By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 31, 2016, — The 2016 Ivy League Spring Festival Gala put on an amazing show last night at Harvard Sanders Theatre. It’s a grand celebration of the coming of the Lunar Year of Monkey. The packed audience enjoyed a night of fantastic music, dance and even magic.
Traditional folk dance by U Penn Chinese dance team (photos by Xinming Li)
Hosted by the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations of the eight Ivy League universities, the annual Ivy League Spring Festival Gala has enjoyed tremendous success and support from members of the Ivy League schools as well as the greater Boston Chinese community.
This year, the program included traditional and modern Chinese dancing, singing, martial arts, acrobats, instrumental performances and magic show by top performers like Mr. Yazhi Guo, one of the best suona players in the world and lyric writer Bin Liu, who wrote the lyrics for one of the most popular Chinese songs: Legend.
Calvin Wang and Xiaoyi Chen led Harvard and Wellesley Wushu teams and performed wonderful routines at the gala. Please check out some pictures and a video from the gala below.
Organizers：
Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Brown Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Columbia Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Cornell Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Dartmouth Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Chinese Students and Scholars Association at Penn
Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Princeton
Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Yale
Strategic Partner: Asian Cultural Center
Sponsor: China Telecom