Friday, July 24, 2009

Rain and 'Park Ji-Seong' participated in a charity game on the Han River zone

English Manchester United players including 'Park Ji-Seong', and singer Rain met with each other at the Han River side on the 23th.

The city of Seoul held 'Charity Dream Match' event at a specially prepared ground located at the Han River Citizen's Park.

'Park Ji-Seong', 'Gary Neville' 'Dimitar Berbatov', 'John O'shea', 'and 'Jonathan Evans' from MU team appeared on the ground.

The event started with kick-offs by mayor of Seoul 'O Se-Hoon', 'Park Ji-Seong', and Rain, and these three received special football trainings, such as dribble and pass, with the young boy participants.

At this event's highlight 'Dream Match' which is transformed from the regular football game, MU team players and Rain acted as coaches. 'Park Ji-Seong' was not able to play the game due to his other schedule.

The applicants who played the game as 'Dream Match' players, were selected through 'Global UCC Contest' which was organized by the city of Seoul, and they were 8 overseas young boys and 9 Korea's young boys who came up to Seoul from the distant islands and the back countries.

At the charity bazaar that was separately prepared, MU players' sign balls and Rain's treasures were put up at auction. All proceeds from the auction will be used for home and abroad social service organizations.

Mayor 'O Se-Hoon' said, "This event has been planned to let the world know Seoul's name brand through MU team and Rain who have a lot of fans throughout the world."

Source: Yonhap news http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=001&aid=0002778819

Photos: Daily Economy http://cafe.daum.net/benamoo?t__nil_cafemy=item

Asia Economy http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=277&aid=0002199491
Brief translation credit: rain bird@rain-eu.com

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