2:00-3:15: Patricia Shih and Wendi Weng- Let’s go to China and celebrate the Lunar New Year

Calling all families to join us in welcoming musician, artist and historian, Patricia Shih, and dancer Wendi Weng as they lead us through a fascinating multi-century visit to China, the world’s oldest continuous civilization and its culture, upon which many other east Asian cultures spring from. Through visuals and hands-on activities, participants will learn many different aspects of geography, history, music, art, language, writing, customs and much more.

“Lunar New Year” is a general term that encompasses all celebrations that mark a new year according to a lunar calendar. Patricia Shih describes the differences and similarities between Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year.

*music and dance – Wendi Weng will present a traditional dance and volunteers will learn simple ribbon dance movements set to authentic recorded Chinese music

*language - read, write, speak…