At the opening ceremony of the Irvine Reading Club on the 21st, Yulan Chung, CEO of the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, not only publicly praised the Irvine Reading Club for its contribution to improving Irvine’s humanistic quality, but also encouraged members and friends present to act as cultural promotion angels and contribute to the cultural center. After many years of planning, the original musical "Legends" was produced and launched specifically for the voices of Asians. It has been widely promoted to the outside world, hoping to jointly promote Chinese culture through the exchange and combination of Chinese and Western music, dance, scholarship and humanities.
The Irvine Reading Club held its opening ceremony yesterday in the multi-functional classroom of the auditorium on the second floor of the South Coast Cultural Center. It was presided over by the new president Li Keqi. Vice president Chen Zuwang and nearly a hundred members attended. The scene was very lively. President Li Keqi told the members present that there were only 50 chairs arranged in advance, but the number of attendees exceeded expectations and she was very happy that everyone could gather together. Li Keqi also said that this year’s reading club has pre-arranged a year’s book list and activities combined with the calendar, and is ready to share the types of books for introduction: humanities and technology, poetry, music and architecture. This year, we also invited outstanding people to share their content, and the content was very rich and diverse. I hope that "Irvine will be filled with books, and we will set sail together on the journey of knowledge."When Youlan Chung, CEO of the South Coast Cultural Center, was invited to give a speech, she expressed special thanks to all members of the Irvine Reading Club for their long-term support of the cultural center. The Irvine community will make people feel comfortable and bright, also because of everyone's care and participation. During the epidemic, people have become alienated from each other, because the Irvine Reading Club holds physical book sharing activities to bring everyone closer, which is very rare. In the face of rising anti-Asian sentiments from other ethnic groups after the epidemic, in addition to organizing related festivals in conjunction with the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, the South Coast Cultural Center also launched an original "Legend" musical this year, combining Chinese and Western music, dance, martial arts and modern dance. , and will be on the Segerstrom Hall stage with 3,000 audience seats for the first time to speak out for Asians. At the same time, it will also let the mainstream society understand us better and see our intention to promote Chinese culture.
CEO Zhong said that it is a big challenge for the South Coast Cultural Center to bring Chinese music to the mainstream performance stage, but because there are many groups in the community such as the Irvine Reading Club, the cultural center has the confidence to support it. In addition to thanking President Li Keqi for knowing that the center was going to launch this original musical performance, she took the lead in asking the members to order group tickets and expressed her support with concrete actions. She also hoped that all members would spread the word by word of mouth and bring the whole family together on 10/12 Go to Segerstrom Hall to see the "Legendary" musical.For ticket purchase and related information, please click Buy ticket南海岸中華文化中心執行長鍾幼蘭21日在爾灣讀書會開學典禮中，
除公開讚揚爾灣讀書會對提升爾灣人文素養的貢獻， 也鼓勵在場會員朋友都能扮演文化推廣天使，為文化中心籌劃多年， 專為亞裔發聲製作推出的原創音樂劇「legends」， 廣為對外宣傳，希望藉由中西音樂、舞蹈， 書香與人文的交流與結合，共同來推廣中華文化。 爾灣讀書會昨天在南海岸文化中心二樓禮堂多功能教室舉行開學典禮，由新任會長李克琪主持，包括副會長陳祖望與近百位會友參加， 現場十分熱絡。會長李克琪向在場會員表示， 原本只預排五十張椅子，沒想到出席會友超出預期， 很高興大家能夠齊聚一堂。李克琪還說， 今年讀書會已預先將一年的書單和活動結合行事曆排出來， 準備分享導讀的書類涵括：人文與科技，詩詞、音樂與建築． 今年還增加邀訪傑出人士分享，內容十分豐富與多元。希望「 書香滿爾灣，在知識的旅程中，我們一起啟航」。 南海岸中華文化中心執行長鍾幼蘭受邀致詞時，
特別感謝爾灣讀書會全體會友長期對文化中心的支持， 爾灣社區會讓人感到舒適與明亮，也是因為大家的關心與參與。 疫情情間，人與人之間變得疏離， 因為爾灣讀書會舉行實體書友分享活動，拉近大家距離，非常難得。 面對疫情之後，其他族裔仇恨亞裔情緒高漲， 南海岸文化中心除了結合元宵、中秋節舉辦相關節慶活動， 今年更結合中西音樂、舞蹈、武術與現代舞蹈，推出原創的「傳奇 」音樂劇， 並將首度登上擁有三千個觀眾席位的Segerstrom Hall舞台，為亞裔發聲，同時也讓主流社會更了解我們、看到我們對推廣中華文化的用心。 鍾執行長表示，對南海岸中華文化中心來說，將國樂推上主流表演舞台是一大挑戰， 但因為社區有很多像爾灣讀書會這樣的團體，大力支持， 讓文化中心有了底氣。 她除了感謝會長李克琪知道中心要推出這場原創的音樂劇表演， 就率先和讀書會會友訂購團體票，用具體行動表示支持， 也希望全體會友能口耳相傳，10/12日當天闔家一起到 Segerstrom Hall去欣賞 「傳奇 」音樂劇。 購票與相關信息，請點擊 購票
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