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Wellesley Ksa Presents WELLESLEY KSA PRESENTS Wellesley College Korean Students Association presents SEOUL NIGHT LIVE Live from Wellesley, it’s Seoul Night Live! We’re very excited you’re joining us tonight for our biggest event of the year--the Annual KSA Culture Show! Follow our show hosts, Lily and Jen, as they take you through the exciting performances we have prepared for you tonight. Stay seated, and we hope you enjoy the show! Korean Student Association Executive Board Co Presidents Hajin Park & Rachel Seo Vice President Jackie Ha Treasurer Jane Lee Co Culture Chairs Jennifer Chung & Chloe Moon Secretary Denise Yoon Publicity Chair Jee Lee Multimedia Chair Sharon Cho Senator Soobean Jo Social Chair Julia Cho Community Service Chair Michelle Namkoong International Representative Chaerin Park Korean Program Liaison Sojin Ki First Year Representative Sandra Chung & Sue Lee Emcees Lily Kim & Jennifer Vogan Eboard Video Editor Rachel Utomo & Cathy Ye Technical Staff Denysha Jackson Videographer Jalena Keane-Lee Photographer Christine Yang PART 1 Eboard Introduction (Video) First-Year Dance Choreographed by Sue Lee ‘20, Annie Kang ‘20, Grace Chin ‘20 Esther Luo ‘20, Gemma Min ‘20, Chandler Pettigrew ‘20, Heidi Cho ‘20, Annie Kang ‘20 / Neri Min ‘20, Sue Lee ‘20, Stella Kim ‘20, Yebin Park ‘20, Yuna Gan ‘20, Casey Smith ‘20, Sandra Chung ‘20 / Grace Chin ‘20, Chloe Yichen Wang ‘20, Winnie Chen ‘20, Caitlyn Chung ‘20 The first-year dance has become a tradition of Wellesley KSA’s Culture Show. Every year our first-year members put together an act that showcases some of Korea’s most recent and popular hits. This year the songs performed are “Russian Roulette” by Red Velvet, “Cheer Up” by Twice, and “Me Like Yuh” by Jay Park. Boston College’s AeroK Guest Performance AEROdynamiK Dance Crew, or AeroK for short, is a hip hop dance team first created under the Korean Students Association in 2005. Today, AeroK has evolved to include students of all backgrounds and experience, discovering new ways to make art together in a creative community that is truly family. Vocal Act 1 Michelle Yu ‘19, Josephine Kim ‘19 Josephine Kim and Michelle Yu are two sophomores passionate about singing truths. They believe that love is what will win at the end of time, so they have dedicated ourselves to sing for what is good in our world - our families, friendships, and service to those both near and far. Fun fact: They are both a part of the newly- revived a cappella group, Awaken the Dawn. Fan Dance Led by Jennifer Vogan Emily Chun ‘17, Jennifer Vogan ‘17, Denise Yoon ‘17, Jaekyung Ha ‘18, Maxine Hood ‘19, Sojin Ki ‘19, Jiwon Lee ‘19, Chaerin Park ‘19 The Korean Fan Dance displays elements of nature such as wind, waves, and flowers. While the fan, “buchae,” has been a part of Korean history since the Chosun Dynasty, the fan dance, also known as “buchaechum” in Korea, was introduced in 1954 by Kim Baek-bong. Fan dance has since become prevalent and representative of the Korean culture. This modern take on fan dance will be performed to “I Choose to Love You” by Hyorin (SISTAR). KAMP Slideshow Michelle Namkoong '17 Korean Adoptee Mentor Program (KAMP) is a community service program founded by Wellesley KSA. Our goal as a program is to develop strong mentee- mentor relationships among Korean adoptees in the Boston area with mentors from Wellesley College and Babson College through events featuring Korean culture. INTERMISSION We are selling KSA merchandise outside the auditorium so come check it out! PART 2 Culture Chairs Thank You Jennifer Chung '19, Chloe Moon '19 Vocal Act 2 Hannah L. Cho ‘20, Layla Masotta ‘20, and Christine Kneer ‘20 Hannah L. Cho is performing “Bo Go Ship Da (I Miss You)” by Kim Bum Soo, a ballad made famous by the drama Stairway to Heaven, one of the first Korean shows she watched with her family as a child. Accompanying her are Layla Masotta on the keys, and Christine Kneer on drums. Berklee College of Music (Ilban Music) Guest Performance Ilban music is a Kpop Music Production Team that is working actively with the Berklee College of Music marketing team to increase media relations within South Korea. The name, Ilban defines “common”, where artists, producers, and audiences come together in one through music. Harvard Taekwondo Guest Performance TaeKwonDo is an art form that can be very traditional and methodical, but also very rhythmic and adaptable. The Harvard TKD Demonstration Team seeks to showcase the versatility of TaeKwonDo–from the traditional “poomsae”, to the fight scenes and dance choreography, we hope to present the diverse evolution of TaeKwonDo. Senior Dance Choreographed by Rachel Seo ‘17, Denysha Jackson ‘17 Emily Chun ‘17, Angela Han ‘17, Denysha Jackson ‘17, Rayun Kim ‘17, Rachel Kwon ‘17, Clare Lee ‘17, Michelle Namkoong ‘17, Hajin Park ‘17, Rachel Seo ‘17, Rafa Tasneem ‘17, Denise Yoon '17 In their last KSA Culture Show, the senior class celebrates their four years at Wellesley by dancing through the decades, from the 90’s hits to the most recent K-POP. This year the seniors perform “LIE” by EXID, “Crazy” by 4Minute, “Boys and Girls” by Zico, and “Whistle” by Blackpink. Thank you for comming and we hope you enjoyed the show. Join us for our after party! SeouLIT Tishman Commans 10pm-2am We would like to give special thanks to ... Ching Jen Lum '04 Fund CLCE (The Edwards Fund) Karen Shih Korean Program Mayling Soong Fund Meg Jordan SOFC Student Volunteers .
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