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2017 Westchester Chinese New Year Festival
Feb 25, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
$15 – $100
Following an enormous success for the last several annual celebrations, the Westchester Association of Chinese Americans (WACA) will organize its 2017 Chinese New Year Festival on Saturday, February 25, 2017 from 2pm to 6pm at the Peroforming Arts Center of SUNY Purchase College.
For this year of the Rooster, the theme of the celebration is “Culture and Traditions of the Chinese New Year Festival”. It features in gourmet Chinese cuisine presentation and food sampling; art gallery, calligraphy and Chinese painting; hand craft demonstrations such as paper cutting and origami; traditional costumes; lion dance and martial arts; as well as Chinese musical instruments performances. On top of all these activtiies, there will be a formal program of artistic performances by the professional artists and the local art groups, and professional acrobatics by a Chinese team.
Preliminary Schedule:
Upper Lobby: Cultural Activities and Food Sampling
2:00 – 3:45pm
Concert Hall: Award Ceremony and Grand Performance Show
4:00 – 6:00pm
This event is sponsored by TD Bank, and supported by HXGNY, HXNYC, HXSCS, NYCS, NWCS, CSSW, OCA-WHV, FCC, Verizon, Well Luck, and Greenburgh Evergreen Club.
