Robbie Burns - Chinese New Year Celebration

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Saturday, February 2nd, 2019
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

12th Annual Robbie Burns & Chinese New Year Celebration Event Year of “The Hog-Shouther”*

-Robbie Burns (261th) Birthday and Chinese Year of Pig (year 4717) Saturday, February 2, 2019 at John Barsby Community School Theatre

Join us and . . .

Share the New Year’s Haggis

Bliadhna Mhath Ur . . . Gung Hay Fat Choy . . . Xian Nian Hao . . .

Address the Haggis in 12 Languages and Be Prosperous

(Old Scots, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, and more)

Hear Nanaimo's own 'Red Pacettes' sing the very ancient and traditional "15 Days of Chinese New Years"

Tickets: $25.00 (in advance only) Children 6-11 years old, $12.50 and can be purchased at:

1,Chinese Language and Art Center, Swan at: 250-729-9948 or, E-mail: [email protected]

2,Sandi Jaeger at 250-756-0925 or email: [email protected]

3, Days Inn (Nanaimo South) at 250-754-8171, add.: 809 Island Highway South Event Website: http://www.lloydlive.ca/

Purchase tickets 5 or more, we reserve seats for you. To reserve your seats, please phone 250-7299948.

Net proceeds will go to: 136 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (RCSCC) AMPHION – Nanaimo BC

What happens when you mix:

Robbie Burns Day (25 January) with Chinese New Year (5 February - Year of the Pig) . . . you get

. . . The Year of the “The Hog-Shouther”, with Haggis Won-ton, Neeps and Tatties Spring Rolls Lion Sword Dance Addressing The Haggis in 12 Languages . . . and more Cultures mingling

Come join us!

Fusion Food (Buffet Dinner): Chinese Food plus some Scottish traditional food

Entertainment includes (subject to change):

Scottish Highland Dancing

Scottish Bag Pipe Band

Chinese Lion Dance

Lion-Sword Dance

Traditional Chinese Instrument

Chinese Folk Dance Fusion

Puppet Show

Traditional Songs and much more!

Door Prize and Lucky Draw