This is Chaktomuk Hall. It was designed by our visionary architect Van Molyvann some 50 years ago. It is still modern, though too small, nothing else has replaced it (and him) since. We don't have yet
There were a lot of people and also my friends from the Lycee Descartes sitting at the front
Dad assembled five orchestras that night. Here is the Bosba band!
Master Yon Theara with his mohori traditional orchestra.
The fourth group was Put Thea Folkloric Group
and Master Soy Saret with his pinpeat traditional orchestra. With Khru Theara, both of them are considered the best in our country
I don't have a good photo of yiey Em Theay group. You can see Preab correcting Sibxy, Narim with in the middle Yiey Em Theay.
Panhlauv dances Pream To, the demon disguised in an ascetic. Yiey Em Theay sings while he dances.
We spent a lot of time to look at old postcards from our family collection to make the videos accompanying the songs.
We played Liang Zhu (Butterfly Flowers), a concerto for violin with khru Theara at Khmer Tro and Panhlauv with his flute.
I play Champa Bantey Deik from Sin Sisamout. I wear an "aw ampong" a long tunique on a sampot. I saw in the old photos that it is what old ladies were wearing in the early 20th century, usually in bla