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Chinese New Year Celebrations in Perth, Australia
Seventy members joyfully welcomed the Year of the Rooster with the Chinese New Year lunch at the National Centre in Bayswater, Australia.
Celebrating the First Intensive and Chinese New Year Banquet in San Diego, California
Practitioners of Taoist Tai Chi® arts in San Diego, California held their first Taoist Tai Chi® intensive. On Feb 4th over 20 participants from north and south California, Scottsdale, Florida, Mexico and Canada attended on a bright and beautiful southern California day. Allen Pearce, USA Director, lead the intensive. After the morning session of working […]
Chinese New Year in Aberdeen Angus, United Kingdom
Members from across the newly extended Aberdeen Angus Branch met for some tai chi practice, and prepared a traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties, to celebrate Chinese New Year and Robbie Burns Night.
Days Four and Five of International Workshop in Helmond, Netherlands
Saturday was the day of celebrating the Chinese New Year! Before the festivities we were focussed on our practise. After working on wave hands like clouds, Marsha explained what the effect of this movement is on the deepest layers of the muscles. These muscles are reached by practising Taoist Tai Chi®. Taoist Tai Chi® brings […]
Largest Workshop in Victoria, Canada
The Victoria centre filled with over 160 people, bringing a lively sense of bonhomie as these gatherings do. They were here for a National Workshop and Chinese New Year banquet, and came from all over British Columbia, Canada, with a few from further afield, for exampe, Ontario and even Australia. The workshop was led by […]
Chinese New Year Celebrations at Wong Dai Sin
Toronto Wong Dai Sin just celebrated the year of the Rooster at midnight. Well attended by the local Chinese community. The next celebration of the new year will be the Lantern Festival & Lighting Ceremony. FLK will follow the Chinese tradition, and will host the festival in Orangeville on February 11th, 2017 with a delicious […]
Chinese New Year’s Banquet at International Centre Florida
We gathered to celebrate the 2017 Chinese New Year at a banquet at the International Centre in Florida.
Grande Prairie Regional Program and Quilt Raffle
At the end of a very exciting program and Chinese New Year banquet the Grande Prairie Branch announced the winner of the wonderful, colourful quilt donated by our talented member, Helen Botha. Our participants sold the tickets far in advance of the raffle date and we are pleased to announce that the winner was Ruth Lovlin. […]
Chinese New Year Banquet in New York City
To ring in the Year of the Fire Monkey, the Tristate Branch (comprising New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut) held its annual Chinese New Year Banquet, Auction and Raffle on Sunday, March 6. Having outgrown the James Beard House, the historic culinary center where we have held banquets in years past, we ventured farther […]
Chinese New Year Banquet in Corpus Christi, Texas
On February 27th the Corpus Christi, Texas location welcomed the Year of the Fire Monkey with our traditional Chinese New Year banquet at our Santa Fe street location. Over 80 guests attended including the Corpus Christi Chief of Police, Fire Chief, and Assistant Director of Parks & Recreation, as well as participants from Austin and […]
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Winnipeg
On February the 20th the Winnipeg Branch filled the practice hall to capacity to mark the Chinese New Year. The communal sounds of people talking and laughing filled the colourfully decorated room as guests waited for the delicious buffet. The dinner program was rich with a combination of FLK education, cultural exchange, prizes and comedy. […]
Chinese New Year Celebration Dinner in Buffalo, New York
Over eighty members attended the Chinese New Year Dinner at the Buffalo Center on March 5th. Everyone enjoyed the northwestern Chinese style menu as well as the music provided by our talented members. Thanks go out to everyone who participated in the planning, preparation and clean-up of the dinner.
Chinese New Year banquet in Bratislava, Slovakia
Chinese New Year banquet in Bratislava, Slovakia, 13 FEB 2016 We have celebrated the upcoming lunar year, in sign of fire monkey, traditionally by banquet in our location in Bratislava. Before the celebration there was an intensive, during which the members could warm up. There was a very enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere during the banquet, which […]
Windsor Locations Celebrate Chinese New Year
On February 27th the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Windsor branch came together to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the year of the fire monkey. 114 participants gathered to share a delicious meal while renewing connections with with family and friends from all locations around the Windsor-Detroit area.
Chinese New Year Reception and Banquet in Portland, Oregon!
The Portland Oregon Branch held its annual Chinese New Year Reception and Banquet on February 27th Approximately 200 participants and guests came together to celebrate and to welcome honored guests, Aide to US Senator Ron Wyden, State Representative Lew Fredrick, and VA Recreational Therapist Nancy McFarland who is helping us make Taoist Tai Chi available to […]
Chinese New Year and Intensive in Switzerland
On February 13th we celebrated the Chinese New Year in Lausanne, Switzerland. We had the chance to welcome Martina Pavlovicova, visiting from the European Regional Council (ERC). She led a wonderful intensive, worked with us on smiling and, while practicing move hands like clouds, we actually did manage to move the clouds which allowed our visitors […]
Lunar New Year Lunch at the Australian National Centre
After many volunteers worked cheerfully together to create a scrumptious lunch, more than 100 members and guests gathered to celebrate the arrival of the lunar new year and to enjoy the results of their labour. Many stayed on to assist with clearing tables, washing dishes and returning the centre to « normal » ready for classes the […]
Luncheon Celebrating Chinese New Year in Colchester, UK
In Great Britain, Colchester hosted a five-day International Workshop led by Andrew Hung, from Toronto in Canada. On Thursday at lunchtime we hosted a Chinese New Year celebration which started with a keenly anticipated lion dance. Our invited guests included Sir Bob Russell, former Member of Parliament for Colchester and now High Steward of Colchester, […]
Vancouver Chinese New Year Celebration and Parade
The Vancouver branch celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Monkey with food and games as well as by joining the local Chinese and other communities in the annual Chinatown Spring Festival Parade. On Saturday February 13th about 60 participants and friends gathered for a six-course vegetarian jai meal, prepared in our own kitchen […]
Eastern Region’s New Year’s Banquet and Regional Instructor Gathering
(Version française plus bas) The Eastern Region held its New Year’s Banquet on Friday February 4th at its headquarters in Longueuil, just before its Regional Instructors Workshop Weekend. The Montreal Lion Dance club opened the festivities, finding a way around the tables to perform the traditional lion dance. They invited our regional president to welcome […]
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