Tri-City Chinese American Association - Chinese New Year

Last night we ventured out to the local Chinese American Association New Year Performance. We had a great time! We felt like we were back in China - it was AWESOME!! Our kids dressed up in their Chinese outfits. We got there kinda late so our pictures aren't the greatest:( We had fun trying to figure out what they were saying - finally a sweet lady switched seats with her friends and began interpretting what they were saying:) We saw a traditional dance, kids singing, grandparents singing, a few chinese opera songs, an audience interactive game, ballet dancers, video of dogs (2006 is the year of the Dog - but we didn't put 2 and 2 together until today! - last night we thought it was kinda strange:):)), and a group sang a christian song in chinese - we know this because they had the english words on a screen... and the boys favorite part was that all of the kids were invited up to the stage to get a red envelope with $ in it. The grandparents gives this envelope to the children on New Years for luck! Both the boys got one and each had a $1.00 bill - they were thrilled!