By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Folk and pop musicians Melanie Safka-Schekeryk, Judy Collins, Four Brothers and Dr. Hook will perform in a special peace concert near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Saturday, Yonhap News reported.
Organizers on Tuesday announced the musicians will hold a special DMZ Peace concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday, with the aim of promoting peace in the Korean Peninsula. The concert will be held at a special stage in the former Labor Party building in Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon Province.
Safka-Schekeryk had originally come up with the idea of a festival similar to Woodstock, when she visited the DMZ two years ago. She played her first concert in Imjinkak, along the DMZ in November 2006.
The DMZ peace concert will open the Flower Power Peace Festival, May 4-5, at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium. The festival, which gathers musicians and groups from the 1960s and 1970s, is aimed at promoting peace and reuniting the two Koreas. This year marks 55th anniversary of the truce between the two Koreas.
Other performers at the Flower Power Peace Festival are Don McLean, Crystal Gayle, the Alan Parsons Project and Donovan. Tickets for the festival range from 44,000 won to 198,000 won. Visit ticket.interpark.com.