<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv9460510855"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yiv9460510855"><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_13970"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_13888" id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_13969"><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6006" style="background-color:transparent;">Two free concerts of traditional Chinese music will take place in Northeast Ohio this weekend (Sat., Jan. 18 and Sun.,
Jan. 19, 2014 in Burton, and Kent, Ohio):</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6006" style="background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6006" style="background-color:transparent;">* * * * * * * * * * *</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6006" style="background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6006" style="background-color:transparent;">1) Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6005"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6009" style="font-size:10pt;">presents</span><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6004"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6003" style="font-weight:bold;">"<span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6011">Spring in the East</span>" ~ A concert for the Chinese
New Year</span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6013"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6012" style="font-size:10pt;">2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 18, 2014</span><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6014">Meeting Room, <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Burton Public Library</span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6016">14588 West Park Street</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6017">Burton, Geauga County, Ohio </div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6018">Free </div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_14024"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_7004">Celebrate the Chinese New Year (the Year of the Horse) in style with the <span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_14025">Cleveland Chinese Music
Ensemble</span>, Northeast Ohio's traditional Chinese orchestra.</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_7005"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_7006">The ensemble will present a
program of graceful and festive music -- including several pieces about horses -- played on an assortment of traditional Chinese musical instruments including bamboo flutes, mouth organs, fiddles, lutes, and percussion. Audience members will be invited for
a hands-on opportunity to try the drums, gongs, and cymbals and join the ensemble for a few numbers. The program will also include readings of several colorful stories and poems about horses from Chinese history.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>For an additional treat, the concert will conclude with a spirited East-West collaboration with local Burton folk musicians Rob Rhamy (fiddle) and Gordon Keller (guitar). A reception featuring tasty Chinese snacks will follow. Wear something red (a color representing good luck in Chinese culture) and bring the whole family to this memorable event -- children will receive a special surprise!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;">More information:</span><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6027"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/195601037308824/"
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style="background-color:transparent;">*********************</div><div class="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388705715570_66" id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6025" style="background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div class="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388705715570_66" id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_6025" style="background-color:transparent;"><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12881" style="background-color:transparent;">2) Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12890" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12889" style="background-color:transparent;">presents</span><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12893" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12892" style="font-weight:bold;">"Spring in the East" ~ A
concert for the Chinese New Year</span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12854" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12853" style="background-color:transparent;">2:30 p.m., Sunday, January 19, 2014</span><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12848" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12894" style="font-size: 13px;">Kent Free Library</span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12896" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12895" style="font-size: 13px;">312 West Main Street</span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12897" style="background-color:transparent;">Kent, Ohio</div><div style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Free </span></div><div
id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12898" style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12900" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12899">Celebrate the Chinese New Year (the Year of the Horse) at the Kent Free Library with the <span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12901" style="font-weight:bold;">Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble</span>, Northeast Ohio's traditional Chinese orchestra.</span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12902" style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12905" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12904"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12903"
style="line-height:13.333333015441895px;">The ensemble will present a program of graceful and festive music -- including several pieces about horses -- played on an assortment of traditional Chinese
musical instruments including bamboo flutes, mouth organs, fiddles, lutes, gongs, drums, cymbals, and other percussion. Audience members will be invited for a hands-on opportunity to try the drums, gongs, and cymbals and join the ensemble for a few numbers. The program will also include readings of several stories and poems about horses from China's history.</span><br style="line-height:13.333333015441895px;"></span></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12908" style="background-color:transparent;"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12909" style="background-color:transparent;">More information:</div><div id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12912" style="background-color:transparent;"><span id="yiv9460510855yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1389592679407_12911"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/442837655818092/"
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