YEAR OF THE
OX
4707 CHINESE NEW YEAR 2009
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JULY 19, 2009
join as we celebrate
Sister City Day and the
Minneapolis relationship with Harbin, Heilongjiang
Join USCPFA-MN and others from the
Chinese-Minnesota community from 1:00-5:00 at Nicollet Island on the
Mississippi River outside of Downtown Minneapolis for a celebration
of the many sister relations of this diverse community
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FLOWER DRUM SONG Performance and
Gala
Mu Performing Arts presents Flower Drum Song
at the St. Paul
Ordway Theater
JUNE 26 - JULY 12, 2009. Ordway
McKnight Theatre - Tickets at651-224-4222
In Tony Award®-winner David Henry Hwang’s new
adaptation of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic, Mei-Li
flees communist China and finds herself in San
Francisco’s Chinatown. This naïve young refugee is
befriended by Wang, who is struggling to keep the
Chinese opera tradition alive despite his son’s
determination to turn the old opera house into a swingin’
Western-style nightclub. The unique blending of American
razz-ma-tazz and stylized Chinese opera traditions
creates a beautiful theatrical tapestry in this lovely
new version of an American classic.
Opening Night is Saturday, June 27 at
7:30
Discount tickets are available by supplying the code
MU5
Gala
Dinner and Dance
In Honor of C.Y. Lee
, author of the book
FLOWER DRUM SONG
June 28, 2009
4:30pm - 10:30pm
Dinner at 7:300pm
at
Jun Bo Restaurant
7717 Nicollet Ave.
Richfield, MN 55423
Please join the Chinese Heritage
Foundation in welcoming C. Y. Lee, author of
Flower Drum Song, in his first visit to the
Twin Cities. The Chinese Heritage Foundation
has scheduled two events in his honor and
invites you all to come and meet him.
The first event is at the opening night
performance of Flower Drum Song, presented
by Mu Performers, on June 27. We have
negotiated a special discount on tickets for
you. After the performance please stay to
greet Mr. Lee at the reception. You will
have an opportunity to purchase his books
and obtain his signature.
The second event is on the following
evening, Sunday, June 28. In collaboration
with China Insight and Chinese American
Ballroom Dancing Association and forDanSa,
we are presenting a dinner and dance gala in
Mr. Lee's honor at Jun Bo Restaurant. Dance
to a live band and listen to Mr. Lee
reminisce about the genesis of Flower Drum
Song. Watch a performance by top Twin Cities
dancers and bid, per chance, to dance with
Mr. Lee himself!
So please come. Join us in paying tribute
to Mr. Lee, a trailblazer and mentor to
generations of Chinese artists in this
country.
4:30 PM -
complimentary dance lesson
5:15 PM - dance to Scott Simpson &
Friends Band
7:00 PM - dance performances
7:20 PM - C. Y. Lee</ br /> 7:30 PM
- dinner, continuing dance
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Tickets:
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$30/person
before June 22 |
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$40/person
after June 22 |
RSVP to 612.722.4895 or chff@chineseheritagefoundation.org
Formal attire optional
Cash bar |
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New Year's Banquet Festivities
- The Minnesota Chapter of the
US-China Peoples Friendship Association
celebrated its "Happy Niu (牛) Year" - “Year of the Ox” at
its annual New
Year Banquet on February 8 with more than 150 attendees at
the Peking
Restaurant in St. Paul.
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- The evening included a welcome
by Co-President
Walter Graff and was emceed by USCPFA-MN board members
Margaret Wong and
Linda Mealey-Lohmann. The evening program included remarks
by Mayor R.T.
Rybak about the importance of reaching a hand of friendship
"across the
table and across the globe," and a DVD presentation by
Charles Lee and
Richard Ji of a recent trip to Harbin (the sister-city to
the City of
Minneapolis) celebrating the annual snow and ice sculpture
festival.
- Special guests were the 22
high school students and their two teachers from the Renda
Fuzhong high school in Beijing who have been doing homestays
with families of Breck School students. They gave a paper
cutting and water-color painting demo, sang both traditional
and modern songs and dance, and, with their host families,
contributed to the festive atmosphere.
- Linda Mealey-Lohmann talked
about the two sister-city China Garden projects that the
Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society is working on - a
northern-style China Friendship pavilion in Minneapolis
(Harbin sister-city project) and a southern-style China
Friendship pavilion at Phalen Park (Changsha sister-city
project).
- The evening ended with the
traditional singing of "Auld Lang Syne" in both Chinese and
English.
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2009-2020
Board of Directors
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Co-Presidents: Walter Graff and Mary Warpeha
- Sr. Vice President:
C. C. Hsiao
- 2nd Vice President:
Linda Mealey-Lohmann
- Treasurer: Wen Li
- Secretary: Linda Mealey-Lohmann
- Membership:
Nathan Huerkamp
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- Board Members:
- Lawrence Coleman, Elaine Griebenow, Christopher Hang, Barbara
Harrison, Glynnis Hinschberger, Joyce Hsiao,
- Jennie Hsiao, Nathan Huerkamp, Carole Hyder,
John Kusske, Chun-Jo Liu, Delin Qu, Mindy Ratner,
- Judith Swanholm, Margaret Wong,
Ben Zhou
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