Chinese Pavilion Lieutenant-Governor's WinterFest   January 31 - February 2, 2008 Brandon's Town Centre

Thank you to the
10,000 visitors
who joined us in celebrating WestMan's Annual WinterFest
and to help us launch our lead-up celebrations for
Chinese New Year 2008

Cultural Display Room Food ~ Art ~ Memorabilia	Day One Lieutenant-Governor's Visit	Day Two Great Wall | Performers from China
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Day Three Performers from China	Lion Dancers Fabulous Wu Shu Performers	Behind the Scenes Support ~ Ambassadors ~ Backstage
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David's Slide Show on Picasa

Over 300 Photos
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Food and Drink	Stage Shots	People
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PREP GALLERY I | PREP GALLERY II | PREP GALLERY III

Hundreds more photos are in preparation and will appear here shortly.

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View from stage front to the food court area
Queue to the food and beverage service is on the left..
(Our Main Stage is positioned "in the round")

View of audience and holding area to stage rear

Over 10,000 Visitors

CHINESE PAVILION
Entertainment Schedule

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 We have organized a program that is incredibly rich in Chinese culture:

• Dancers: very traditional dances with local talent and groups from Great Wall Performing Arts from Winnipeg (PHOTO)
• Great Wall Magic:  a "face changing" and a magic shadow show (PHOTO)
• Musicians: both locally and from Winnipeg, will perform on traditional instruments (PHOTO)
• An acrobatic team: will be coming from China to perform (PHOTO). You’ve seen such performances on TV and perhaps in Las Vegas, now you will see them in Brandon!
• Lion Dance from WuShu Manitoba: we will have, for the first time in Brandon, the famous traditional LION Dance with live musicians to accompany the dancers – this is always the main attraction at the Chinese New Year / Spring Festival (PHOTOS) This group competes internationally – in Las Vegas, and have won the championship several times:
• Martial arts performers
• Traditional Chinese Fashions
• Singers: both traditional story-telling songs, folk songs from the villages, and pop music for the younger generation

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MORE FEATURE ATTRACTIONS

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• A store featuring authentic cooking ingredients from China, dishes, art, ornaments
• A gallery of Artists working on their craft: Chinese calligraphy, painting, paper cutting: visitors will have the opportunity to purchase one of a kind original works of art
• Demonstrations by experts in Kung-fu, Tai-chi, dim sum making
• Food: traditional food from different regions of China (made locally by "lo sow" - experienced cooks in Brandon, and several who have just arrived to work in Brandon)
• Authentic beverages at the bar: (Tsingtao beer, plus Chinese wine, available for the first time in Manitoba)

 

FOOD PREP I PREPARATION VOL. I	Visit our PHOTO ALBUM Series Albums I & II are now ready for viewing FOOD PREPARATION PAGE ONE ~ PAGE TWO	FOOD PREP II PREPARATION VOL. II
FOOD PREP III PREPARATION VOL. III	PAVILION & FOOD PREP PAGE THREE	PAVILION PREP PREPARATION VOL. III

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BACKGROUND NOTES

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• A small group of local Chinese volunteers have participated in the past within GLOBAL VILLAGE.
• Arrival of new Chinese immigrants and permit workers in Brandon is providing many more volunteers.
• We are getting more and more students from China at Brandon University
• We have a committee in the process of forming the WestMan Chinese Association
• Through this committee, we are able to pull together all the groups within Brandon and the rural Westman area – for volunteers and talented performers
• The Winterfest committee are happy to see us finally participate as a Pavilion and we thank them for their support
• We've held auditions locally for talented entertainers – and there are many!
• We’ve also booked professional entertainment from Winnipeg and China (see photos below)
• The Pavilion will be at the Town Centre: Thanks to Marlow Kirton and K’s Oriental Food  for the use of the facilities.

Chinese New Year Year of the Mouse & Rat February 7, 2008 marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat and Year 4706 of the Chinese Calendar

Visit our Chinese New Year Celebration Page
www.hillmanweb.com/newyear

The Brandon Archive Pages
www.brandonu.ca/eduweb/brandon

Contact:
Sue-On Hillman
hillmans@westman.wave.ca