Join the Yale Club of DC on Saturday, January 28, as we ring in the Lunar New Year with a dim sum extravaganza! Enjoy traditional dim sum at Oriental East Restaurant, conveniently located near the Metro (Red line, Silver Sprint station).
RSVP by January 23 on Facebook. We will be at the restaurant at 10:30 am – although the restaurant opens at 11 am, crowds start forming early. (Out of courtesy to the others in line, we will not be holding slots for latecomers!)
7:30 PM Golden Unicorn Dragon Special – 10 Course Banquet Performances from Yale alumni and Chinatown’s Yung Wing School (P.S.124) Award Ceremony and Presentation to David Henry Hwang Raffle Prizes
This year’s honoree will be David Henry Hwang, playwright.
He is the author of the Tony Award winning play M. Butterfly. His current hit on Broadway is Ch’inglish.
All proceeds from the dinner will benefit the AAAYA Yale Community Service Summer Fellowship Program.
Past placements have included the Museum of Chinese in America, the Korean American Community Foundation, Asian American Writers Workshop, New York Asian Women’s Center, Coalition of Asian American Children & Families & the Asian American Arts Alliance.
AAAYA is a 501(c)3 corporation. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Thanks to everyone who attended! If you missed the event, you can still make a tax-deductible donation to support our internship program:
The creator of our Year of the Dragon logo is Jinjin Sun, YC ’10.
A huge thank you to those who attended our Third Annual Lunar New Year Banquet! We raised $6000 and received $850 in donations and pledges on that evening.
All proceeds from the Banquet will benefit the AAAYA Yale Community Service Summer Fellowship Program. It is not too late to make your fully tax-deductible contribution! Your donation is only one click away:
AAAYA-NY would like to acknowledge Ken Inadomi, Kunduck Moon, Rocky Chin, Carol Lee, Jai Chandrasekhar, Billie Tsien, Ting Han Yik, Eric Chun, Lisa Kramer, Peter Young, Eric Ng, Alice Hom, Wei-Tai Kwok and David Lat for their generous support of our fundraising goals.
The AAAYA NorCal 2011 Lunar New Year festivities began with lion dancing and other cultural activities at the SF Maritime Museum, continued with a delicious round of pre-parade dim sum at Yank Sing, and then moved on to the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. Although weather discouraged less hardy souls, it was great to start the Year of the Hare with an energetic and enthusiastic exchange of ideas for the future among AAAYA members, family, and friends, including: David Hsiao ’84 TD, Jo Wem Goh, Samuel Yu ’86 SY, honorary AAAYA members Brooke Rosenzweig and Katherine Weber, three generations of AAAYA NorCal president Julie Wong’s family, and founding member and national AAAYA board member, Grant Din ’79 BR, doing a fine imitation of a CNN reporter signing off with the traditional Cantonese New Year greeting, “Gong Hay Fat Choy!” (video by Marc Robert Wong). Thanks to everyone who attended!
Some of the many San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park cultural activities www.nps.gov/safr/parknews/chinesenewyear2011.htm at its Visitor Center (499 Jefferson Street, San Francisco) and adjoining Hyde Street Pier area included:
* Chinese Lion Dance performance by Leung’s White Crane Dragon and Lion Dance Association
* Grace Quan – a 43 foot replica of San Francisco Bay Chinese shrimp fishing junk
* Craft activities – ink block prints, paper origami
* “Fish Tails and Tales” presentation of stories of Chinese American history by author Irene Dea Collier
* Traditional Cantonese folk music concert by vocalist Wilma Pang & Chinese Instrumental Ensemble
The Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco for 2011 (Year of the Rabbit) sponsored by Southwest Airlines was attended by an estimated 1 million spectators on February 19 to celebrate this city tradition dating back more than 150 years to 1858. The two and a half hour parade had about 5,000 colorful participants (1,500 of which were kids) and over 100 units including 26 lighted floats, marching bands, high school and college drill teams, dance troupes, costumed elementary school groups, martial arts groups and more.
Some of the many interesting participants included: * 201 foot long illuminated Golden Dragon “Gum Lung” carried by a 100 person team of Leung’s White Crane dancers. This dragon is reputedly the largest dragon outside of Asia. The dragon is a symbol of courage & prosperity with eyes of rabbit, ears of cow, antlers of deer, mouth of camel, whiskers of catfish, body of a serpent, paws of the tiger, talons of an eagle, and scales of a carp.
Come join AAAYA NorCal for Lunar New Year 2011 at SF Maritime Historical Park and/or Dim Sum and/or Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday, February 19th.
The Year of the Hare is leaping off to a fast start with AAAYA Norcal’s first event next weekend! Saturday, February 19th
* 10am-5pm Free Family Friendly Activities & 2 pm Lion Dancing at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor Center (499 Jefferson Street, San Francisco 415-447-5000 map) and adjoining Hyde Street Pier area (west end of Fisherman’s Wharf)
* 3pm Lunar New Year No-Host Dim Sum (Yank Sing Restaurant, 49 Stevenson Street, San Francisco 415-541-4949 map)
* 5:15-8pm Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade
Details for SF Maritime National Historical Park activities at its Visitor Center (499 Jefferson Street, San Francisco, CA) and adjoining Hyde Street Pier area (Chinese Lion Dance performance by Leung’s White Crane Dragon and Lion Dance Association; Grace Quan – a 43 foot replica of San Francisco Bay Chinese shrimp fishing junk; craft activities – ink block prints, paper origami; “Fish Tails and Tales” presentation of stories of Chinese American history by author Irene Dea Collier; traditional Cantonese folk music concert by vocalist Wilma Pang & Chinese Instrumental Ensemble) may be viewed at www.nps.gov/safr/parknews/chinesenewyear2011.htm.
The famous Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade – voted one of the top 10 parades in the U.S. – will have over 100 units including the 201′ Golden Dragon participating in this San Francisco tradition which started in the 1860′s. See more about the parade at: www.chineseparade.com
Notes: – Folks are welcome to join the group for just dim sum or any individual event. – San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Yank Sing restaurant and Chinese New Year parade are accessible via public transportation. – Parking may be difficult, unless you get there very early, or park off the beaten track away from Chinatown. – Please dress comfortably as it is expected that you will be doing quite a bit of walking/standing over the course of the day. It may also get cold, so bringing an extra layer is advisable. – The parade is not recommended for very small children or pets as it will be crowded and loud.
RSVP by Wednesday, February 16th with event(s) you’re interested in attending (Dim Sum, SF Maritime events, Parade, etc.), your contact info and number of people in your party to Julie Wong (AAAYA NorCal Lunar New Year 2011 event chair & AAAYA NorCal President) at (click here to reveal email address). Please put “Lunar New Year” in the email subject line.
You’re part of something big. Something that’s only getting bigger. In this 2011 Annual Report, we’d like to remind our members that being a part of AAAYA means being a part of something big: something bigger than the events that you attend in your local chapter, or even the sum total of the hundreds of alumni who attended over 30 events in 6 cities in 2011. […]
Join the Yale Club of DC on Saturday, January 28, as we ring in the Lunar New Year with a dim sum extravaganza! Enjoy traditional dim sum at Oriental East Restaurant, conveniently located near the Metro (Red line, Silver Sprint station).
