooperative group for performance, news propaganda team, environment optimization team, guest reception group, security group, travel promotion team, live group and financial management group.

5.Theme

The natural heritages for the whole world, the country music for all!

6.Theme activities

(1) Chinese and foreign press conference of the music week

Time: August 31 10:00-11:00

Location: hotel

Participants: all TV reporters

(2) Interview with the performing team and its leader of the music week

Time: August 31 11:00-11:30

Location: hotel

Participants: all leaders of the performing teams

(3) The opening ceremony of the music week

Time: August 31 14:30-17:30

Location: the ecological square of Yellow Dragon Cave,Zhangjiajie,Hunan

(4) Welcome party of the music week

Time: August 31, 2013, 19:00

Location: hotel

Participants: Chinese and foreign performing teams, journalists, all guests

(5) Tour show for the music week

Time: September 1 to September 3

Location: ecological square of Yellow Dragon Cave, Bao feng lake, Tianzi Mount, Tianmen Mount, Xibu street, Laomowan and Shuiraosimen.

(6) Gala night in Xibu street of the music week

Time: August 31, 2013, and September 2, 2013

Location: Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Xibu

(7) Award party (closing ceremomy) of the music week

Time: September 4, 2013 16:00

Location: greater theater of Tianmen Mount

(8) “Harley riders-going with music” of the music week

Time: August 30, 2013 to September 3, 2013

Location: Changsha-Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie-Fenghuang

Participants: Harley riders inChina

7.Activity scale

(1) Official invitation. The music week invites 24 overseas music groups from 23 countries (regions) for performing. At the same time, 6 Chinese performing teams have been invited. Every team includes 6 to 15 people, totaling 400. The executive organizers offer ground reception with overseas teams(including domestic air tickets, receptions in transferring city, ground reception in Zhangjiajie), and round-trip fees and ground reception in Zhangjiajie for domestic teams.

(2) Self-supporting participation,Non-official invitational teams or individual can apply via official applying channel. The organizing committee will issue permission after approval and arrange performing time and location. The numbers of self-supporting participants is not limited, but no reception is offered but hotel contact is provided.

(3)“Harley riders-going with music” invites about 200 Harley riders to come to the music week.

8.Schedule

data                time           activity                         location

August 31

       Saturday

10:00-11:00

Chinese and foreign press conference

hotel

11:00-11:30

Interview with the performing team and its leader

hotel

14:30-17:30

The   opening ceremony

the   ecological square   of Yellow Dragon Cave,

19:00

Welcome party

hotel

21:00-23:00

Gala   night

Xibu street

September 1 to September 3

Sunday to Monday

Forenoon,

afternoon

Tour show

ecological   square of Yellow Dragon Cave, Bao feng lake, Tianzi Mount, Tianmen Mount, Xi bu street ,Lao mo wan and Shui rao si men.

September 2

20:30-23:00

Gala   night

Xi bu   street

September 4

     Wednesday

      16:00

Closing ceremony

greater   theater of Tianmen Mount

By  Crystal