'70s/'80s Folk Contests

Teams mentioned above (in alphabetical order)

Ariel & Agnes

Ariel & Agnes (AA) were students from Good Hope School in the 70’s. They were not classmates but they belonged to the same choirs at school (Ariel with the altos/ Agnes with the sopranos). They met each other almost daily during choir practices for Hong Kong Schools Music Festivals. This incubated the joyful singing and harmonies between them. They started the singing duo【Ariel & Agnes】in 1978 outside the school when they participated in three different folk contests during the same year:

1^st, Commercial Radio’s 《日立樂迷小天地》，2^nd, Albert Au’s《唱聚》at RTHK, and 3^rd, the HK Amateur Singing Contest organized by LCSD & RTHK. They came first in all three contests, with the “紅番歌”《Eagle’s Feather》(trad.) and《Unwaking Dreams》(Paul & Francis)

Capo

Capo has been performing since 1984 with Frankie (guitar/vocal), Stephen (guitar/vocal) and Winnie (keyboard/vocal). They pride themselves on their unique renditions of popular tunes from America, The Eagles, Crosby, Stills & Nash and more. Additionally, they have also dabbled with original compositions. Notable successes included the first-place finish in the 1987 Yamaha Guitar Contest (group category). They have also challenged traditional rock bands in the 90s Carlsberg Pop Music Festival with excellent results. In 2002, they finally fulfilled their mission with their first CD [Capo With You].

Delta

While in their study in secondary school, Samantha Lam Chi-mei, together with her
two schoolmates Yeung Kwok-wah and Lee Wing-hon, formed the Delta folk group.
In 1981, they started to win the championship in some minor singing contests and
invitations to performing in concerts came instantly. That triggered their ambition to
participated in other major music competitions with songs like “A World of Our
Own” leading to the winning of several notable awards. In March of the same year,
Samantha Lam became the winner of another competition with her original
composition “Homecoming”. This paved the way for the start of her professional
music career as an individual artist.

D'Spectacles

D'Spectacles was formed in 1981 by Kenny Wong and Johnny Fong who were former schoolmates at St. Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan. The folk rock group won the first major title at CRHK's Pop Folk Contest with "Boat On The River". With Michael Wong's joining, the group won the RTHK folk contest with a 3-part-harmony song "Helplessly Hoping". D'Spectacles, with C K Mak's joining, made its claim to fame in 1984 by winning the Hong Kong 18-District Singing Contest with an original song "Desperate For Time". D'Spectalces was later joined by Kenneth Fong and the group performed in numerous concerts and participated in the album "Terry & D'Spectacles" in the late eighties. Over the years, D'Spectacles has continued to evolve, composed its own songs and it remains active to this day. 

Mercury

Mercury is a folk group with a long and illustrious history since 1981.  Active in the 80s folk music scene and performing in many concerts with their signature style of authentic, simplistic yet pleasant playing and singing. They love adding different sounds with mandolin, and acoustic guitars. The group has grown over the years by adding members they have met along the way that share mutual interests in music. Major awards included the 1982 Yamaha Guitar Contest and the 1988 HK Guitar Contest.

Tri’s Hi’s

A well-known folk group formed in the 80s with Patrick, Stephanie and Leo Kwan. The group have done excellent renditions of many tunes from the renowned American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. They have also participated in Internal PPM festivals with favourable reviews. It is, therefore, no surprise that people referred to them as HK's PPM. Tri’s Hi’s has won many awards in various Hong Kong amateur singing competitions, including a first-place finish in the 1989 Yamaha Guitar Contest (group category).

Trinity

Trinity was formed in late 70s. Some early members comprised Terry Lau, Henry Wong and Barry Chung. In 1979-80 Albert Lui, Patrick Lui and Joe Tang also joined the group. They participated in some major music contests and achieved good results. Now 6-men strong and continued to perform in major folk concerts and events. They were also successful harmony singers and instrumentalists. In 1982 Joey Tang joined the group to replace Barry Chung who went study abroad. Starting from 1985, some of the members collaborated with the newly formed local band Tai-Chi and continued to flourish on their path to a fruitful music career.

Relevant Song Book by Kenny Wong ( *uploaded 1300 hrs hkt 2023)

- Flipbook

- Pdf

The 2nd compilation of the HK Folk Contest Songs updated 13/3/2023)

- Flipbook

- Pdf

The 3rd compilation of HK Folk Contest Songs updated 12/6/2023)

- Flipbook
https://designrr.page/?id=281164&token=1331745309&type=FP&h=3360

- pdf ebook
https://drive.google.com/file/d/103E09I7VAuAfx541DpbPFkqCZRirE2yW/view?usp=share_link

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