Evening Gala of Working People, Youth and Students of Pyongyang Held

Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) -- "We Will Hold Our General in High Esteem Forever", the evening gala of working people, youth and students of Pyongyang, took place at Kim Il Sung Square on Sunday, the 20th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Among the audience were senior party and state officials, officials of party, armed forces, power bodies, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, officers and men of the Korean People's Army and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, officials of institutions and industrial enterprises in the city and people of meritorious service. Invited there were overseas Koreans, foreign diplomatic envoys and representatives of international organizations, members of the military attaches corps here and their spouses and foreign guests. Working people in various circles and students and youths danced to the tunes of songs "Greeting the Sun Rising over the Taedong River", the immortal masterpiece, and "Our General Is the Best". Song "Party Is Care of the General" and "Fortune of Korea" resounded forth and then cheerful circle dances were presented. The performers who took the stage sang of the flower garden of socialism blooming day by day in songs "People's Country" and "Sea of Apples at Foot of Chol Pass". Numbers included decorative tassels, rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatic pieces. Youngsters presented the beautiful sea of dancers full of boundless pride and self-confidence leading a worthwhile life, being blessed with the illustrious leaders and the party generation after generation. -0-