China Night serves up
traditional food, music
The annual event Sunday
featured dancing, singing,
kung fu and a fashion show
Natasha Holstine
Freelance Reporter
Happy faces welcome guests as
they walk into the ballroom. The
aroma of food from a variety of tra
ditional Chinese foods lingers in
the air. In the background, video
clips and pictures from Taiwan flit
across a screen, to accompaniment
of music from Chinese traditional
instruments.
This set the tone for the night to
come as the Chinese Students As
sociation entertained students and
community members at the annu
al China Night on Sunday.
Vickee Viang, CSA president,
said the night was a way for stu
dents and community members to
connect with Chinese culture
through various expressions of art.
“We are trying to present Chi
nese culture to the community,
and we are trying to make Chinese
students feel more at home,” Viang
said. “We also like to know that
through this event, Chinese stu
dents can get to know each other
better.”
Viang said CSA members had
been preparing for the event for six
months.
The students’ hard work was ev
ident in the order and creativity of
the event. The decorations, cul
tural attire and authentic dishes
all set the mood as the students
tried to cultivate awareness about
China through the event. The
night started off with a dinner with
dishes ranging from sautged
minced pork with vermicelli to
kale with oyster sauce.
The event consisted of nine
performances including choreo
graphed dances, instrumental mu
sic, singing, kung fu and a fashion
show. Some of the performances
centered mainly on modern Tai
wanese culture through pop
dance and music. The event’s pro
gram also gave a historical back
ground on each performance s®
that viewers could better under
stand the cultural expressions.
“We want the guests to see how
the different cultures work togeth
er — they get to experience these
forms of expressions in person by
seeing, hearing and touching what
they might have only heard about
our culture,” Viang said.
There were also exhibits featur
ing traditional Chinese Folk Game
activities, clothing, musical instru
ments, paintings, and a weapon
and carving area.
Viang said the this year’s theme
was “cultural expression through
instruments, music, board games,
dance choreography and hand
painting.”
She said the CSA wanted to
present a different area of Chinese
culture this year. Viang said many
people have a stereotypical image
of how Chinese culture is, and the
Chinese Student Association would
like to change that.
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
The theme of this year's China Night was "cultural expression through instruments,
music, board games, dance choreography and handpainting," Vickee Viang said.
Graduate student Brenda Tinch
er said the performances at the
event were great.
“The traditional music was ex
ceptional,” Tincher said. “I have
never come before, but I am glad
that I did.”
GSA Vice President Marco Lee
said he hoped that not only Ameri
cans, but also people from other
cultures got a better understanding
of the Chinese heritage. He also
wanted the community to see the
level of cooperation and teamwork
in student groups.
“We want the school to know that
international groups are doing very
well,” he said.
Natasha Holstine is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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