Focus Taiwan
Date: 07/13/2020
By: William Yen

Taipei, July 13 (CNA) The 31st Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music will be held in the second half of October at the Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center in Taipei, the organizers said Monday.

The awards ceremony, which honors the top achievers in traditional arts and music, was originally slated for mid-August and will now be held on Oct. 24, the National Center for Traditional Arts (NCFTA) said in a statement.

The theme of the awards ceremony this year will be to reflect the boundless imagination and vitality of people involved in the performing arts that create magnificent masterpieces even during crisis or turmoil, the NCFTA said.

Yang Hui-ping (楊蕙萍), an NCFTA press officer, said the crisis and turmoil mentioned in the statement referred to the current COVID-19 pandemic.    [FULL  STORY]