Artists to send new piano to Suu Kyi
A group of British women from the world of arts and entertainment, including singer Annie Lennox, is preparing to ship a piano to detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma.
Lennox has joined stars including actress Maureen Lipman, film producer Norma Heyman and arts fundraiser Joyce Hytner in organising the purchase of a new piano for Suu Kyi.
The Sunday Times reported Suu Kyi, who has spent 12 of the past 18 years under house arrest, is an accomplished player but her piano has broken, partly through wear and tear.
"It just seemed a good and nice idea," Lipman, who has been a long-time supporter of Suu Kyi and has driven the plan to provide her with a new piano, told the newspaper.
Suu Kyi's old piano is believed to have been a source of great comfort to her during her years of house arrest.
She would often play her piano so supporters standing outside her house would still know she was alive.
While the money for the new piano has been raised, organisers are still trying to decide the best way to deliver it.
One option is to fly the new instrument to India or Singapore and then transfer it by ship to Rangoon.
©AAP 2007
1 comment:
Suggestion,
I can only suggest :) to contact the buyers of the piano (or the journo) and ask them to find out prices (full prices) for air cargo. then suggest to organise a collection for the transport.
Probably with the news they might get some re$pon$e... and you could suggest any leftover$$ to share them with the Burma fund... (just kidding - although it might work) "to try, costs nothing".
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