<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble </span><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">克里夫兰民族乐团</span></div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48" style="background-color: transparent;">presents</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">ELEGANT SONGS OF WHITE SNOW</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">《丝竹雪唱》</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">played by ensemble of SILK AND BAMBOO</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">in celebration of the Chinese New Year</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48"><span
class="yiv1758432587yshortcuts" id="yiv1758432587lw_1360037995_0">Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 2:00 p.m</span>.</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">Hudson Library & Historical Society</div><span class="yiv1758432587yshortcuts" id="yiv1758432587lw_1360037995_1"><span class="yiv1758432587yshortcuts" id="yiv1758432587lw_1360039444_1"><span class="yiv1758432587yshortcuts" id="yiv1758432587lw_1360176524_2"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1360177109_1"><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">96 Library Street</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">Hudson, Ohio</div></span></span></span></span><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">Free</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48"><br></div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">Join the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</span> as it performs in the
beautiful, spacious rotunda of the Hudson Library & Historical Society in Hudson, Ohio, celebrating the 2013 Chinese New Year (the Year of the Snake). The concert is part of the Hudson Library & Historical Society's Music Series.</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48"><br></div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">The performance will feature a selection of favorite Chinese New Year melodies, performed on traditional instruments including <span style="font-style: italic;">dizi</span> (bamboo flute), <span style="font-style: italic;">sheng</span> (mouth organ), <span style="font-style: italic;">erhu</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">gaohu </span>(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.</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48"><br></div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">The ensemble will be joined for several selections by vocalist Xue "Snow" Yu of Qingdao, Shandong, China; and martial arts master Shifu Gary Harris of the Center for Body-Mind Harmony of Tallmadge, Ohio for a special performance of Yin Fu style <span style="font-style: italic;">baguazhang</span> and Seven Star Praying Mantis-style <span style="font-style: italic;">wushu</span> with live musical accompaniment.</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48"><br></div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48">The event is free and open to the public and no tickets are required; arrive early for the best seats.</div><div class="yiv1758432587yui_3_7_2_24_1358613825404_48"><br></div><div
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