text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Sun Mu, intern Cheng Zhuocan
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"I am still the boy I once was, without any change..." Familiar in "Youth" In the melody, a "band" composed of special children appeared on the stage of Guangzhou Social Welfare Institute. The sand hammers sounded softly, the African drums were exciting, and the dance was free and enthusiastic. The teenagers were immersed in the music, their young faces were full of joy, and the warm vitality was like a leaping spring water, rushing to their faces and warming their hearts.
Recently, the Guangzhou Library's "Great Love Talking" series of film commentary into the welfare home was successfully held at the Guangzhou Social Welfare Institute. This public service activity jointly organized by the Guangzhou Library and the volunteer service organization Star Club demonstrates the unique value of life and dreams through the integration of film commentary, music expansion and other forms.
You can fly against the light, feel the power of dreams in the movie commentary
As the lights dimmed and the piano gradually began to play, during the explanation given by Zeng Haiyan, a volunteer from Star Club, a film scroll with "dream" slowly unfolded.
The movie "Flying Against the Light" tells the story of Yuxiang, a boy who was born blind but has extraordinary musical talent. Yuxiang does not want to participate in any competition because he does not want to be pitied. He left home for the first time and went north to study, where he met Xiaojie, a girl who loved dancing but was forced to give up her dream. Yuxiang shined into Xiaojie's heart like a ray of warm backlight, and Xiaojie led Yuxiang through many adventures he had never tried before. The dazzling warmth of the backlight behind the two encouraged them to fly towards their dreams.
"Wow..." More than 70 children from the Guangzhou Social Welfare Institute exclaimed in surprise at the protagonist's musical talent from time to time, and were immersed in the touching dream-chasing story.
"Who is your favorite character? How many people are there in Yuxiang's family? What instruments do the people in the band play?..." After watching the movie, Lao Yanhe from Star Club asked the children questions about the content of the movie. Little hands were raised one after another, and the children tried their best to answer the questions, full of life like mushrooms after rain. Zeng Haiyan, the person in charge of
Xingchen Club, said that the audience for this event is the disabled young people in welfare institutions, which is quite different from the visually impaired groups served by Xingchen Club’s oral film and television projects in the past. To this end, Xingchen Club and Guangtu chose the inspirational film "Flying Against the Light", and changed the oral presentation method that mainly "describes the scene" to help children clarify the character relationships and movie plots through "movie explanation", and help children establish Dream and integrate into society.
"The 'Great Love Talking' series of film commentary activities in welfare homes is led by the Guangzhou Library. It is a powerful attempt to bring cultural services to grassroots branches." Cai Dongkai, a staff member of the Guangzhou Library, said that the Guangzhou Library will Continue to implement the "Guangzhou Municipal Public Library Regulations" and supporting institutional regulations, and continuously strengthen the linkage with the service systems of various districts. While improving hardware facilities, we will continue to improve various service levels and assist various activities to sink district libraries (branch libraries) ), explore the joint construction of reading for all, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of Guangzhou from a "city of libraries" to a "city of reading", and help build a culturally strong province.
It is reported that the Guangzhou Library and the Municipal Welfare Institute cooperated in 2015 to establish a branch of the Guangzhou Social Welfare Institute, and will further cooperate in 2023 to establish a branch in the Guangzhou Social Welfare Institute (Luogang District). The branch library has reading rooms with different functions such as a youth reading room, a multi-functional learning reading room, a picture book reading room, and an adult reading room, which greatly enhances the role of the welfare home as a cultural construction site and provides school children with a comfortable environment for leisure and study.
Music has power, and "Heart Youth" joined the special "band"
After watching the movie, volunteers and children from the welfare home made maracas instruments using soybeans and mineral water bottles, and jointly started a wonderful interactive music experience trip.
Wang Siming and Zhou Hui, two "Heart Youths (Youth with Mental Disabilities)" from Snail.com, took the stage first. The exciting drum beats of African drums harmonized with the rhythm of the music "Youth". The two confidently demonstrated their musical talents and also conveyed The positive and uplifting power of "Youth at Heart".
Led by the two, the atmosphere was joyful and lively. The children shook their maracas to the beat of the music, and some even danced involuntarily. At the invitation of volunteers, the children formed a special "Heart Band" with their brother "Heart Youth" and completed a "limited edition" stage performance.
Teacher Zhuo from Guangzhou Huiling Mentally Disabled Persons Service Organization participated in the "Great Love Talking" series of activities for the first time. Based on her past experience in serving groups with mental disabilities, she specially designed this music interactive session: "This is an extension of the theme of the movie "Flying Against the Light". Through an interactive session with full participation, we allow children to combine vision, hearing, Various aspects of perception such as touch deepen the impression of the theme of the movie, and humanistic music therapy is also used to cultivate children's autonomy."
"Heart Youth" Wang Siming played music with children for the first time. In order to present the best musical effect at the event, he spent a long time learning the African drum performance of the music "Youth", and he always mobilized the enthusiasm of the children at the scene. Before leaving, he waved goodbye to the children again and again: "I like them very much. I can't bear to leave them. I am very happy to be able to work with them."
"I have never seen such a scene. Seeing them Being able to sing and dance whenever I want so confidently brings me pure happiness. At that moment, I felt that our efforts were so worth it." Zeng Haiyan said with tears in her eyes, "I hope we can all continue to pursue our dreams. Work hard, just like Yuxiang in the movie, although his eyes are dark, his heart is bright."
