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Last weekend was the second edition of the Taoyuan Pearl Coast Music Festival, which like last year invited an NBA superstar as a surprise guest. Last year’s invite was Karl Anthony Towns, who this year helped the New York Knicks win it all, ending the team’s 53-year championship drought. This year featured 2-time Slam Dunk Champion Zach LaVine, and many b-ball fans are wondering if this Taoyuan music event will have the same magical effect for the Sacramento Kings.
A crooner on-stage is touching the audience’s heart with sentimental lyrics while off-stage fans nearby can’t believe that they’re seeing NBA star Zach LaVine, who has come to surprise everyone at Taoyuan’s Zhuwei Fish Harbor. Playing his role as event host, Taoyuan Mayor Chang San-cheng took the opportunity to chat in English with LaVine during the opening of this year’s Taoyuan Pearl Coast Music Festival.
Chang San-cheng
Taoyuan Mayor
Just like last year, we were able to invite an NBA superstar known around the world to help us kick off this event. In essence, this music festival brings together music and sports. Over there Zach LaVine just showed us some super incredible basketball skills, and he also interacted with a lot of our basketball fans.
This year is the 2nd edition of the Taoyuan Pearl Coast Music Festival, which like last year was held at Zhuwei Fish Harbor. The festival invited top-rate musicians from countries such as Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, and Macau to perform and even compete in a 2-day music competition. Last year also featured an NBA star: Karl Anthony Towns, a New York Knicks center who showcased his basketball skills to the crowd. This year invited LaVine, a backcourt player who has won the NBA Slam Dunk Competition twice. And LaVine didn’t just come for a quick photo op, as he brought his entire family to come on-stage and even vacation in Taiwan.
Chang San-cheng
Taoyuan Mayor
This approach has been really successful. We’d like to thank the city residents for their support, for giving us even more motivation to continue holding this event next year, to make the 3rd time even better than the first two years.
Towns, last year’s NBA guest star, just won the NBA championship this summer, and some basketball fans are curious if this music event will have the same magical effect for LaVine, who will be trying to take the Sacramento Kings from being a perennial bottom-dweller to getting their hands on next year’s championship trophy.
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