Celebrating sister city relationships

Members of the Formosa Melody Music Center of Yilan, Taiwan, performed Chinese and American folk songs using traditional Chinese instruments Monday at Cedar Creek Senior Living in Madera.

The group from Yilan, which is Madera’s sister city, will perform a free concert at Madera South High School’s Multipurpose Room on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available in the City Clerk’s Office, 47th Place Carpet One and the Madera District Chamber of Commerce.

Additional performances by the Formosa Melody Music Center will be at noon Tuesday at the Madera Rotary Club; 9 a.m. Wednesday at Howard Elementary School; and 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sherman Thomas Charter School.

The visit, which includes Curtis Tsang-Yaun Chiang, mayor of Yilan, is in honor of the 22 years that Yilan and Madera have been sister cities.

This story was originally published August 15, 2016 at 4:50 PM with the headline "Celebrating sister city relationships."