<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Notice about an upcoming performance of Chinese music:</span><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">****************************</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble<br></div><div><div><font size="2">presents</font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-weight: bold; ">Year of the Dragon: A Concert of Traditional Chinese Music</font></div><div><font size="2">2 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2012</font></div><div><font size="2"><div style="font-size: 13px; ">Parma-Snow Branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library</div><div>2121 Snow Road (between State and Broadview)<br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; ">Parma, Ohio</div><div
style="font-size: 13px; ">Free; registration required (see below for registration information)</div></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Join the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble as they perform a selection of traditional Chinese melodies, including several pieces about dragons, in honor of the current Year of the Dragon.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The ensemble's instruments include <span style="font-style: italic; ">dizi</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; ">xiao</span> (bamboo flutes), <span style="font-style: italic; ">suona</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; ">guan</span> (oboes), <span style="font-style: italic; ">sheng </span>(mouth organ), <span style="font-style: italic; ">gaohu</span>, <span style="font-style: italic; ">zhonghu, </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;
">yehu</span> (2-stringed fiddles), <span style="font-style: italic; ">pipa</span> (pear-shaped lute), <span style="font-style: italic; ">yueqin</span> (moon lute), <span style="font-style: italic; ">guzheng</span> (zither), gongs, drums, and other percussion instruments.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The event, which will be held in the Library's Meeting Room, is free, but prior registration is required.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">More information and registration information:</font></div><div><font size="2"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/EventDetail.aspx?EventInstanceID=69368" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; "><span class="yiv1083132484yshortcuts" id="yiv1083132484lw_1339986030_1" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(54, 99, 136);
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