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evening, changed the pace with
beats and bass. Thai said he was
spreading the “Portland love”
while accompanied by two back
up rappers and a handful of
“homies.” Appearing slightly ag
gravated with the reluctance of a
seated audience who refused to
swarm the stage and dance, Thai
made his performance more inter
esting by spraying the first five
rows of the crowd with water
from a bottle.
APASU co-director Jeanice
Chieng said Thai was “slightly un
professional,” and his unexpected
ly large group of “homies” only
added to a slew of last-minute
changes and surprises concerning
the event.
"It’s definitely hard for us as co
ordinators,” Chieng said. “But it
still went very well.”
During a brief intermission fol
lowing Thai’s performance, the
hereandnow players mingled
among audience members, intro
ducing themselves and giving out
Asian candies.
“We want to inspire conversa
tions,” said Kat Nakano, graduate
student and member of the here
andnow crew for more than three
years. Having performed at col
leges across the nation for the past
12 years, hereandnow changes its
performances, and even its play
ers, on a regular basis. Nakano first
heard about hereandnow through
a friend and joined the group after
entering a large audition in Los
Angeles. She said she plans on
staying with the group until she
feels the need to move on.
“I’ve received a lot of root support
from other members,” she said. “I
have found my grounding through
them as close, genuine friends.”
After the intermission, the group
involved the audience with ran
dom skits, activities and ice-break
ers like the game Red Light/Green
Light. Toward the end of the event,
performers became more serious,
telling personal experiences, folk
stories and traditions. The group
also peppered the performance
with simple morals and lessons for
life, such as “never make fun of
people who are different than you.”
Nakano said the group aims at
“getting the juice flowing” in the
minds of audience members and
allowing each person to take away
a unique experience and refreshed
perspective.
“Hereandnow gives a good mes
sage and has a different format of
breaking down stereotypes and
educating people,” said senior in
ternational studies major Hai
Thanh Do.
Do has been a member of APA
SU for five years and is the current
outreach coordinator for the Mul
ticultural Center, which was one
of the event’s sponsors. Other
sponsors included the Ethnic
Studies department and the Uni
versity Counseling Center.
In light of the numerous cultural
events that have been recently held
on campus, Do said this year’s ef
forts have created “a strong founda
tion in building for the future” of
APASU, and that its numbers have
grown conspicuously.
With so many things going on
during spring term, Chieng said she
wasn’t surprised by the small group
that turned out for the event. And
despite so many last-minute
changes and unplanned mishaps,
she said the number of audience
members who stayed to talk to the
hereandnow players at the end of
the event showed how hard work
can overcome all obstacles.
“It was still a success,” she said.
E-mail reporter Caron Alarab
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.
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