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Music and Dance Performance Given
Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA) -- The Mansudae Art Troupe gave a music and dance performance at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater on Wednesday to celebrate the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il.

The audience included senior party, state and army officials, officials of party, armed forces and power organs, ministries and national institutions, labor innovators and Pyongyangites.

Congratulatory groups, overseas compatriots and the chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front also appreciated the performance.

Present there on invitation were diplomatic envoys of various countries, representatives of international organizations and members of the military attaches corps here and foreign guests.

The performance included numbers like "Cantata to Comrade Kim Jong Il", "Greeting Spring of Jong Il Peak" and "Frost Flowers in February."

The performers presented the greatest glory to Kim Jong Il who is demonstrating the dignity and might of Kim Il Sung's Korea all over the world.

A similar performance was given by the art squad of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League at the Central Youth Hall the same day.

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