【Taiwan Immigrants’ Global News Network】 Cooperated with IC Voice FM97.5 [New Residents Registration-We are in Taiwan] to launch a series of brilliant stories about new immigrants in Taiwan. This episode invites the second generation of new immigrants from the Philippines-Lu Hsiao-Chien (呂曉清), and her younger sister, Lu Hsiao-Ching (呂曉清), jointly established the "Lu Xiao Xiao Band" (呂曉曉樂團). The two sisters inherited their grandfather Lu Liang Hao’s musical talent, they have joined and won in various music competitions. [New Residents Global News Network] also translated this episode into 5 languages including Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian, allowing more readers and listeners to share the wonderful story of Lu Hsiao-Chien.
Philippine "Sound of Nature" Lu Xiao-Chien was interviewed in the program. Photo/Provided by Lu Hsiao-Chien
Lu Hsiao-Chien, a second-generation new immigrant from the Philippines, said that of the many singing competitions they participated in, the one that left a deep impression on her was when she signed up for the "New Power Voice-Southeast Asian Parent-Child Singing Competition" with her mother and her sister (Lu Hsiao-Ching). President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文總統) also watched the competition and witnessed the wonderful performance of the daughters with their mother on stage. The song they sung that day was the classic Philippine song "Anak", which is a very representative song in the Philippines. The lyrics talks about the love and dedication of parents to their children.
Lu Hsiao-Chien and her sister Lu Hsiao-Ching formed the "Lu Xiaoxiao Band". Photo/Provided by Lu Hsiao-Chien
Lu Hsiao-Chien remembers when the sisters and their mother joined the singing competition. She said that she wore the traditional Filipiniana dress on that day, which was made of pineapple fiber, and the butterfly sleeves represented a status symbol of women. After more than 3 hours of competition, Lu Hsiao-Chien, her younger sister (Lu Hsiao-Ching) and her mother performed with beautiful singing voices, and they won the first place in the competition.
Lu Hsiao-Chien became obsessed with music and continues to devote herself to the field of music. Photo/Provided by Lu Hsiao-Chien
Lu Hsiao-Chien, who has loved singing since she was a child, joined the guitar club in high school and became more obsessed with music. Lu Hsiao-Chien also showed her talent in the show and sang famous English songs live. Music-loving listeners and friends are welcome to visit the "Lu Xiaoxiao" Facebook page and the YouTube channel "Abby Lu". Not only can they enjoy their musical creations, but also to understand the cultural differences between Taiwan and the Philippines.