The three singers will collaborate and entertain the audience of the SEA Games at the Jakabaring sports stadium in Palembang.
The 26th SEA Games is scheduled to be officially opened by President Susilo Bambang at Palembang`s Jakabaring sports complex on Friday evening on November 11, 2011.
Meanwhile, a steering committee official, Helmi Yahya, said here on Tuesday that the three singers will sing the SEA Games song entitled Kita Bisa (We are able) composed by Yovie Widianto.
In addition, noted music composer Erwin Gutawa will also entertain the audience at the event.
The organizing committee will on the occasion feature musical performances and dances such as Sriwijaya-The Golden Peninsula (Alex Hassim), Merajut Nusantara (Dedi Puja), Journey Begin Heard Of The City and Reach Out The Dream (Hartati).
The SEA Games organizing committee had selected a South Sumatra folk song titled "Kebile-Bile" (Some Day) to enrich the reportoire of the musical performances to be conducted at the games` opening ceremony.
The decision to choose Kebile-Bile was based on the consideration that it was already known to the Indonesian public and a typical song of the South Sumatra region.
In addition to Kebile-Bile, a number of the country`s folk songs such as Keroncong Kemayoran and Ampar Ampar Pisang will also be sung at the opening ceremony, R. Isnirihadhi M Adam, one of the Sea Games organizing committee members in charge of the choir preparations said in Palembang recently.
A total of 500 people consisting of school and university students, lecturers, women organizers and banking officials will be involved in the choir, Isnirihadhi said, adding that the singing duration is about 40 minutes.
The folk songs presentation will take place prior to the official opening ceremony. The closing ceremony of the biennial sports event will also be held in Palembang.
In the meantime, a total of 3,800 dancers comprising school and university students have also been prepared for the opening and closing ceremonies.
The South Sumatra provincial office secretary of the Indonesian national sports committee H Harun Alrasyid said the representatives of all participating countries to the 26th Sea Games have visited Palembang especially to observe the venues.
The 26th Sea Games will be held in Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra on November 11 through 22, 2011.
A total of 542 gold medals will be contested in 44 sport games. In Palembang, the Sea Games will be held at the Jakabaring sports complex. Half of the 44 sport games will be conducted in the South Sumatra capital city of Palembang.
The opening and closing ceremony of the Sea Games were scheduled to be held in Jakabaring sport stadium.
Indonesia has experience to host the Sea Games namely the 10th Sea Games in 1979, the 15th Sea Games in 1987 and the 19th Sea Games in 1997.
In addition, the 44 branches of sports which will be competed in Jakarta and Palembang are 1.Aquatics, 2. Archery, 3. Athletics, 4. Badminton, 5. Baseball, 6. Basketball, 7. Billiards & Snooker, 8. Bowling, 9. Boxing, 10. Bridge, 11. Canoeing, 12. Chess, 13. Cycling, 14. Equestrian, 15. Fencing, 16. Fin Swimming, 17. Football, 18. Futsal, 19. Golf, 20. Gymnastics, 21. Judo, 22. Karate, 23. Paragliding, 24. Pencak Silat, 25. Petanque, 26. Roller Sports, 27. Rowing, 28. Sailing, 29. Sepaktakraw, 30. Shorinji Kempo, 31. Shooting, 32. Softball, 33. Soft Tennis, 34. Table Tennis, 35. Taekwondo, 36. Tennis, 37. Traditional Boat Race, 38. Volleyball, 39. Vovinam, 40. Wall Climbing ,41. Water Ski, 42. Weightlifting, 43. Wrestling, and 44. Wushu.
The SEA Games will be participated in by thousands of athletes from eleven countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Vietnam and Indonesia as the host.
Indonesia has several times hosted the Sea Games, namely the 10th Sea Games in 1979, the 15th Sea Games in 1987 and the 19th Sea Games in 1997.
In a bid to create a conducive situation relating to the SEA Games implementation, the Indonesian police have conducted special operations both in South Sumatra`s capital city of Palembang and Jakarta.
In addition the national flags of countries participating in the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) were on Wednesday raised at a ceremony in Jakarta, the co-host of the regional sports event.
At the ceremony at Jakarta`s City Hall, Sutanto Soehodo, deputy for transportation, industrial and trade affairs to the Jakarta governor, led the ceremony to fly the national flags of the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Timor Leste.
Sukesti Martono, deputy for cultural and tourism affairs to the Jakarta governor led the raising of the flags of Brunei Darussalam, Thailand and Malaysia.
In the flag-raising ceremony the Jakarta administration distributed souvenirs in the form of "Betawi" puppets to representatives of the participating contingents. (*)
Reporter: By Bustanuddin
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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