Who: City of Miami’s City Kids Choir ages 11 to 18
         20 inner city kids

Where: Miami International Airport, Continental Airlines Arrival Terminal

When: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 7:45pm

Why: The City Kids Choir will be returning from Kagoshima, Japan where they participated in a cultural exchange program. They performed gospel songs for the Mayor of Kagoshima and did a joint concert with a youth gospel group from Kagoshima which was aired live over the internet. The students sang both Japanese and English gospel songs. During their stay, the City Kids visited Japanese schools, city sights and learnt about the Japanese culture.

How: The City of Kagoshima, the sister city of the City of Miami, extended an invitation to the City Kids choir to visit and share American gospel music. Recently, gospel music has gained popularity in Japan and Mayor Manny Diaz saw this as an opportunity to enhance the cultural exchange program and build stronger international relationships between the cities and their youth.

Media Contact: Julie Mansfield at (305) 642-1271 or Lara de Souza (305) 416-1341.