General Information
This large celebration, held yearly in February during the Chinese New Year, brings together
all the major Chinese Organizations in Knoxville and surrounding areas for an afternoon of
song, dance, martial arts, and other performances to celebrate Chinese Culture
and the coming of Spring !
Click here for flyer for the 2012 show !
Click here for some memories of the 2011 show !
Time, Date, & Place
Sunday, February 5, 2012
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cox Auditorium
Alumni Memorial Building
1408 Middle Drive
Knoxville, TN, 37916
on the campus of the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
click here for a map
Directions
1. Take I-40 Exit 387 (17th Street).
2. Turn right at a traffic light on the 17th street.
3. Go through a couple of traffic light and turn left at a traffic light onto Cumberland Ave.
4. Drive through the 1st traffic light and Turn Right on Phillip Fulmer Way (STADIUM DR).
5. You may park in the parking garage attached to the University Center on your right or park in the
big parking lot on your right just past the University Center. Parking is also available at
the 11th Street Garage.
6. Walk up the hill on the MIDDLE DR/MIDDLE WAY and the Alumni Memorial Bldg. is on your right.
Please
click here to see a map for the Auditorium and for Parking,
or
visit the map web page of the University of Tennessee:
http://www.utk.edu/maps/buildings/
Tickets
Cox Auditorium has 900 seats and the East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival sells out every year.
All seats are reserved - click here to see
a seating chart for Cox Auditorium.
Very sorry, the show is sold out, please try to reserve tickets earlier [the first week of January]
next year !
Program
For the 2012 East Tennessee Chinese New Years Festival, we will have two very special guests.
Traditional Chinese instruments [erhu, guzheng, pipa ...] will be performed by
Spring Yang and her students from the
Spring Music School in Atlanta.
Also, professional dancer Chen Wei from New York City will perform
graceful traditional Chinese dances for us.
Our show will also feature members of the Knoxville Chinese community performing
traditional Chinese folk dancing, singing, Chinese martial arts, and more.
A detailed Festival program will be listed here as soon as it is finalized.
Organizers
The East Tennessee Chinese New Years Festival is being organized this year by:
Smith, Michael [Producer] - East Tennessee Wushu Team / East Tennessee Tai Chi Club
Program Committee:
Chen, Connie -- OCA-ET
Liu, Di -- Knoxville Chinese Dance Ensemble
Liu, Xiaobing -- KCCC and KCCC CS
Miao, Ying Long -- East Tennessee Chinese Association
Quach, Victor -- UT Asian American Association
Wang, Ying -- East Tennessee Chinese School
Zhang, Xiao Tian -- UT Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Sponsors
We would like to sincerely thank the sponsors of our program for
their support of the Chinese community in Knoxville.
Our program is partially supported by Chocolate Factory, Coolsports, Far East Market,
Golden Garden Chinese Restaurant, Jin Harmon, Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet,
Hong Kong House, Kichi Buffet, Koko Japanese Grill, Lemon Grass, Lisa Li,
Zhangyong Liao, Dustin Lin, Makino Japanese Buffet, Mr. Ed’s Adventure Swim School,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Shonos Japanese Grill, Sunrise Supermarket,
Super China Buffet, Rose Swanger, Vietnamese Bistro, and Zhu Garden.
Door prizes are provided by Asian Farmers Market, Asia Kitchen, China Pearl, Golden Garden,
Little Szechuan, Petro, and Wasabi.
Please send any suggestions for the show to
Coordinator@KnoxvilleChineseCulture.org.
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