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Bahraini Musicians Perform, Rally in Wellington
Click to enlarge Bahraini dancers and band members rally supporters for tomorrow's game.
A
group of Bahraini musicians who arrived with the Bahrain
football team last night performed in Midland Park this
afternoon.
To listen to a portion of their performance
please see te following link:
http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/audio/0911/DS220211.mp3
Click to enlarge Bahraini band in Midland Park.
Click to enlarge
Bahrain will compete
with the New Zealand All Whites tomorrow, Saturday the 14th,
in the FIFA World Cup qualifier at Westpac Stadium in
Wellington.
This match is the first World Cup qualifier the All Whites have participated in since 1982. If the All Whites prevail against Bahrain they will go on to represent New Zealand in the World Cup finals in South Africa in 2010.
Westpac will house the sold out event -- attendance is expected to be around 35,000.
Various festivities will
take place throughout Wellington tomorrow, for more details
on the planned events please see the following article:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP0911/S00005.htm
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