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Co-Presidents
Walter Graff
Mary Warpeha
 
Senior Vice President
C.C. Hsiao
 
Second Vice President
Linda Mealey-Lohmann
 
Secretary
Linda Mealey-Lohmann
 
Treasurer
Wen Li
 
Membership
Nathan Huerkamp
 
Directors
Lawrence J. Coleman
Elaine Griebenow
Christopher S. Hang
Barbara J. Harrison
Glynis Hinschberger
Jennie Hsiao
Joyce Hsiao
Carole Hyder
John Kusske
Chun-Jo Liu
Lili Pan
Delin Qu
Mindy Ratner
Judy Swanholm
Margaret Wong
Guangbin (Ben) Zhou
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USCPFA-MN
P.O. Box 251002
Woodbury, MN  55125
 
 uscpfa_mn@hotmail.com
 
 

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
 
Tickets: $30/person before June 22
  $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. 
 
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.
 

 
2009-2020 Board of Directors
 
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
 
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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    501(c)(3) non-partisan, educational organization. 
    We are one of many chapters throughout the United States dedicated to developing and maintaining ties of friendship and mutual understanding between the people of China and the United States.
    The Minnesota Chapter was founded in 1974. Currently over 175 individuals and institutions make up the Chapter membership.
     
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