Program

Main Stage
8:30 am Kite and Lantern Festival Begins
10:00 am Texas Performing Chinese Arts Orchestra ---- MC: Sam Liu
10:30 am Songs
10:38 am Golden Autumn Dance Group - China
10:43 am Chinese Harp by Emily LO
10:55 am Opening Ceremonies ---- MC: Sam Liu
Lion Dance ---- Lee's White Leopard
Kung Fu School
11:00 am Welcome Message ----Diana Meilan Wang, President of Marco Polo World Foundation

Host City Remarks ---- Mayor Herbert Gears, City of Irving

Guest Speakers :
Resolution from The State of Texas
Linda Harper Brown --- State Representative District 105
Angie Chen Button --- State Representative District 112

City Proclamations:
City of Carrollton ----- Mayor Pro-Tem John Mahalik
City of Addison ----- Mayor Joe Chow
City of Plano ------ Mayor Phil Dyer
City of Garland ----- Mayor Ronald Jones

Festival Chairs Remarks:
Hannah Fang, Lily Mak, Merna Parcon
11:25 am Dragon Dance ------Lee's White Leopard Kung Fu School
11:30 am Dragon Boat Exhibition Race ---Houston Heat & Austin Coolers
11:35 am Golden Autumn Dance Group - China
11:40 am Vietnamese dancing
11:45 am Chinese dancing
11:50 am Indian Classical dancing
11:55 am Fortune Raffle, 20 prizes
12:05 pm Cultural Show:---------- MC: Edgar Santiago
Parade of Nations
Lee's White Leopard Kung Fu School
Wu Yi Shaolin Martial Arts Center
Jiaping Shi Dance school- Chinese
Maharlika Dancers - Philippines
Selendang Mak Inang Dance - North Sumatra, Indonesia
Cambodian dancing
Vietnamese dancing
Thai dancing
Deva Banda Indian Classical Dance - India
Thani Kayi Indian Classical Dance
Keola's Hula Halau
Shlokha and Alaripu Indian Classical Dance
Korean dancig
DFW Chanpuru Okinawa Society Eisa Drum Dance - Japan
12:50 pm Fortune Raffles
Cultural Show
2:00 pm Start of Division Finals
Cancer Awareness Race - Carnation Ceremony
2:10 pm Fortune Raffles (Grand Prize: One American Airlines airfare,
international, round-trip coach class ticket $1,250.)
3:00 PM Fortune Raffles
Cultural shows
4:00 pm Fortune Raffles
Cultural shows
4:30 pm Grand Champion Race
5:00 pm Awards Ceremony
5:15 pm Fortune Raffles (Grand Prize: One American Airlines airfare,
international, round-trip coach class ticket $1,250.)
Cultural show
6:00 pm Closing remarks

Demonstrations - Booth A
8:30 am Dumpling Making
12 noon Zhong Zi (Rice wrapped in bamboo leaves)
Demonstrations - Booth B
8:30 am Chinese Calligraphy
12 noon Origami
Demonstrations - Booth C
8:30 am Face Painting
12 noon Chinese Paper Cutting
Demonstrations - Booth D
10:30 am Kite Making Class
11:30 am Lantern Riddles
11:40 am Bamboo Dance
12:30 pm Kite Making Class
2:30 pm Kite Making Class
3:30 pm Lantern Riddles
3:40 pm Bamboo Dance
4:30 pm Kite Making Class

Dragon Boat Racing
7:30 am Dragon Boat Race Team Registration
8:30 am First Round Dragon Boat Race Begins
11:45 am 2nd Round Dragon Boat Race Begins
2:00 pm 3rd Round Dragon Boat Race Begins
4:30 pm Dragon Boat Race Grand Champion Race
5:00 pm Awards Ceremony






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