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Serving
Triangle Area Community of
North Carolina
Since 1978
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Chinese
New
Year Festival
嘉
年華會
Saturday,
Jan 28, 2012
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 Time: 10:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
Place: Exposition Center
State Fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Road,
Raleigh
The Triangle Area
Chinese American Society (TACAS)
is once again proud to present the
Chinese New Year Festival at the
NC State Fairgrounds on January
28, 2012, celebrating the year of
the Dragon. This marks the
8th consecutive year that TACAS
will bring out the Chinese New
Year celebration in a carnival
style festival format open to the
entire Triangle community.
Come and join us for
a fantastic showcase of the
Triangle’s best Chinese cultural
talents, including kid’s
activities, performances, fashion,
merchandise, and food.
6
Hour Main Stage Performance
Program Schedule
Location
map of the Chinese New Year
Festival
Door
prizes. Variety
of authentic regional Chinese
food from $1, $2, $3, $5 and up.
Join the Chinese
New Year Festival Talent
Competition, a classic of the
festival now. Apply online (click
here) for an audition slot
for the Talent Competition at
the Festival. Share
your talent and catch the
spirit of festivity fun
together.
 Click
here
to
purchase
tickets
online this year
It will be the year
4710 in the Chinese Calendar
and the Year of the Dragon
Click
here
to learn more about Chinese New
Year
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關春節嘉年華會中文報導請點閲這裡
Everyone can celebrate the
Chinese New Year!
This year we anticipate an audience
of more than 5000
people. TACAS has called
upon its members' talents and
resources as well as those of
several other Asian American
organizations to present you this
wonderful celebration. Please
come and enjoy:
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Exciting dragon
and lion dances
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Chinese folk and
court dances
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Musical
instrumental performances
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Performances by
American and other Asian
groups
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Cultural
exhibits about calligraphy,
Chinese knotting, paper
cutting, and tea
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Generl exhibits of
recretional, educational,
servcic, media, and other
natures
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Authentic
Chinese food and crafts for
sale
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Hands-on
activities for all ages
including origami,
face-painting, games, and
Chinese yo-yo lessons
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and more!
Don't miss this
wonderful opportunity to meet lots
of friends and greet "Gong Xi "/ Happy New Year!
Sponsors
and vendors, we are
offering this great chance for
you to out reach to the
community. To find out
more information,
Please click here to view
our sponsorship package.
Contact:
Suping Chiao
treasurer@nctacas.org
Performance
packages,
Contact: Suping Chiao
treasurer@nctacas.org
Packages: CNYF_Performer_Package_2012
Admission
Price:
$8
at the door
$5 advance purchase
Age 6 and under free
TACAS
members: $5 in advance or at
the door (please show your
membership ID)
Members will also get a
souvenir gift per family
Advance
tickets available at:
Buy tickets
online by clicking here
Area Chinese
Grocer Stores &
Restaurants:
Grand Asia
Market
(468-2988 Cary)
Fortune Palace Restaurant
(850-0086 Raleigh)
AC
Supermarket
(232-2288 Raleigh)
Li Ming’s Global Mart, Durham
Raleigh
Chinese Language School
(Saturday afternoons at Forest
Hill Church, Raleigh)
Information
contact:
By Email, info@nctacas.org
Media contact,
Lisa Chang:
president@nctacas.org
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CNYF
2012
Volunteers
Needed
Chinese
New
Year
Festival – January 28, 2012,
NC State Fairgrounds Exposition
Center
10am – 5pm
We
are
in
need of enthusiastic
volunteers to help make the
2012 Chinese New Year
Festival a success.
The annual festival is
the area’s largest Chinese
New Year celebration, filled
with fabulous food,
merchandise, and
performances. Come
help us showcase our proud
cultural heritage to the
Triangle!
All
shift
volunteers
(9:30am
– 1:30pm, 1pm – 5pm, 9am –
1pm, 12:30pm – 4:30pm) will
receive free entry, a
t-shirt, fantastic food, and
also have the opportunity to
help earn money to benefit a
TACAS subsidiary(ies) of
their choosing**, including
the Book Club, Youth Group,
Rainbow Club, Youth
Symphony, and the Opera
Group.
Please
respond
to
volunteer@nctacas.org
with your availability
and t-shirt size
on January 28 from 9am to 5pm
as soon as possible, no later
than Sunday, January 8,
2012. If you cannot
commit to an entire shift,
please indicate the times that
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CNYF Youth Volunteer
Signup form will start accept
sign up on Monday 1/9/2012
CNYF Youth
Volunteer Signup Form. To
fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHNQZGdsR1ZfWmhMcnQ2YkFpczRxUkE6MQ
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CNYF
2012
T-shirt
Design
Contest
Volunteer
T-shirt design contest – Get
creative and submit a design to
the TACAS Executive Board for
consideration for use for the
2012 Chinese New Year Festival’s
volunteer t-shirt. Any
theme will be considered, but
remember that it will be the
Year of the Dragon. Design
must be printable with a single
paint color. You may also
suggest a t-shirt color to be
used, but final color used is
subject to availability at the
time of order placement.
Multiple entries are
acceptable. All entries
must be received by December 31,
2011, and should be submitted to
president@nctacas.org.
Winner
will
be
notified
by
January 7, 2012. All
decisions are final, and TACAS
reserves the right to make any
necessary design changes to
accommodate t-shirt printing.
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