Michael Jackson's children to start school

Source: ReutersMichael Jackson's children, Prince Michael Jackson and Paris Jackson, accept an honourary Grammy

Michael Jackson's children will start school in September - so they can make friends.
The late King of Pop's mother Katherine Jackson - who is the legal guardian of his three kids, Prince Michael, 13, Paris, 12, and eight-year-old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket - has revealed the trio are due to enrol at a new education centre later in the year, to help them befriend youngsters their own ages.
Katherine said: "They don't have any friends. They don't go to school, they have private lessons at home - but that will change in September, when they are due to enrol at private college. But they have their cousins and aunts and uncles around them constantly, and that's helped them immensely.
"To them, it's normal, it's the life they have known. They have a certain time to go to bed, then they get up and get dressed for lessons. They practise karate and swim, which they love."
Michael died on June 25 2009 from acute Propofol intoxication, aged 50.
However, his children provide the Jackson family with continuous memories of the pop star, because they all has personality traits similar to his.
Katherine explained to the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "Paris has that lovely way, just like him, and I see his talent in her. Whatever she does, she is very good at it. She's a good artist, she plays the piano and she wants to be an actress. Prince is serious about a lot of things. He wants to be a cameraman or produce movies. He is dedicated to that, like Michael was. And Blanket is very playful, like Michael was."

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Katherine, 80, has also revealed her son was so protective of his young children - who he raised alone - he deliberately kept his fame from them for as long as possible - so they wouldn't get "egos".
She added: "He said, 'I never told them what I do'. He didn't want them to know... He didn't want them walking around with egos! So when they went to the 30th show, the two little ones were in the audience. Michael got backstage and they said, 'You're a big star! When I grow up, I want to be like you!' Michael said that gave him the biggest chuckle."

World Music Day today

The Fête de la Musique, also known as World Music Day, is being celebrated today in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world amidst much festivity and enthusiasm. The festival aims to promote music among the masses.
On the occasion, Alliance Française de Dhaka and Alliance Française de Chittagong are holding free public concerts, according to a press release. Dhaka is witnessing the celebration today. Festivities in Chittagong will continue from today till June 23.
More than 120 countries and 350 cities across the globe celebrate this grand event each year on June 21, the day of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.
The idea of Fete de la Musique was born in 1981 when the then French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, decided to create a musical event, where amateurs and professionals could perform freely. The aim of the World Music Festival is to encourage amateur musicians to perform at public places as well as on the streets. The event allows the expression of all styles of music in a jovial atmosphere.
After the success of the previous editions of the Fete de la Musique, Alliance Française de Dhaka, in collaboration with the French Embassy and Channel i, will welcome Bangladeshi artistes to express themselves and meet a varied audience, on the occasion of this popular event. Being the media partner, Channel i will broadcast a one-hour programme on the music fest on June 25.
Today Alliance Francaise de Dhaka will hold concerts starting from 3 pm. Teachers and students of School of Music, Alliance Française de Dhaka as well bands The Bridge, De-Illumination and Warfaze will perform at the concert.

Alliance Française de Chittagong will present students as well as French and Bangladeshi groups, such as Les Caribous Volants, Samageet, Nojibul and Shiblo, Alexandre Jurain and Shajahan Munshi.