Dear KYCAA members:
Moon Festival Celebration 2010 will be held from 4:00pm –
8:00pm on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010 in the brand new Moondance
Amphitheater in the Beaumont Centre Circle, Lexington, and KY 40513 (see
flyer in attached file). Kentucky Chinese American Association and the new
UK Confucius Institute (see attached file from its Director, Dr. Huajing Maske) are the
co-organizers of the event with strong support from the Beaumont Centre Family
YMCA, the KY Association of Chinese Language Teachers and UK CSSA. We have
prepared a terrific program that you will not want to miss. You can visit www.KYCAA.org for more details. Be sure to bring your family and friends to
join this large scale community celebration of a great cultural tradition.
Beaumont Centre YMCA has publicized this event through its website
and pamphlets. Starting at 2:00pm, families will have free access to their
facilities and lantern making and other children’s activities before going to
the Moondance Amphitheater later. Our activities and
entertainment program will start at 4:00pm and finish around 8:00pm.
This email is very long. Please pay particular attention to the call for participation in the fresh Mooncake
competition, call for entry into cash prize contest Moon Festival
student essay and art work, chance to buy a variety of moon cakes, Special
procedures for Members, parking options, seating options and call for
volunteers.
Call for participation in the fresh Moon cake competition
All talented Moon cake makers, this is the opportunity for you to
earn the bragging rights, take home the big trophy for the Best Fresh Moon
cakes 2010” plus $20-$100 cash prizes. Please email wang1720@gmail.com or call me at 224-8072 to enter. For those less talented in
making the moon cakes, you can be the judge to sample all the submitted moon
cakes to help pick the winner for a nominal fee. Be there early or you will
miss your chance to be the judge.
Call for entry into the contest for Moon Festival student essay
and art work.
Any students can write an original essay in Chinese or make
original art work about the Moon festival to enter the contest. There will be 1st,
2nd and 3rd cash prizes ($100, $50, $30) separately for
essays and art work at each school (elementary, middle school and high school).
Please encourage your children and other children you know to enter the
contest, and have their entry sent to or dropped off no later than September 13, 2010 to:
Mr. Mike Hardy
Confucius Institute
114 Bradely
Hall
Lexington, KY 40506
All entries will be displayed and awards will be announced at the
event. See more details in the attached file.
Special procedures for Members and parking options
KYCAA members need to check in at the membership table. Each
family membership will receive tickets of $10 value, and single membership will
receive tickets of $5 value for foods and drinks as long as the membership is
renewed. These tickets may cover the costs for your meals. Please bring cash or
checks to cover costs for additional foods and drinks you may need. It is worth
noting that valid membership also will mean free tickets to other KYCAA events
but non-members will need to pay for them in the future.
There is no specific parking lot for the amphitheater, but you can
park along the roads inside Beaumont circle. Additional parking is available in
the YMCA parking lots.
Chance to buy a variety of Moon cakes
We have prepared a variety of moon cakes you can buy at the event.
You can buy a single cake or a set of 4 (single variety or a combination of
varieties) at a discount.
Seating options
Please bring your own chairs or blankets for your seats. The
amphitheater is wonderful but it does not provide chairs. People are expected
to sit at the concrete steps or on the grass.
Call for volunteers
We still need volunteers to help with displays, food service,
setup, games, and other tasks related to the event. Please let me know ASAP if
you can help. I particularly encourage high school students to volunteer not
also to fulfill their school requirements for community service hours, but also
to have a chance to win KYCAA Youth Community Service Awards in the near
future.
See you all on Sept. 18.
Changzheng Wang
President, Kentucky Chinese American Association