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MEDIA RELEASE NEAL & MASSY FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE DAI AILIAN FOUNDATION The Neal & Massy Foundation is the first local organisation to support the Dai Ailian Foundation. The Dai Ailian Foundation was formed last year to honour and 7 St. Ann’s Road promote the life and work of Dai Ailian who was born in Trinidad in 1916 and is St. Ann’s Trinidad, W.I. internationally acclaimed and highly revered in the People’s Republic of China. (868) 624-7150 The International Theatre Institute, Paris, France, will honour Madam Dai in their th 30 Anniversary publication for International Dance Day at UNESCO this year. One of the Dai Ailian Foundation’s objectives is to offer performing arts scholarships and two young dancers, Juan Pablo Alba Dennis from Port of Spain, and Seon Nurse from Laventille, were awarded 1-year dance scholarships at the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China, commencing last September and finishing July 2012. The Dai Ailian Foundation is proud of these two young men – the Beijing Dance Academy is impressed with their talent and application to work and Juan Pablo and Seon are enjoying their learning and cultural experiences while at the same time being great Trinidad and Tobago ambassadors. The Neal & Massy Foundation, formed in 1979, is a very successful Non- Government Organisation that practices good corporate social responsibility by their support of numerous projects and annual grants to charitable organisations such as the Dai Ailian Foundation. The Dai Ailian Foundations sincerely thanks the Neal & Massy Foundation for their support on behalf of the two scholarship winners. Dai Ailian Foundation February 10, 2012 .

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