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

      

Save the Date: APAS Children's Holiday Party

Download a flyer for the 2008 APAS Children's
Holiday Party, to be held December 6th at
Clearview Mall.

The Holiday season is around the corner! APAS closes the year with a holiday party for our little ones!

Our 3rd Annual APAS Children's Holiday Party is set for Saturday, December 6th and I am organizing it!

For those who didn't know, this party was originally put together for the benefit of our adopted asian children. This is a place where parent's of adopted asian kids can bring their children and expose them to their rich asian culture- something that they may have limited means of doing.

We have slowly opened it up to our members to enable more children to mingle amongst themselves. This year, I would like to continue the tradition and give an open invitation to our members' children. Admission will be limited, therefore, an RSVP is recommended.

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

Lastly, I need some volunteers ready to play and have fun with the kids. I already have activites and performances lined up, you are more than welcome to select how much or how little you can help.

Thank you and see y'all very soon,
Joana Manalac (apasnola@gmail.com)

      

2008 APAS Annual Gala

Congratulations to Tu Vy Nguyen,
Ms. Vietnam, for winning the crown of
Ms. APAS 2008!

The 2008 Annual APAS Gala was held September 20, 2008 from 6-11pm at the Hilton Hotel Riverside.

The evening featured a fabulous array of auction items, beautiful Ms. APAS contest, Frank Hara Service Awards, Raffle prize, 3-course dinner, dancing, and entertainment!

Many thanks to the sponsors, auction donors, Ms. APAS contestants and Gala attendees who made the evening a big success!

Evening events included:

• 3 Course Dinner
• Ms. Apas Contest
• Frank Hara Service Award
• Fabulous Auction Items
• Vacation Raffle Prizes
• Entertainment and Dancing

      

Support your candidate for Ms. APAS

Ms. Cambodia Ms. Sokhoeum Chau	Ms. China Ms. Lulu Mao Imao1@tulane.edu
Ms. India Ms.Shivani Gilotra	Ms. Indonesia Ms. Fitr Sudradjat fsudradjat@gmail.com
Ms. Korea Ms. Soo-ryun Anh w0302368@selu.edu or Soo.ryun.Ahn@selu.edu	Ms. Philippines TBA
Ms. Taiwan Ms. Hui Perng huiperng@gmail.com	Ms. Thailand Ms. Jittima Ruchiratna mohdale@yahoo.com
Ms. Vietnam Ms. Tu Vy Nguyen tuvy.nguyen@gmail.com

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Fundraiser at Hookah

Please join APAS in raising funds to build a center and for the Disaster Relief Fund. The Hookah Cafe will donate a percentage to APAS for every drinks purchased between 7pm and 10pm. Please join us at the information below:

Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Hookah Caf at 500 Frenchmen Street , New Orleans LA

If you cannot join us but would like to still donate, please send check or money order the following information:

APAS
3500 N. Causeway Blvd STE 1548
Metairie, LA 70002

Please indicate on the subject line: " APAS Cultural Center " or "APAS Disaster Relief Fund"

In addition, direct deposits can also be done at the APAS Disaster Relief Fund at Chase Bank.
      

Screening of movie Journey From The Fall

Friday, May 16, 2008, 6 pm
Cabildo, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans
(left side when facing St Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square)
Admission is free. Donations accepted.

Director Ham Tran and community members will be present for a discussion session. From refugees to evacuees - the struggle of Southeast Asians on the Gulf Coast from 1975-2008. Was escape from the war different from escape from Katrina? Inspired by true stories of Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of Saigon - and those who were forced to stay behind - Journey From The Fall follows one family's struggle for freedom. This movie powerfully illustrates the experiences of the Vietnamese population after the fall of Saigon, leaving a war-torn country and starting a new life in a foreign land, the United States. Hope unites them all.

Please RSVP for event at apasnola@gmail.com.

      

Storytelling and Arts Activities for kids is this May 10!!!!

Please come join APAS this Saturday for story telling and activities for kids. This will be a wonderful activity for both adults and kids. Professor Wajuppa Tossa has spent the last decade collecting, preserving, training, and telling traditional stories from around the world for kids of all ages. Even at Thursday's presentation where all the audiences were adults, her skills as a story teller got us in touch with our inner child side. We laughed throughout the whole presentation and even learned how to say a couple of Thai/Lao words. Saturday will be a fun and educational day for children. Hope to see you there! 1pm-2pm Arts activities for kids (ballooning/painting)
2pm-2pm Story telling to children. Stories are from all over the world.
**snacks will be provided**
Date: Saturday, May 10
Location: Cabildo, Louisiana State Museum (At Jackson Square; left side when facing St. Louis Cathedral) Time: 1-3pm




      

Workshop: Storytelling for Early Childhood Audiences

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 1-3 pm
Cabildo, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans
(left side when facing St Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square)
Please RSVP with APAS at apasnola@gmail.com

This workshop introduces a variety of short and simple stories appropriate for children. The audience will enjoy listening to and participating in lively and fun stories, mostly from Thailand and Lao.

Ajaan Wajuppa is a well-known storyteller and the author of several books, including Phadaeng Nang Ai: A Translation of a Thai/Isan Folk Epic in Verse; Phya Khankhaak: A Translation of an Isan Fertility Myth into English Verse, and Lao Folktales. This will be a fun afternoon for kids al all age and cultural background. There will also be art activities and balloon making for children.

Thank you to APAS co-sponsor: William Savage and the Louisiana State Museum

      

FREE Movie: New Year Baby

6 p.m. Sun., June 1
Ashe Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
569-9070
www.ashecac.org

Socheata Poeuv grew up in Texas and knew little about her early life until her parents gathered the family at Christmas in 2002. They revealed that she wasn't actually related to her sisters and shared only one parent with her brother. Her parents had survived Pol Pot's labor camps in Cambodia . Eventually they escaped to Thailand , where she was born, then the United States . The revelation reopens many questions that Socheata's parents had never answered for her. In this documentary, she takes them back on an emotional journey through their homeland where the Khmer Rouge killed an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians. She discovers much about herself and the tumultuous times her parents survived. Free admission. -- Will Coviello

-from the Gambit Weekly
      

Jazz is Life Community Dialogue: Innovation and the Art of Future Building

Date: Thursday May 22, 2008'=
Location: Contemporary Arts Center
Time: 6:30pm
Free Admission

Innovation, improvisation and collaboration are critical ingredients for recovery. New approaches to problem-solving in Japan and the United States are helping people envision a better future, whether it's a community coping with natural disaster or an individual rebounding from homelessness. This symposium explores the art of recovery from a range of different perspectives, keying off of conversations with members of the U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, including Rosanne Haggerty, founder of the supportive housing non-profit Common Ground Community, Kohei Nishiyama, CEO of design-to-order company elephant design, Marty Ashby, Executive Producer of MCG Jazz, and Jay Weigel, Executive/Artistic Director for the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Co-organized with MCG Jazz, Contemporary Arts Center, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and The Japan Society.

For more information, call 504-528-3805.