ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH, HALIFAX

OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY

MAY 1, 2003

THEATRE AUDITORIUM, SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY

MCNALLY BUILDING, 923 ROBIE STREET, HALIFAX

 

5:30 pm       O Canada

                   Welcome

                   Hina Baloch  -  Emcee

                   Association of Pakistani Canadians of Nova Scotia

 

5:33 pm       Opening remarks

                   May Lui, Chairperson, Asian Heritage Month Committee

                   Chinese Society of Nova Scotia

 

5:38 pm       Welcome and remarks

                   Dr. Colin Dodds, President, Saint Mary’s University

 

5:43 pm       Reading of the Proclamation and remarks

                   Mayor Peter J. Kelly, Halifax Regional Municipality

 

5:53 pm       Vietnamese Folk Dance  -  Chong Xa

                   Vietnamese Association of Nova Scotia

 

6:08 pm       (1) Japanese Bon Dance  -  Yosakoi Soran

                   (2) Karate Demonstration

 

6:23 pm       Filipino Folk Songs and Dance

                   Filipino Canadian Heritage Society of Nova Scotia

 

6:38 pm       Tae Kwon Do Demonstration  -  Members of the Tae Kwon Do Academy

                   Korean Association of Nova Scotia

 

6:53 pm       (1) Tai Chi Sword Dance

                   (2) Lion Dance

                   Chinese Society of Nova Scotia

 

7:01 pm       Closing remarks

                   Sandra Smith Muir, Regional Director, Atlantic Region

                   Canadian Human Rights Commission

 

5 PM TO CLOSING  -  CULTURAL DISPLAYS

OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS