Pictures from The Fourth Asian American Festival

By David Li, bostonese.com, photos by John Tsou

Boston, August 8, 2014, — The fourth Asian American Festival arts gala was held at the Fenway Center in the evening of August 2, 2014. Close to 300 in the audience enjoyed a night of beautiful music and dance that celebrated the rich cultures and long history of Asian countries.

Saxophone solo Jasmine by Hongwei Gao from Asian American Arts Group (photo by John Tsou).

According to Jing Xia, director of development at Asian American Association of Boston, this year's Asian American Festival started with a grand dance show Dunhuang My Dream Land by Angel Dance Company at Quincy High School. The performance at Fenway Center was sponsored by Northeastern University. [gallery columns="4" ids="85817,85819,85827,85815,85816,85818,85826,85822,85823,85824,85821,85828,85829,85813,85812,85811,85820,85814,85825"] According to its website aaaboston.org, Asian American Association of Boston was founded in 2010 to serve its members, and bridge Asian Asian American communities and other communities in Greater Boston area. The following is the program of the performances. 1 Group Dance, Time Travel Asian American Arts Group 2 Violin, Balada, Horse Racing Helen Zhou, Julia Zhou from NEC Youth Symphony Orchestra 3 Female Vocal Solo Reeven Wang from Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Choir 4 Indian Dance, Dancing’s Star Jeevani Rayudu, Sonali Surve from Northeastern University 5 Pipa Solo, Sing With You Meng Xun from Chinese Music Ensemble of Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association 6 Female Chorus, A Song Of Coachmen, Good Person, Good Dream> Chinese Cultural Connection Arts Group 7 Mixed Chorus Miss Hometown, Midnight Snacks Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Choir 8 Bass, Volin, Lute Ensemble Belinda and other two from Berklee College of Music 9 Dance Solo Flowers Blooming Maggie from Xiang Tu Dance Group 10 Saxophone solo Jasmine Hongwei Gao from Asian American Arts Group 11 Dulcimer Solo Painting About Tianshan Mountains Amy Huang from Boston Dulcimer Guzheng Youth Band 12 Mongol Dance I Come From Grassland Chinese Cultural Connection Arts Group