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Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions 12–4:30 Pm Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions 12–4:30 pm Oak Street Plaza Thank you for coming to OMCA’s Lunar New Year Celebration. We wish you and your family the very best in the Year of the Horse! Great Hall: Above and Below SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WelcoME OAK STREET PlaZA, LEVEL 3 11:30 am & 1 pm New Year songs performed by Dharma Realm Chinese Orchestra OPENING Celebration — LION DANCE 10th STREET AmphIthEatER, LEVEL 1 If raining, performances will move to Koi Pond, Level 1 12 pm Usher in the New Year and chase away evil spirits with an auspicious lion dance by Developing Virtue Secondary School Pavilion PERFORMANCES JAMES MOORE THEATER, LEVEL 1 Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each performance. Also on Level 1: 1 & 3 pm Melody of China Blue Oak Art Studio, Vietnamese cultural dance performed by Vovinam America café Lecture Hall, California Redwood Magic show performed by The Magic of Chin-Chin Burl Room Plate spinning and contortion acrobatics tricks performed by “The Happy Chef” Xia Kemin, and his student, Inka Siefker 10th STREET AmphIthEatER, LEVEL 1 If raining, performances will move to Koi Pond, Level 1 10th Street 1:15 & 3:15 pm Japanese Taiko performed by Jiten Daiko (1:15 pm set only) Amphitheater 24 Festive Drum performance by Developing Virtue Secondary School (3:15 pm set only) K-pop Dance performed by Korean Performance Group from UC Berkeley Bhangra and Bollywood Dance performed by Duniya Dance and Drum Company Vovinam martial arts demonstration by Vovinam America Koi Pond SCHEdulE contInuES InsIDE Tales of the Lunar NEW Year Limited seating. Doors open 15 minutes before each performance. Hands-on FAMily Art Activities 12–4:30 pm LEctuRE hall, LEVEL 1 1:30 & 3:30 pm Megumi tells Japanese folktales CalIfoRNIA Room, LEVEL 1 “The Year of the Horse: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac” with author Oliver Chin New Year craft with DEAF Media, led by Amelia Wong, Ron Trumble, and members of the Bay Area Asian Deaf Association (BAADA) 2:30 pm Storytelling with Nan Zhou from DEAF Media. Voice interpretation provided. KoI Pond, LEVEL 1 If raining, the art activities will move to outside the Art Studio, Level 1 Make a flying horse carousel with Anna Wong DEMonstrations & Activities New Year greeting card coloring: send warm wishes to your family and friends with 12–4 pm OMCA teachers and buildOn student volunteers from East Bay high schools CalIfoRNIA Room, LEVEL 1 Spring couplet (Chinese calligraphic poem): make one to decorate your home during the Cun Jie (Chinese New Year): Chinese-opera-style face painting with Yuan Yuan Huang, Lunar New Year with Isis Wang and the Alameda High School Key Club Helen Chou, Amy Shiu, Rainbow Chan, and Taiyen Pao Children will have a chance to wear costumes to take pictures. Space is limited. Sign up to reserve a time. Please meet artists 10 minutes before your reserved time. Closing Celebration—Dragon Dance MusEum GARDEns, LEVEL 1 ART StudIO, LEVEL 1 4:30 pm The celebration ends with a lively dragon dance by Developing Virtue Secondary School Tet (Vietnamese New Year): Vietnamese spring-roll making with Berkeley Buddhist Monastery KoI Pond, LEVEL 1 Sal Mubarakh (Hindu/Jain New Year): Mehndi/Henna body art with Rachel-Anne Palacios REdwood BURL AREA, LEVEL 1 Food & beverage I Ching with the School of Yimutology Enjoy delicious treats from a menu inspired by the cultures represented in today’s program at Blue Oak Solnal (Korean New Year): Bojagi Wrapping Cloths: The Art of Korean Stitching café on Level 2, and at the pop-up location by the Koi Pond on Level 1. with Youngmin Lee Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year): Japanese spirit-carving by Takayuki Zoshi AcknoWledgMents Japanese handmade dolls by Mikio Sakuma Special thanks to OMCA staff, Docents, and Trustees, DEAF Media for American Sign Language Losar (Tibetan New Year): Print your own Tibetan prayer flag with Jamyong Singye interpretation, and all the volunteers who contributed their time to make this event possible. ACRoss FRom OMCA StoRE, LEVEL 2 Photography notice Japanese Ikebana arrangements by Mary Venkat, Yvonne Ahoy-Stohlman, Hiromi A photographer is on duty at this event to capture images for the Museum’s archives and for OMCA Nomura, and Michiko Shimoda publicity. If you prefer not to have your picture taken, please notify the photographer. The Year of the Horse Visit museumca.org for upcoming programs and events. 1918 • 1930 • 1942 • 1954 • 1966 • 1978 • 1990 • 2002 • 2014 • 2026 OMCA Family is made possible by generous support from the Institute of People born in the year of the horse have a pleasant, Museum and Library Services. amiable, easygoing disposition. They are good-humored and extremely animated, active and energetic. Horse people are very healthy, most likely because they hold a positive attitude towards life. The sign of horse stands The Oakland Museum of California wishes you and your family a healthy for leadership, management, and decision-making. Horses are compatible with Tigers, Goats, or Dogs. and happy 2014, with plenty of horsepower in the Year of the Horse!.
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