Chinese New Year Celebration at BART; Year of the Serpent 4678.News Editors/City Desks OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2001 This Tuesday (Feb. 27), traditional Chinese music Chinese music, the classical music forms of China. Origins and Characteristics Chinese music can be traced back as far as the third millennium B.C. , song and dance will resound through the plaza above BART's Lake Merritt station in Oakland as BART celebrates Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Chūnjié), or Spring Festival . The public is invited to join in the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the plaza level, 800 Madison St., Oakland (above the Lake Merritt BART Station). BART Police Chief Gary Gee and Ms. Lolita Chu will preside at the occasion, which will include brief remarks by BART Deputy General Manager Dorothy Dugger, BART Board President Willie B. Kennedy, BART Director James Fang and Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson. In addition, members of the Purple Bamboo Orchestra of Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School is the name of numerous schools, with most of them in the U.S. named after President Abraham Lincoln, including:
The day's activities will include entertainment by the students of Oakland's Fruitvale Elementary School ''' Fruitvale Elementary is a public elementary school in Fruitvale, British Columbia part of School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia. ''' and Saint Anthony's Youth Ministry. Additionally, the "Pioneering the Valley" exhibit will be on display for the viewing public in the lobby of the Lake Merritt Building on the Plaza. Refreshments will be served. |
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