Video edited by Dr. Nian Yan, CSSA @ UNO
Omaha 2009 Chinese New Year Gala
春节晚会
Saturday 02/07/2009
Omaha Christ Community Church
404 S. 108th Ave, Omaha
More information: www.omahachinese.net
Omaha Chinese Culture Association, Chinese Students and Scholars Associations at Creighton University, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the local businesses proudly present an exciting and a culturally vibrant Chinese New Year’s celebration on Feb 7th, 2009 at the Omaha Christ Community Church. The event will include Chinese food, traditional Chinese cultural performances, kids activities, arts and craft sales, door prizes and much more.
Event schedule:
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Kids cultural activities, Kung Fu and Tai Chi demo, calligraphy, Chinese consume photography, gifts and crafts sales
6:30 pm until 9:00 pm
Dinner, live cultural performances (including traditional New Year lion dance, Taiji Fan, ethnic dances, GuZheng, Wushu, and additional performances from local Chinese community), and prizes
Event location: Omaha Christ Community Church, 404 S. 108th Ave, Omaha
Ticket price: $10 Adult; $6 Child (12 and under) and student (with ID) in advance; $15 (all tickets) at door based on availability. Each ticket includes dinner, live performances, a gift bag with products from ConAgra Foods, and plus a chance to win many prizes. The tickets are very limited! Please purchase your tickets A.S.A.P.
Locations of ticket sales:
(1) Asian Food Mart (7635 Cass St.) (402) 384 - 8898
(2) China Palace Chinese Restaurant (661 N. 46th St.) 402) 556 - 8819
(3) Grand Fortune Chinese Cuisine (17330 W Center Rd # 106) (402) 697 - 9888
(4) New Gold Mountain Restaurant (15505 Ruggles St # 105)(402) 496 - 1688
(5) CSSA at UNO Nian Yan (402) 850 - 3327
(6) CSSA at UNMC LinDong Quan (402) 201 - 9926
(7) CSSA at Creighton University ZhiFei Shao (402) 201 - 8487
(8) United Chinese School John Zhang (402) 618 - 0350
(9) Chinese School at Millard Library Keli Mu (402) 740 - 2697
(10) Email to: omahachinese@gmail.com
For additional information contact omahachinese@gmail.com or go to www.omahachinese.net
The event is sponsored by:
Omaha Chinese Culture Association
Chinese Students and Scholars Associations at Creighton University, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and University of Nebraska Medical Center
American Family Insurance (Platinum Sponsor)
China Buffet (Gold Sponsor)
China Palace
Christ Community Church (Venue Sponsor)
ConAgra Foods
D & B Residential Construction, LLC
Far East Treasures
Grand Fortune Chinese Cuisine
Happy Family Chinese Restaurant
Liu & DB Enterprises, Inc (Gold Sponsor)
P.F.Chang's China Bistro
Please join us at the 2009 Omaha Chinese New Year Celebration and wish you a Happy New Year!
"爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏”
在此辞旧迎新之际, OCCA 与 CSSAs 邀请你一起迎接平安吉祥的2009年。
News Update:
Posted Jan 4, 2009
VOLUNTEER TALENTS
We are looking for enthusiastic & talented musicians, singers,
actors, magician, comedians, performing groups
for Chinese New Year
Celebration on FEB 7th 2009
If you are interested in aduitioning for the event,
please contact julie.verebely@bellevue.edu
Registration:Dec 15th, 2008-Jan 5th, 2009
www.omaha.chinese.net
Audition: Jan 10th, 2009
Posted Dec 19, 2008
The China Education and Research Network (CERNET), along with WuHan University, is organizing the '2008 Chinese Visual International Fair for Talents Exchanges in both Domestic and Overseas'. Please find out the details about the fair following these links:
http://www.edu.cn/08zhaopin
http://www.eol.cn/include/cer.net/df/zhuanti/spzph/spzph.html
Posted Nov 21, 2008
As the 2009 Chinese New Year is drawing near, the Creighton CSSA, in collaboration with the CSSA at UNMC and UNO, and OCCA, will be organizing a Chinese New Year party on Jan 24 2009. We also welcome our American friends in Omaha community to join us to celebrate this traditional Chinese holiday. More details will be coming soon.
Posted Oct 6, 2008
10/16/2008 - Chinese Culture Night & Fundraising Dinner Ticket Information
Due to popular demand, we're excited to announce that individual tickets for the dinner event are now available for public purchase as of 10/1! There are limited quantities of tickets available for advance purchase. ADVANCED PURCHASED ONLY. NO on-site ticket sales.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please please contact Zhifei Shao at zhifeishao@creighton.edu or email OmahaChineseTicket@gmail.com. Thank you!
Event Updates:
In addition to the sponsoring companies that are listed in OCCA News Release, we have also received significant support from local communities and government officials. Congressman Lee Terry and Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy will be among the attendees at our event. Our featured speaker for the event, Dr. Cunyu Wu, is the Director-general of the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. This is the largest and most well-known Chinese charitable foundation. Mr. Owens Lei from Channel 7 (KETV) will be the event MC, and Ms. Carol Wang from Channel 3 (KPTM) will join us during the dinner. We thank them for their support!
Posted Aug 6, 2008
Omaha Chinese Family Culture Night, Jun 27 2008
A total of $2108.13 raised in Omaha Chinese Family Culture Night event was sent to China Education Development Foundation via the Education Office of China Embassy in Washington DC. The donation will be used in rebuilding schools and helping the students in China earthquake area. Below is the reply from Mr. JingAn Zhang of Education Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the USA.
潘丽斌
中国文化之夜组委会：
寄来的赈灾义演善款2108.13美元收到，感谢你们情怀祖国、为四川汶川地震中的受难同胞募集善款而付出的辛劳！我们会尽快将善款寄回专门为灾区重建校舍、为受灾学生提供救助的机构--中国教育发展基金会。
再次感谢大家善举！
教育处
张静安
Posted July 17, 2008
Omaha Chinese Culture Family Night on June 27, 2008
Thanks to all of our volunteers and supporters. Despite the bad weather and a power outage during the entire event, over 70% of our guests participated in our Chinese culture family night event on June 27th.
President of International Division of Valmont Industries Inc, Victor D. Grizzle, commented in his email to one of the event hosts, LiQin Kephart:
"...my daughters really enjoyed the event…it made them feel they were back in Shanghai where they have many fond memories. Thanks for your efforts for such as noble cause….and again, congratulations on a successful event!"
The event was to raise money for helping the victims of the May 12th China Earthquake. The event included: dinner, Chinese culture performances, kids games, silent auctions, raffles, and sales. The event organizers including LiBin Pan, the Chinese Student/Scholar Associations at UNO, UNMC and Creighton University (CSSA), the Omaha Chinese Culture Association (OCCA) and Omaha Chinese Language Schools. The event sponsors included: the Christ Community Church, ConAgra Foods, Bellevue University, Omaha Chinese Christian Church (OCCC) and many local Chinese restaurants and businesses.
Posted on July 15 2008
China Earthquake Relief Donation, June 2, 2008
Creighton CSSA has received $3,445 monetary donation in earthquake relief fundraiser from 35 students, postdoc fellows, staff and faculty members. The donation has been sent to Hong Kong Red Cross China Relief Fund.