From: li@sce.carleton.ca (Yao Li)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Chinese New Year Cultural Show in Ottawa
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:57:26 GMT
Organization: Indiana University
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                     Chinese New Year Cultural Show
                         -- A big celebration event organized by CSSP in Ottawa

              Time: Jan. 23, Sat. , 1993, 7:30 - 10:30 pm
              Place: Auditorium,
                     Adult High School,
                     300 Rochester (at Gladstone)
              Audiences: ~800

Local Cable 22 TV station will broadcast the show on Jan. 28, Thursday, from
9:00pm to 11:30 and on Feb. 3 , from 12:00 noon to 2:30pm.

Table of Contents
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1. Program
2. Introduction to New Dances
3. Introduction to Some Performers
4. LYH Introduction
5. Oriental Arts Group Introduction
6. Oriental Chorus Introduction
7. Letter from the Minister 
8. Organizing Committee
9. Anonymous ftp information

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                              Program

           Masters of Ceremonies: Qiang Yuan, Wanman Situ, Tie Shi

1.  Yang Ko Dance "Celebrate New Year"   (4')
    Dancers: Xiang Jin, Wanhong Shi, Tao Ding, Yuhua Zhang, Yang Han,
             Jiangqing Gong, Ming Wu, Aiqun Guo, Baoqing Wei, Bin Yuan,
             Xuan Chen, Yan Chen
    Choreographer: Jiangqing Gong
2.  Pipa Solo "Ambushment Surroundings"   (6')   Ming Zhang
3.  Xin-Jiang Solo Dance "The Evening Melody of Talimu"   (4')   Fenhua Lu
4.  Solo Baritone   (10')   Baritone: Xiaohu Li; Accompanist: Yanjun Liu
    a) I Live in the Source of the Yangtse River
    b) The Song of the Flea
5.  Chinese Classical Dance "Flying Fairy"   (6')   Meng Wu
6.  Modern Dance "Rhythm of Heart"   (4')   Xinhong Jin
7.  Dance "China Wind"   (7')
    Dancers: Yan Chen, Tao Ding, Ming Zhong, Xuan Chen, Jin Xiang, Bin Yuan,
             Baoqing Wei, Jiangqing Gong, Xiaoyan Wu, Wanman Situ, Hongxia Xia
    Choreographer: Jiangqing Gong
8.  Lottery Draw   (12')

    Intermission Ten Minutes

9.  Chorus   (10')
    a) Ballad of the Yellow Current      Soparno Solo: Ming Zhong
    b) Tomorrow Will Be Better
    Conductor: Qiqiang Mao; Accompanist: Hua Lan; Singers listed in OC Intro.
10. Solo Mezzo Soprano   (10')
    a) Autumn--Pamier, My Lovely Country Home
    b) Seguidilla from "Carmen"
    Mezzo Soprano: Shan Liu; Accompanist: Yanjun Liu
11. Dai Nationality Solo Dance "A Girl in Sprinkle Festival"   (6')   Fenhua Lu
12. Xin-Jiang Dance "Black Dream"   (7')
    Dancers: Wanman Situ, Xuan Chen, Miao Wei, Yan Chen, Tao Ding,
             Baoqing Wei, Xiang Jin, Xiaoyan Wu
    Choreographers: Jinji Fang, Shaoshu Huang; Artistic Director: Yan Chen
13. Mongolian Solo Dance "Happiness"   (6')   Meng Wu
14. Vocal Duet   (10')
    a) Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti
    b) Where the Hell Have You Been?
    Xiaohu Li Baritone, Shan Liu mezzo soprano, Yanjun Liu Accompanist
15. Fashion Show   (10')
    Performed by: Wanman Situ, Ming Zhong, Miao Wei, Xuan Chen, Jing Zhuang,
                  Wei Yu, Xinhong Jin, Min Zhang, Yuxi Yang, Yu Xiao,
                  Qiyang Li, Shemin Ruan, Qiang Yuan, Tie Shi, Zhiquan Yu,
                  Yao Li, Zhiyuan Shen
    Choreographer: Wanman Situ
    Artistic Directors: Daniel Stanford, Diva Gargarella

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                  Introduction to New Dances

Celebration Chinese New Year
  A traditional Chinese folk dance, called "yang ko", is a popular rural
folk dance in Northern China. The characteristics of yang ko are joyful and
cheerful, specially performed in holiday seasons.

China Wind
  There are 56 nationalities in China. Different nationalities have
their own style of the folk dances. "China wind" will introduce six
distinct folk dances, which are Xinjiang Uygur, Mongolia, Tibet, Han,
Korean and Dai nationality.

Black Dream
  The folk dance reflects the longings for freedom and love of the
Islamic women in the northwestern remote areas in China. The dance has won
the best performance award in the 2nd "Tao-Li" Cup Dancing Competition
of China.

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                  Introduction to Some Performers

Xiaohu Li
  Bass baritone Xiaohu Li was brought up in an artistic family.
At 17, he entered the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music majoring
in opera. He graduated in 1968 with distinction and was immediately
accepted by the Central Opera Company as a principal singer. He has
performed the leading role in over ten operas, and toured West German,
France, Austria, Finland and Yugoslavia collaborating with some of
the world renowned conductors and performers. For his effortless
singing and exceptional portrayal of characters, he was awarded the Cherry
Blossom Prize, and the Bronze award from the Chinese Drama Magazine in 1986.

Shan Liu
  Mezzo soprano Shan Liu grew up in an artistic family. In 1986, She
graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music with distinction
and gave a very successful solo recital in China. She then joined the Central
Opera Company and toured around the world. She has sung the role of
Carmen in the opera "Carmen", Queen in the joint China-Japan
production of "Angel of Songs", Suzuki in "Madam Butterfly". She
received high praise from the Finnish Press when she performed the
role of Suzuki with the Savolinna Opera Company in Finland in the
summer of 1988. Liu moved to Toronto by the end of 1990 and has since
performed in various concerts. In 1991, She was awarded a scholarship
to study at the Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music under the
Artist Diploma Program. She is presently tutored by Helen Simmio.

Yanjun Liu
  Brought up in an artistic family, Mr. Yanjun Liu started learning
piano at 4. At 18, he entered the prestigious Central Conservatory of
Music in China. He has performed many solo shows, and been accompanist
for many famous artists and singers in China. He had been with Beijing
Symphony and several domestic and foreign artistic groups. He is
presently studying in Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada.

Fenhua Lu
 Fenhua Lu started her artist's career at 9 years old when she entered
Shanghai Dancing School to study classical and folk dancings. After
graduated, she joined Shanghai Dancing Company where she performed
as solo dancer and leading dancer and became the member of the Association
of Chinese Dancers. After more than 20 years of career in dancing, she came
to Montreal in 1991. Now she is a member of the Association of Professional
Dancers of Quebec and opened a Fenhua Dancing School to teach Chinese
folk dancing.

Meng Wu
  Ms. Meng Wu has been a professional dancer for 17 years. She was a
principal solo dancer at Shanghai Dance Drama Theater where she specialized
in performing Chinese ancient dances and folk dances of other oriental
nationalities. She toured France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong
and all over China. She came to Ottawa in the September of 1990 to study
modern dance at La Groupe De La Place Royale.

Ming Zhang
  Ming Zhang entered the prestigious Central Folk Dancing Company of China
in 1976.
She studied under famous Pipa artists in China and played as the leading
role in many shows. She toured foreign countries and her shows
had been produced to tapes by several radio and television stations. In 1991,
she came to Ottawa where she performed oftenly at various concerts.

Hua Lan
  In 1979, Hua Lan graduated from Jilin Provincial Arts College in China,
majored in keyboard and music composing. Immediately after graduation, she
was chosen to join the prestigious China Central Ensemble of National
Music and worked there for ten years. In 1989, she came to Canada, worked
as a piano and accordion teacher for several private music schools. She has
studied piano under music professor Douglas Voice of the University of Ottawa.
She is an active member of American Federation of Musician and the
International Accordion Teacher's Guild. In her spare time, she is acting
as a piano accompanist for the Oriental Chorus of Ottawa.

Xinhong Jin
  Jin had taught rhythmic gymnastic at Hong Zhou University for six years.
She was the champion of 1985 Rhythmic Gymnastic Contest in China. She won
also the best prize of inter-university dancing contest in Zhe Jiang province
of China in 1986, and the prize of the ballroom dance of Hangzhou city of
China.

Tie Shi
  Mr. Tie Shi was graduated from Beijing Institute of Foreign Language.
He had been invited as the masters for ceremonies, many major TV shows
organized by CCTV (China Central TV) and BTV (Beijing TV), cooperated
several times with well-known actors and actresses including Ye Chen,
Jie Zhou & Shu Fang. He is presently studying in Ottawa.

Wei Yu
  As a professional fashion performer, Wei Yu, is a member of Canadian
Modeling Association. She won three awards at the '92 Canadian Fashion
Modeling Convention, the best photograph, TV commercial & talent show.
She had also been on many TV shows and magazines in China.

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        Ottawa Chinese Students and Scholars Association

Originally formed by the first group of students and scholars from the
mainland China who came to Ottawa twelve years ago, the Ottawa Chinese
Student and Scholar Association now has more than two thousand members,
including over seven hundred students and scholars from both the two
universities in Ottawa and Algonquin College, over three hundred professionals
and engineers from Bell Northern Research, National Research Council and
other research institutions, and a large number of other company employees
and government workers, as well as their family members. Most of them have
received at least a college education.

The Association aims at representing and protecting the common interests of
the Chinese students and scholars in Ottawa area, organizing for its members
cultural and sports events and other activities, strengthening the friendship
among Chinese students, enchancing the goodwill between the Canadian and
Chinese peoples, helping its members to adapt themselves to the Canadian
living environment, paying close attention to the social progress in China,
and promoting China's scientific, cultural and economic developments. The
Executive Committee of the Association is annually elected.

With the support from all its members, the Association has been quite
successful in organizing various activities almost every week. In addition
to the big variety shows on festive occasions, other frequently held events 
include film shows, dancing parties, kara-ok performances, seminars, sports
games and events, and picnics.

Though the Association is largely formed by the mainland Chinese, our fellow
countrymen from Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as Canadian friends, are
sincerely welcome to be our members.

The Association has three information channels: the news service between three
and five times a week through the e-mail network, of which Jinglei Meng
(055080@uottawa.bitnet) is in charge, the weekly hot line service (526-3977),
of which Heping Meng is in charge, and the Chinese monthly newsmagazine, LYTX,
which has an E-mail version and hardcopy version printed edition and is read
by thousands of people all over the world.

May I wish everybody a happy, lovely, prosperous and wealthy New Year,
the Year of the Rooster. I hope you enjoy this show and have a wonderful
evening.

Thank you for your presence.

                                                    Jinglei Meng (President)

Executive Committee:
   Ding He, Wangjie Li, Yao Li, Weimin Ma, Heping Meng, Jinglei Meng,
   Jiefeng Shen, Liwen Wang, Haiman Xia, Yu Xiao, Yuqin Xing, Hongwei Xu,
   Yaozhong Xu, Jinsheng Xue, Jinyun Zhang

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                       Oriental Arts Group (OAG)

The Ottawa Oriental Arts Group (Ottawa OAG) was founded in the fall of
1988 by Ms. Jiangqing Gong, the first-term director. It's been grown from
the five performers at the beginning to the present seventeen. There are more
than fifty performers who had been or presently are in our group (including
the fashion show team). They are mostly Chinese students, scholars, and
professionals in their Master, Ph.D degrees and post-doctors in Ottawa.

Now it has been well known in performing the Chinese folk dances, songs,
musical instruments and fashion shows. It has performed over fifty times in
Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Kingston and Bellville. The performers 
are practising almost every Sunday afternoon at University of Ottawa for dance,
for fitness, and for friendship.

Director: Xuan Chen
Deputy Director: Ming Zhong
Choreographer: Jiangqing Gong
Dancers: Yan Chen, Tao Ding, Aiqun Guo, Yang Han, Xiang Jin,
         Wanhong Shi, Wanman Situ, Baoqin Wei, Miao Wei,
         Min Wu, Xiaoyan Wu, Hongxia Xia, Bin Yuan, Yuhua Zhang.
Fashion Show Performers: see "Program"

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                   Oriental Chorus of Ottawa

Oriental Chorus is one of the three famous choruses in the Chinese community
of Ottawa. Originated from a male chorus in the Ottawa Arts Group, Oriental
Chorus was founded during the Christmas of 1991. It was promoted by Ms. Ming
Zhong, Wei Tang and Yu Xiao, and was guided by Ms. Hua Lan. Currently, it is
chaired by Ms. Yu Xiao. Among the members, many are students or exchange
scholars recently came from mainland China.

Shortly after its founding this group actively participated in the preparation
of "Yellow River Choral Concert". Oriental Chorus was honored to have Mr Leon
Leung, former conductor of Ottawa Chinese Cantabile Chorus, and Ms. Maiyu Chan,
conductor of the Ottawa Choral Society to help the choral training. In 
November 1992, Oriental Chorus together with OCCC and OCS won a great success
in the united concert performances of "Yellow River Chorus".

Oriental Chorus is a good place for chorus enthusiasts to study, exchange and 
enjoy the art of chorus singing, and for Chinese students and scholars to 
strengthen their friendship. It also contributes to the further presentation
of Chinese culture in multiculturalism.

Director: Yu Xiao
Deputy Director: Wei Tang, Jiangnan Chen
Accompanist: Hua Lan

Soprano: Keyuan Zhu, Xuejun Feng, Li Li, Lixin Dou
         Yuqing Xing, Minnie Zhong, Ying Hou, Zhengfang Cao,
         Ning Ma, Yiqun Su, Qingwei Chu, Jinxiang Song, Ying Lin
Alto:    Jiehong Zhang, Yu Xiao, Jingping Mao, Hua Lan
Tenor:   Zongce Deng, Shaojiu Wang, Simmon Lin, Kun Qian,
         Huanggui Xiong, Julian Chen, Wei Tang, Xianshi Dang
Bass:    Hao Chen, Guoqiang Wang, Heping Meng, Huixing Yang,
         Xiang Li, Ji Zhang, Jinglei Meng

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                     Letter from the Minister

                                                          Jan. 23, 1993
Chinese Students and Scholars Association
in Ottawa
Box 329, 456A Bronson Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 6J6


Dear Friends,

I am pleased to send my most sincere best wishes to all members of the
Chinese Students and Scholars Association as you celebrate the Chinese
New Year.

The beginning of any new year gives us a chance to reflect upon the
accomplishments of the past twelve months, and at the same time, to consider
the challenges of the future. At this time, you should all take pride in the
work you have done and in your legacy of success as a dedicated group of
Canadians. In upholding your values as responsible citizens, you will play
a vital and valued part in creating the spirit of multiculturalism that
will symbolize our nation in the years to come.

I wish you and your families and friends a Happy New Year and continued
success in your service to your community and to Canada.

                                                           Sincerely

                                                           (Signature)

                                                           Gerry Weiner

                      Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship of Canada

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                 The Organizing Committee of the Show

Organizers:
  Chinese Students and Scholars Association (Jinglei Meng)
  Oriental Arts Group (Xuan Chen)
  Oriental Chorus (Yu Xiao)
Co-organizers:
  LYTX (Friendship Forum)
  ZYH (Club for Friends)
  ACSP (Association of Chinese Scientists and Professionals)
Advertistments: Yuqin Xing, Jinsheng Xue, Yaozhong Xu, Yu Xiao, Jinglei Meng
Treasurers: Liwen Wang, Tao Ding, Shaojiu Wang, Yuqin Xing
Poster and Badge Design: Ji Zhang, Yu Xiao
Program Production: Yao Li, Ji Zhang, Wei Tang, Yalin Cao, Xuan Chen,
                    Shaojiu Wang, Jinglei Meng
Ticket Design: Wei Tang
Stage Manager: Yao Li
Music: Wei Tang
Audio Systems: Yaozhong Xu
Lighting: Yalin Cao   
Scenery: Yalin Cao
Stage Assistants: Yongjun Pei, Shaojiu Wang, Jiehong Zhang, Feng Ge
Photographer: Gang Zhang
Video: Lijun Bai
Public Relations: Jinsheng Xue, Yu Xiao, Yuqin Xing
Decoration: Heping Meng, Min Chang, Wei Tang
Ticket Selling: Jiangqing Gong, Wangjie Li, Haiman Xia, ...
Ticket Collecting: Weimin Ma, Ding He, Hongwei Xu
Service: Jinyun Zhang, Jiefeng Shen, Nanyuan Rao, ...
Clothing: Jiangqing Gong, Xuan Chen, Yan Chen, Xiang Jin, ...
Usherettes: Bo Yang, Jin Wang
Guest Performers' Liaison: Ming Zhong
Piano Tuning: Hua Lan
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                Anonymous ftp Information

The Chinese version of this Program is stored in lytx ftp sites

location  ftp and IP                           directory 
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 USA      crl.nmsu.edu (128.123.1.18)         pub/chinese/lytx  
 Sweden   lunix.met.kth.se (130.237.16.204)   pub/organizations/LYTX  

File name: show93.gb

The GIF pictures of some performers and dances will be put in above ftp sites.
There will be several articles on this show in coming LYTX14, due on Feb 15.