THIS IS A PAST EVENT
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time: 12 noon - 4.00pm
Cost: FREE
Chinese cultural event at Bartons, 63 High Road, Chilwell, NG9 4AJ
Broxtowe Borough Council in partnership with Beeston Bid and Bartons invite families and individuals to attend an afternoon of interactive workshops and performances including:
Workshops:
• Chinese Arts and Crafts with Jennifer Liau
• Chinese Brush Painting with Lijie Plant
• Calligraphy with volunteers and staff from the Chinese School
• Traditional Chinese Paper Folding
• Dragon Mask workshop with Professor Popup’s workshop team
• Introduction to the traditional Tea Ceremony and tasting opportunities with Jujie Li
• Join Du Dan for a gentle 30 minute Tai Chi workshop
• Share information about Chinese New Year and other Spring Festivals with volunteers from the community celebration group Performances and Demonstrations
• Vintage puppets of the Beijing Opera (puppeteer Melvyn Rawlinson) gracefully express the Chinese Classical Music
played by Ling Peng on Erhu (a demonstration specially devised for Broxtowe’s 2012 Chinese New Year Celebrations)
• Bicycle Stories ‘How the Chinese years Were Named’ with Melvyn Rawlinson.
Kamishibai is a traditional Japanese style of storytelling from the beginning of the last century when peddling sweet
sellers enticed their young customers with promises of fantastic stories told with picture cards, from the back
of their bike
• Ling Peng will tell the enchanting story of the Dragons Pearl… a traditional and haunting tale from Chinese culture
• Traditional Lion Dance by the Notts and Derby 7 Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu School
• Giant God of Good Fortune Choi Sun
