[NEohioPAL]last chance to attend OCAGC Moon Festival & Celebration

[Johnny Wu]

The event is open to general public, just being confirmed, Mayor Jane
Campbell of City of Cleveland will be attending at a later hour of the
evening (she has attended every events planned by OCAGC so far). Feel
free to let others know and come. It is a time to celebrate Autum Moon
Festival!

Johnny Wu


You are invited to come and celebrate 2005 Mid Autumn Festival
Celebration Fundraising Dinner with the Organization of Chinese
Americans of Greater Cleveland
 
Saturday, September 17, 2005 
Li Wah Chinese Restaurant 
2999 Payne Avenue, 
Cleveland, Ohio, 
starting at 6:30pm.
 
Moon Festival celebrations, though relatively new to the U.S., have been
held throughout Asia for well over 1,000 years.  This holiday is a time
to reflect upon the bounty of the Summer-harvest, the fullness of the
moon, and the myth of the immortal moon Goddess, Chang O, who lives in
the moon. 
 
Notwithstanding its mythological origins, the Moon Festival today is
considered a sort of "Chinese Thanksgiving" because of its spirit of
gratitude, and its inclusion of abundant food - including the popular
moon cake.  Moon cakes are flaky, round, semi-sweet pastries often
filled with bean or lotus-seed paste and topped with a duck egg, echoing
the shape of the full moon.  Many millions of moon cakes are given as
gifts around the time of the Moon Festival. 
 
The Moon Festival is among the most celebrated of all holidays
worldwide. 
 
The celebration includes:
- An 8-Course Delicious Sit-Down Chinese Cuisine Dinner*
 
- Moon Cakes & Raffles
 
-  Live Auction (for auction items pictures visit www.ocagc.org)
            * Tang Dynasty's Oil Painting (minimum bid $400), 
* Local famous painter Mitzi Lai's digital painting (minimum bid $200), 
* Brass Chinese figurines (minimum bid small $50.00 large $75.00), 
* Jinshan Chinese farmer painting (minimum bid $300) 
 
- Entertainment/Performances by local Asian Talents: 
* Live scoring compositing by Award Winning Aryavarta Kumar 
* Martial Arts Performance by Master Tony Yang and Students
* Traditional Gu Zheng performance by Alison Jin
* Traditional Gu Zheng performance by Rosa Lee 
* Solo Tibet Dance by Yin Tang
* Fan Dance by Jane Tang & Helen Zhang
 
$25/OCAGC member - $30/OCAGC non-member
formal attire
 
* 8 course dinner include:  Assorted Dim Sum BBQ Pork Platter, Crabmeat
Fish-man Soup, Squid & Chicken in Chinese Green, Crispy Chicken, Honey
Pepper Steak & Asparagus, Salt backed Shrimps, Peking Spare Ribs, Steam
Fish, Young Chow Fried Rice and Braised Noodles with Mushrooms
 
for ticket information or RSVP,  please email president at ocagc.org or
call:
Ray & Shan Chan @ 440.846.0113
Lana Den @ 440.255.7290
Ray & Barbara Hing @ 440.248.0329
Dr. Yachun Ku @ 216.881.6999
Henry Luu @ 216.533.3888
Huili Shi @ 216.514.0880
Johnny Wu @ 216.373.3278
 
The Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Cleveland (OCAGC) is
one chapter of the national OCA which contains over 54 chapters and 84
affiliates around the US. We are non-profit, non-partisan civil rights
and educational organization. We are dedicated to promoting cultural
heritage, active participation in civic and community affairs, securing
justice, and equal treatment and equal opportunity for all Americans of
Chinese and Asian/Pacific Islander descent. "Embracing the Hopes and
Aspiration of Chinese and Asian Pacific Americans in the United States"
 
The Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Cleveland (OCAGC)
serves the continually growing Chinese/Asian American community of
Northeast Ohio and works with other organizations and communities to
promote ethnic awareness and cultural diversity.  www.ocagc.org



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OCAGC 
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