Cyberspace Chinese!
Summer Language and Technology Program
for High School Students at the Center for Global Studies, Norwalk, CT.

For students in 9-12th grades.

How would you like to use cutting-edge technology tools to
communicate in Chinese and learn about the lives of high school
students in China? Come join us for a special program at the
Center for Global Studies designed to enhance your language
skills and make you a tech wizard!

For details: http://www.centerglobalstudies.org/index_new.html

1000 Hands Dance

Thanks to parent Betty Liu for the following on Beijing's 1000 Hands Dance:

DANCE OF 1000 HANDS...

Please read the paragraph below FIRST before you watch the video.

There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guan Yin, which is making the rounds across the net. Considering the tight coordination required,their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf.

Yes, you read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring.
Its first major international debut was in Athens at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the Chinese Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.
Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk

Most of you don't know we have a Famous Artist on our teaching staff.

(Not really famous, but she should be.)











Lin Lan specializes in traditional Chinese watercolor. If you're interested in learning, please email us at info@ChineseLanguageSchool.org, thanks!

Thanks to a couple of people for sharing info with us! If you have info to share, please email me at SusanServen@ChineseLanguageSchool.org.

Please also feel free to click on the Comments link below to add your thoughts...thanks! Questions? Please let me know.

Arogya's Wei Huang Bertram has a great new Arogya Facebook group. Arogya is an authentic organic Chinese tea shop in Westport, right on the post road. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=46708662842&ref=mf

Some of you may have gone to our tea tasting there a while back; others may have met Wei at one of our tea tastings. Arogya offers organic teas from China, rare and special gifts, all natural skin care products, yoga classes and traditional Chinese herbs and medical services. Visit them at http://www.arogya.net/

From Patricia:

Check out this you tube video which features Chinese Bluegrass music. It melds Chinese and Western string instruments and it is fabulous. This is my first time posting on this site, so I hope it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LALgWz0xc0The article about this group can be found at http://www.penguineggs.ab.ca/peggs.php?page=samplestory.Patricia

From Amy:

The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University http://liver.stanford.edu/ invites your students to apply for the 7th Annual Youth Leadership Conference on Asian and Pacific Islander Health in August 2009 and submit entries for the "B Inspired!" Multimedia Contest in May 2009. We aim to educate and raise awareness about the disproportionately high rates of hepatitis B infection and liver cancer in the API community, as well as to inspire and prepare students to take leadership roles. We firmly believe that youth can effect real change in their communities, and we are committed to investing in their incredible potential. Please see the attached document for more information on the opportunities for your students. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or visit our website at http://liver.stanford.edu.The Asian Liver Center
April 2, 2009 3:54 PM