Chines New Year Wellington

New Years Eve- Sin Nian@ Capital E - Sat Jan 28th - 2pm to 5pm
Celebrate Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dog … heaps of FREE fun!
Colour-in giant dogs masked out in Civic Square – chalk provided - Stan Chan will be chalking the Square in between 12 – 2pm, then you can pick up your free chalk and help colour it in.
Funky Fashion launches Chinese New Year 2006
‘New Clothes for the New Year’ – a funky fashion dance show showcasing Asian inspired clothing in Civic Square: Two well-known fashion designers will have their contemporary couture on display alongside traditional costumes .
Firecrackers and lion Dance will start the show at 2.00pmSophie Voon (Voon label – an established Wellington designer) Sharon Ng (Ng Designs label – internationally renown designer based in Christchurch) A display of traditional Chinese costumes
First show2.10 – 3.00 – Ng and Voon Fashion, plus traditional costume, alternate with Hip Hop and Funk Dance
BREAK - 3.05 – 3.30Second show3.30 – 4.30 - Ng and Voon Fashion, plus traditional costume, alternate with Hip Hop and Funk
Enter the cuddly, soft toy dog competition – for the biggest, smallest, most from one child 4.30 – announce winners of Soft Toy Dog competitions
PLUS - A stunning display of Beijing Opera figurines (courtesy of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China), in Capital E.
NO LIVE DOGS ALLOWED IN CIVIC SQUARE – thanks!


Festival Day - Saturday 11 February 2006
Paint the Town Red and be into WIN
Red is a very lucky colour and especially so at Chinese New Year, so help bring louck to Wellington and beautif weather for Festival Day - dress up in Red. Spot prizes will be awarded during the entertainment programme at Frank Kitts Park for those dressed in funky red.
Asian Market – 11am to 3pm
Transformed into a bustling marketplace, the Events Centre is the place where you can buy a myriad of Chinese arts and crafts, books, plus food stalls from a variety of community groups and restaurants. An exciting stage programme brings together community demonstrations and international craftspeople from Shanghai, China:
Spring festival folk figures made from flour
Boiling toffee thrown onto a hot plate in the shape of zodiac signs, fish or animals, which is then edible
Paper silhouettes of your profile – while you wait
Intricate needle piercing of lanterns to allow filtered light through
For more information
Asian Market Stage Programme




11:00am
Asian market open to public

11:20am
Official Opening of Asian Market
Qiao Lion Dance Group, Christchurch
11:30am
Shanghai Craftspeople

12:00pm
Lion Dance storytelling
WCSCC Lion Dance Group
12:30pm
Chinese Opera make demonstration
Wellington Chinese Operatic Society
1:00pm
Chinese brushpainting demonstration
Stan Chan, Inklink Studios
1:20pm
Shanghai Craftspeople

2:00pm
Stage programme finishes

3:00pm
Asian market closing





Food stalls


Monsoon Poon


Kopi


CHOW


Top Jade Restaurant


Wellington Chinese Sports & Cultural Centre

Dragons Sports Club


Anglican Chinese Centre


Asiana Cooking School





Parade – 2pm to 3pm
Starting from Courtenay Place through to Taranaki Wharf, dragons, Lions, and local community groups will participate in a colourful parade, complete with booming firecrackers.
Cultural Entertainment Programme – 3pm to 5:30pm
A wide variety of cultural and community groups will perform a fantastic cultural entertainment programme at Frank Kitts Park. In the event of wet or bad weather, this programme will relocate to the Events Centre.
Group
Time
Firecrackers
3:00pm
WCSCC Dragon dance



Qiao Yi Lion Dance Group

Local Community Groups

Wellington Chinese Operatic Society

New Chinese Friendship Association

Poon Fah Association

Natalie Foy

WCSCC Chinese Dance Group

WCSCC Yau-Yih- Yun

Wellington Chinese Language School

Traditional costume show

Anglican Chinese Centre - Chinese Dance Group

Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan Kung Fu School
www.shaolinkungfu.co.nz

Anglican Chinese Centre - Lion Dance Group

Finish
5pm
Other activities
From Sat 28th Jan - 13th Feb there are activities in Wellington and Porirua, and from Feb 13 - 25th, there are workshops available to Colleges, Primary & Intermediate schools. For more details
Because the size and scope of the Festival has grown so much, it is now organised by an independent trust - Asian Events Trust, PO Box 7197, Wellington.For contacts


© Wellington Chinese New Year FestivalOrganised by Asian Events Trust, PO Box 7197, Wellington