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RISE AND SHINE 'DRAGON' SPIRIT INSPIRES KIDS.


Byline: Daily News

About 1,500 students attended a performance Friday of "The Dragon Awakes," a theatrical production Noun 1. theatrical production - the production of a drama on the stage
staging

production - a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"
 about the rise of modern China now playing at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. .

The show is performed by the Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra, Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in  and the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties.  Dance Department and incorporates fully staged scenes from John Adams' landmark contemporary opera "Nixon in China."

The production also features the talents of Zheng Yin Ping, master artist and artistic director of one of China's leading acrobatic troupes, and Chinese dragons imported from China.

A public performance will be at 8 tonight at LPAC 1. (audio, compression) LPAC - Lossless Predictive Audio Compression.
2. LPAC - London Parallel Applications Centre.
, 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Ticket prices are $20 for general admission, $18 for senior citizens, and $10 for children, students and Antelope Valley College employees.

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(1) Students participate in Tiananmen Square before the 1989 massacre in the play "The Dragon Awakes" at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center on Friday.

(2) Duke, played by Donovan Oakleaf, left, is told by Honey, played by Elizabeth Pan, and the Cosmopolitan Communist Bureaucrat, played by Robert Wu, he is not dreaming in a scene from the play "The Dragon Awakes" at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center on Friday.

Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer
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Date:Feb 24, 2007
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