The countdown to the "2014 Alberta Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala" went smoothly. The last rehearsal went smoothly

The countdown to the "2014 Alberta Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala" went smoothly. (Contributed by New Oriental Art School) The most anticipated event of the Chinese community in Arizona...

(Contributed by New Oriental Art School) The most anticipated New Year's Eve event for the Chinese community in Arizona, the "Alberta Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala" will be held grandly on January 19 at the CHANDLER Arts Center. On the afternoon of Saturday, January 11, the organizer New Oriental Art School and the ASU Confucius Institute jointly organized the last rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. Nearly 200 people including most of the actors, hosts, lighting and sound directors, front and backstage conductors, staff, and volunteers from this "Spring Festival Gala" performance participated in the rehearsal. Lu Lihua, principal of New Oriental Art School, said, "Every year, the school conducts a dress-up rehearsal for all actors a few days before the Spring Festival Gala to simulate a live performance, which helps us find problems and make timely corrections and remedies. This rehearsal was very successful. There is still one week left before the official performance of the Spring Festival Gala. We will organize the actors to improve this Saturday." New Oriental Art School is very good at rehearsing large-scale dances. At the rehearsal, we saw the long-awaited dance programs such as "Cantonese Girl Style", "Silver Winding Path", "Rabbit Spirit Raising Eyebrows", etc. There were a large number of children participating, and the scene was shocking. The nostalgic Latin dance "Night in Shanghai" presented by New Oriental's mixed male and female class had beautiful music, stunning costumes and enthusiastic performance. The Xinjiang bowl dance specially created for this Spring Festival Gala is even more refreshing. The Shaolin Kung Fu performance has made a big breakthrough compared with previous years both in terms of form and the number of participants. The performance of many American students made this show quite impressive. The Chinese Orchestra's chorus with the participation of many extras under the conductor of Teacher Cai Shangao is also very exciting. The ASU Confucius Institute organized ASU college students to sing Chinese, which left a deep impression on people. Principal Lu Lihua also said that several secret weapons of this year’s Spring Festival Gala were not performed in the rehearsals, including the famous violinist Zeng Jing’s violin solo, the American children’s string quartet, New Oriental’s repertory dance program funny dance sketches, etc. In order to surprise the audience, training and rehearsals for these shows are carried out in secret. The New Year is approaching, and the Year of the Horse is approaching. There is still one week left before the official performance of the Spring Festival Gala. Let us look forward to and wish the Spring Festival Gala together and the coming of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Horse on this festive day of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new! 2014 Alberta Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala Organizer: New Oriental School of the Arts, ASU Confucius Institute Gala time: January 19 (Sunday), 2014, 4:00pm Party location: Chandler Center for the Arts Ticket hotline: 602-490-8613 Ticket location: New Oriental School of the Arts 1100 N Alma School Rd #18, Chandler AZ 85224 (North side of Blue Sky Restaurant) Chandler Center for the Arts 250 N. Arizona Ave. Chandler, AZ 85225

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