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Asian Heritage Festival Schedule

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Asian Heritage Festival May 9, 2009- Main Stage Schedule

TIME PERFORMANCES/ITEMS
10AM Live Elephant Painting (at Asian domain)
10:30 AM Opening Ceremony
  Presentation of the Color Guards by the Vietnamese Military Academy in Louisiana
  Pledge of Allegiance- Mr. Cecil Murphy
  National Anthem- Fitri Sudradjat
  Pat Lee- Current chair to welcome everyone
10:45 AM Vietnam- Dragon/Lion Dance
10:55 AM
Speeches
11:05 AM India: Pushpanjali, a classical Indian dance
11:10 AM China: Tai Chi demonstration by King Lam's Tai Chi & Karate Center
11:25 AM Philippines: Balitao dance by the Kapit-Bahay of Greater New Orleans
11:30 AM Thailand: Lam Pong Lang dance
11:35 AM

Indonesia: Tak Tong Tong dance

11:40 AM India: Nila, a semi-classical Indian dance
11:45 AM China: Playing of the Pipa, a traditional Chinese musical instrument
11:50AM Philippines: Pandanggo sa Ilaw, Filipino American Association of Baton Rouge
11:55 AM India: Classical Indian Dance choreographed by Padmini Chari of Houston Texas
12:00 PM Taiwan: Tea Harvesting Dance by the Taiwanese Association
12:10 PM Philippines: Folk dance, Aray by Filipino American Association of St. Tammany
12:15PM
India: Classical Indian Dance (performed by Shanti Ramesh)
12:35 PM China: Chinese Folk Dance from Yunan
12:45 PM
Philippines--- Magkaugnay Dance from the Mindanao region
12:50 PM Special Guest Performance
1:05PM China: The Beautiful Prairie dance (Mongolian fold dance)
1:10PM Philippines: 7 yr old Elenita Stewart, "My Heart will Go on"
1:15 PM India: Indian dance- "Mohiniattam, Cholkettu" by Reshmi Nair
1:30 PM China and Korea: Miniatures by Frank Bridge
1:35 PM Announcement: Tsunami Effort information
1:40 PM Japan: Karate demonstration by the Karate Association of Louisiana
1:45 PM Philippines: Tinikling (dance with bamboo poles)
1:50PM Korea: Korean Drum "Buk" by Alexis Chon
2:00 PM Japan: Yosakoi Soran Dance
2:05 PM

India: Dheem, a semiclassical Indian dance
2:10PM APAS Scholarship Winner Announcement
2:15PM China: The Beautiful Xianggelila and The Amazing Jiuzhai
2:20PM India: Uslaam Beti, a Solo Indian Folk dance (performed by Shakti Unithan)
2:25 PM China: The Girls from Daban City dance
2:30 PM Thailand: Serng Kratip Khoa dance by the Thai Community of Baton Rouge
2:35 PM India: Shivas playing the Dhol to Yaari by RDB
2:40PM Shaolin Legacy Show by the Liu Institute of Martial Arts
2:55 PM Philippines: Sayao sa banko (dance on a wooden bench)
3:00 PM Philippines: Itik Itik dance by the Filipino American Association of St. Tammany
3:05 PM Martial Arts, Japan
3:20PM India: Thillana, a classical Indian dance
3:25 PM ---- APAS Membership Basket Give Away------
3:30 PM FASHION SHOW
4:00 PM Finale : Lion Dance by the Woodlawn Lion Team from Saint Joseph Mission
      
FEATURED PROJECTS

» The Asian Heritage Festival

The Asian Heritage Festival is held each Spring. This year the festival took place at Audubon Zoo and was a great success!

» Asian Cultural Center

Thanks to a generous donation of land by Ms. Sudaporn Boonmonthira, plans are underway to build the center at 6245 Wainwright Drive, across from the UNO Campus.

» Asian Bayou Oral Testimony

APAS seeks to preserve the experiences of Asians living in the New Orleans area in part through the documentation of cultural practices (such as festivals) and the experiences of Asian individuals or oral traditions (such as storytelling).

» Asian Bayou Web Site

Originally created by the late Shaie-Mei Temple, the "Asian Bayou" website is recreated here in its entirety.

» Disaster Relief

APAS fundraising efforts for relief to communities throughout the world struck by natural disaster.

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