<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">presents<br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div><font size="2" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Year of the Dragon: A Concert of Traditional Chinese Music</font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">2 p.m., Saturday, August 4, 2012</font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div>Brecksville Branch, <span class="yiv2038117911yshortcuts
yiv2038117911cs4-visible" id="yiv2038117911lw_1343761848_0" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); "><span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1343762229_0" style="cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">Cuyahoga County Public Library</span></span></div><div>9089 Brecksville Road (south of S.R. 82 in the Municipal Complex)</div><div>Brecksville, Ohio<br></div><div>Free; registration required (see below for registration information)<br></div></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">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" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">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> (oboe), <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), gongs, drums, and other percussion instruments.</font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family:
arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">The event is free, but prior registration is required.</font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">More information and registration information:</font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/EventDetail.aspx?EventInstanceID=69370" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 11.199999809265137px; text-align: left; ">http://<span class="yiv2038117911word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>www.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/<span class="yiv2038117911word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>EventDetail.aspx?EventInsta<span
class="yiv2038117911word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>nceID=69370</a><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Facebook event page:</font></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/425555870792925/" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; ">https://www.facebook.com/events/425555870792925/</a><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Library website:</font></div><div><font size="2"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/BrecksvilleBranch.aspx" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px; "><span class="yiv2038117911" id="yiv2038117911lw_1343761848_1"
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