Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York

THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK
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EVENT SCHEDULE

Dragon Boat Festival Entertainment Schedule 2009

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009

10:00 am		Lion Dancers open the festival and greet all.
10:30 am		Queens Symphony Orchestra. A brass ensemble plays some of the great American classics.
11:30 am		Dragon Dancing Team and percussions welcomes all and, together with invited dignitaries and the team parade, officially kick-off the 19th annual HKDBF in NY.
1:00 pm		Lyrus Hung and her band "MEOW". Some of New York's top female musicians, plus two guys, play a mix of fun rock and R&&B mixed with hits from the '70's. Good for rockin', dancin' and groovin'.
2:00 pm		Shaolin Kung Fu. Warrior monks from the Shaolin Temple perform martial arts. In the history of the Shaolin Temple, founded in 495 AD, generation after generation of monk generals and soldiers protected the temples from wars and riots of society.
3:00 - 4:30 pm		Jack Hsu leads his band Hsu-Nami. Jack is most well-known for playing the Er-Hu, a Chinese violin. He has played in the classical halls, clubs and festivals. His current project is called Hsu-nami, an "ethnical fusion instrumental rock band".

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2009

10:30 am		Chinese Music Ensemble of New York. Founded in 1961, it is the oldest and only full-scale Chinese orchestra in the United States and the Americas. Its present membership of nearly fifty musicians play practically every type of Chinese music on Chinese instruments, both ancient and modern. For the HKDBF-NY performance a small ensemble from the orchestra performs in repertory on traditional string, wind and percussions instruments.
11:00 am		MIKE BLOCK BAND. Hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st Century", Mike Block is a pioneering multi-genre cello player living in New York City. While studying at the Juilliard School, Mike joined The Silk Road Ensemble as its youngest member, and upon graduation in 2006, also joined Grammy Award winner Mark O'Connor in his Appalachia Waltz Trio. Since then, Mike has become an internationally in-demand player in many musical genres as broad as American folk, contemporary & traditional old-time, jazz, Asian/American crossover, Classical and contemporary Arabic crossover and much more. Mike writes extensively for the Mike Block Band, and has also had his pieces performed at the Tribeca New Music Festival, and the MATA Festival. http://www.mikeblock.netp
Noon		Edge. Fresh from the Vancouver International Jazz festival, this quartet , lead by composer and violinist Jason Hwan offers a rich blend of jazz and chamber music that seamlessly merges Eastern and Western traditions into a singular, global hybrid. Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet/flugehorn), Andrew Drury (drum kit), Ken Filiano (string bass), Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin/viola).
1:00 pm		Shaolin Kung Fu. monks from the Shaolin Temple perform martial arts. In the history of the Shaolin Temple, founded in 495 AD, generation after generation of monk generals and soldiers protected the temples from wars and riots of society.
2:00 pm		Queens Theater in the Park Hours ( 2 - 5 PM) presented by "Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York". Guitarist, composer and arranger, Hong Kong musician Simon Yu uses the influences of his traditional Chinese Musician family in his playing and compositions. His micro-tonal music mixers Chinese/Indian/Turkish micro-tonal systems with Western modern groove music. Abdou Mboup. African Music xalam percussion,kora, and vocal http://www.myspace.com/abdoumboup Abdou Mboup was born in the small town of Kebemer, Senegal to a family of oral historians and musicians. Having studied traditional drumming under the tutelage of his family, Abdou soon became a key figure in the development of the Mbalax style (Senegalese dance music).
3:00 pm		Luca Mundaca. Original Songwriter/ Brazil http://www.myspace.com/lucamundaca Luca Mundaca is a gifted singer/songwriter whose sultry voice and memorable bossa nova and samba-fused melodies will take you to the heart of Brazil.
4:00 pm		Vintaje DJ http://www.vintagedj.com DJ Johnathan Jacobs' Time Machine show covers forgotten gems from the 30's through the early 70's.

ARTS & CRAFTS Tent:

Some 20 artists will be demonstrating traditional Chinese crafts including: calligraphy, rice doll making, bead stringing, kite making, jeweled ornaments, ribbon flowers, paper cutting and much more. Children will be able to try their hand at making their own crafts. The Queens Botanical Garden returns with their cart to demonstrate planting along with the Queens Library special tent to promote reading and other educational events.

The balloon man (twister) and face painter returns to the delight of all.

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