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  • Father’s Day Gift — George Li Advances to Round 2 at the Tchaikovsky Competition

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 20, 2015, — On the third day of auditions in the nomination “Piano” at the Tchaikovsky Competition on June 18, the sensation of the day was 19-year-old American pianist George Li. The highly artistic, masterful, and enchanting performance of the young pianist from Lexington, Mass. delighted the public. Li is a Harvard student, and posted a Happy Birthday Facebook update to his father Jian Li after his performance in the first round. And a Father’s Day gift came today as the results of Round I in the Piano category have been announced and George Li was among the 12 pianists making the cut as expected.
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  • Contestants of ATV Miss Asia Debut at NAWA Banquet in Boston Chinatown

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 17, 2015, — Five contestants of ATV Miss Asia Pageant attended the annual banquet of National Asian Women Association (NAWA) in Boston Chinatown in the evening of June 14. Thanks to Jing Xu, runner up of 2014 Miss Asia Pageant in the US East Coast region, contestants in the Boston area can join the pageant locally this year. Van Amanda Le, president of NAWA Mass. branch, thanked the contestants for showcasing the beauty and talents of Asian Women at the banquet in front of over 200 guests.
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    Jing Xu(3rd from left), Van Amanda Le(middle) and contestants of Miss Asia Pageant (photos by Victor Chen).
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  • Mylovetea Tea Poetry Strawberry Plunking Festival Invites You

    By Changhong Zhang, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 19, 2015, — Dr. Tea from MyLoveTea welcomes you to the Tea Poetry and Strawberry Picking Festival this Saturday!

    See you at 10:00 am, June 20, Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Road, Concord, MA, 01742.

    This Saturday falls upon May 5 on Lunar Calendar, the Chinese Poet Day in memory of the great poet Qu Yuan (342 B.C. — 278 B.C.).
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  • Peking Alumni Association Leads in Time Trials at Boston Dragon Festival

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, June 13, 2015, — Boston is packed by Boston Pride paraders, Red Sox Fans and dragon boat racers of the 36th Boston Hong Kong Dragon Festival this afternoon. Peking Alumni Association finished the time trials with the best average time of 2:43.9 among the eight teams in the Alumni group.
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    Peking Alumni Association dragon boat team pose for a picture(file photo).
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  • Pictures and Video from Ying Wu Vocal Studio Annual Recital

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 26, 2015, Ying Wu Vocal Studio held annual concert at Follen Community Church in Lexington, Mass on May 2. Over 20 Chinese folk songs and Western opera pieces were performed to the delight of an audience of about 150.
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    Ms. Ying Wu performs at the recital (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Acton, Boxboro and Lexington Win Big at 2015 Junior Duck Stamp

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Acton, Mass., May 12, 2015, — An award ceremony of the MA Junior Duck Stamp program was held at on May 2 at Worcester Technical High School. Pam Landry, Education Coordinator, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) welcomed about 200 students and parents to the ceremony. Over 60 of the 100 artwork selected from about 500 submissions were from students in Acton, Boxboro and Lexington.
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    Pam Landry(first from left, back row), Hongbin Tang(second from left, back row) and students of Apple-Leaf Studio pose for a picture(photo by Victor Chen).
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  • Why Did I Start Romantic Zumba Club?

    By Man Li, zumba dance instructor

    First of all, I’d like to thank you all for your passionate interest and support for making the “Romantic Zumba Club” possible. I feel completely honored and flattered to see all of the overwhelming responds to my callings.
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    Ms. Man Li leads her students in a zumba class at her home studio(provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Students at Angel Dance Company Receive President’s Volunteer Service Award

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Acton, April 15, 2015, — At the opening party of Angel Culture Exchange (ACE) Center at 898 Main St., in Acton, director Ke ke presented President’s Volunteer Service Award to students of Angel Dance Company in the evening of April 11. These students, mostly high schoolers in the Metro West, have done a lot of volunteer work in local communities. About 50 teachers, parents and students were on hand to celebrate this special occasion.
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  • Pianist Ya-Fei Chuang’s Jordan Hall Concert Draws Rave Reviews

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 6, 2015, — the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts presented pianist Ya-Fei Chuang at NEC’s Jordan Hall on March 28 to hundreds of enthusiastic fans of classic music in the audience. Ms. Cathy Chan was very pleasured as “many heavy weight figures from the music world were in the audience.” Certainly, Ms. Chuang didn’t disappoint them.
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  • Mass. Native Eric Lu Wins $75,000 at National Chopin Competition

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, March 12, 2015, — It’s hard to imagine that two out of the top three finishers at the Ninth National Chopin Competition lived within five miles of each other west of Boston, and they even had the same teacher: Dorothy Shi. This is what happened earlier this month in Miami.
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    Eric Lu performs at the Ninth National Chopin Competition(from Chopin Foundation of the U.S. Facebook page).
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