* Stars are shining, singing Golden Autumn" Mid-Autumn Festival concert

Photography is by Nan Ren, Yingwen Huang and Renkai Zou

On the evening of Saturday, September 14, the "Stars Sing Golden Autumn" music party was held.

The concert was organized by the Chinese Educational and Cultural Center of St. Louis and brought together a number of outstanding artists. Participating in the performance are well-known young tenor Xu Sen, lyric coloratura soprano Wang Nini, pianist Thomas Pandolfi, low baritone Li Jiale, soprano Xia Tong, young tenor Li Huangxing, soprano Lv Song, soprano Hu Tong and young tenor Liu Runze from China's Central Opera House. In addition, the local active St. Louis Yangtze River Arts Ensemble Choir and the newly formed St. Louis "Voice of Dreams Female Choir" also participated in the performance. Zhu Zhu, former conductor of the famous Shanghai Rainbow Choir, was invited to accompany the concert.

At the end of the performance, all the musicians took to the stage to encourage the audience to sing Teresa Teng's "The Moon Represents My Heart." The audience stood up, waved their flashlights and sang in unison, turning the auditorium into a sea of starlit songs. The atmosphere was warm, bringing the concert to a successful end.