Student Performances
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
October 22, 2002 - 2:45pm

All of the performances at this ceremony will be Stony Brook students, or groups that contain students, to show the vast array of talent that the University has in its student population. 

Performers - Please click here for pre-event rehearsals and schedules.

Traditional and modern wedding wear donated for free by Eternal Wedding Group, 37-16 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11354.  (718)353-4217

PROGRAM

ORIGAMI CRANES
JCA, the undergraduate Japanese Cultural Association, made a huge origami crane with a 6 foot wingspan and 1022 small cranes, equal to the date of the opening, that will be on display.  There is an origami crane workshop the entire time for visitors to make their own cranes, or to add to the display.    Located on the 3rd and 4th floors.

FRONT ENTRANCE - TO OPEN CEREMONY - 2:45PM

DDKY - Dung Duck Koong Yee - Korean Drummers - In-Eui Bae, Dong Hyuk Choi, Do Sun Choi, Soo Hyun Chung, Da Sol Kim, Gi Tae Kim, Joo Hwan Kim, Kevin Kim, Moon-Jin Kim, Yoo Kon Kim, Jin Woo Park, Kevin Park, Joon Mo Yang

ALL-PURPOSE ROOM: 3rd Floor

Pre ribbon-cutting -  3pm - 3:45

LIVE ART: WEDDINGS OF ASIA
In traditional bridal dress, parts of Chinese, Filipino, Guyanese Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese weddings will be enacted – from tea ceremonies to ancestor prayers. Paul Alcantara, Tom Clark, Hilda Ding, Anne Marie Gonzales, Yer-Ting Hu, Bilal Khan, Tuan Le, Caroline Lee, Sam Leung, Chia Ma, Rutvi Mehta, Erin Neu, Fen Zhen Nie, Anita Singh, Andy Sung, Jennifer Sung, Dan Thai, Scott Wei, and Jason Yang.

CALLIGRAPHY - Artists from different nationalities will display their countries writing and visitors will be able to try their hand at doing it themselves.  Located on the 3rd and 4th floors.  Calligraphers: Sonia Byon, Mohammed Abdul Mujeeb Khan, Yuon  Kim, Jian Wei Liang, Hitomi Otaki, Angie Mau

ORIGAMI CRANE MAKING WORKSHOPS
Undergraduate members of JCA, the Japanese Cultural Association - Gian Carlo Alba, Serge Balinskiy, Marianne Bellatti, Christopher Caltaldi, Kai Chu, Taiga Inoue, Hugo Loo, Jane Yihua Rong, Naoko Uchida, and Yujing Zhang

Ribbon Cutting and Lion Dance - by tower poles - 3:45-4 pm

Post ribbon cutting -  4:15pm - 6

Indian Tabla Drums - Arun Gosain

Bhangra – Punjabi Indian dance – Bhangra Mix - Jayoti Aronja, Saurab Jagota, Naina Kaur, Suprit Kaur, Ritesh Kanotra, Ritika Oberoi, Aditya Pal, Abhishek Singh 

Pandango sa ilaw - traditional Filipino dance - PUSO Dancers Liberty Quinto, Christina Rodriguez, and Eunice Zabala

Yokobue  - Japanese flute - Naoki Oheshi

Weddings of Asia Fashion Show - Chinese, Filipino, Guyanese Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese - Paul Alcantara, Tom Clark, Hilda Ding, Anne Marie Gonzales, Yer-Ting Hu, Bilal Khan, Tuan Le, Caroline Lee, Sam Leung, Chia Ma, Rutvi Mehta, Erin Neu, Fen Zhen Nie, Anita Singh, Andy Sung, Jennifer Sung, Dan Thai, Scott Wei, and Jason Yang.

Bharantanatyam - South Indian dance - Lavanya Polepalle

Kathak - Northern Indian dance - Swagata Biswas

Para Para - JCA Dancers - Gian Carlo Alba, Taku Dotani, Ai Kurashima, Anne Peng, John Wong

ALL-PURPOSE ROOM:  4th Floor

Pre ribbon-cutting - 3 - 3:45

Japanese Tea Ceremony - Demonstrations of traditional tea ceremony performed by Ayako Hosomi, Etsuko Maruoka, Akiko Stojek, Hiromi Takahashi, Fumiko Watanabe, and Yuan Zhang. 

CALLIGRAPHY - Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean

ORIGAMI CRANE MAKING WORKSHOPS
Undergraduate members of JCA, the Japanese Cultural Association - Gian Carlo Alba, Serge Balinskiy, Marianne Bellatti, Christopher Caltaldi, Kai Chu, Taiga Inoue, Hugo Loo, Jane Yihua Rong, Naoko Uchida, and Yujing Zhang

Ribbon Cutting and Lion Dance - by tower poles - 3:45-4 pm

Post ribbon cutting - 4:15 – 6

VOCALISTS

Baptist Campus Ministry Choir
Performing "Sing to the Lord, All Ye Nations" by Mark Patterson and "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" by Peter Lutkin.  Directed by Rev. Dr. Serena Lin of the Campus Interfaith Center, Conducted by Jesse Chang, with pianist Grace Kim.  Choir Members: Soprano: Annie Cheng, Angela Lam, Rev. Serena Lin, Linda Yen; Alto: Julie Chu, I-Hsiu Lin, Josephine Wong; Tenor: Eddie Fung, Dr. Shih-Ping Kao, Tim Law, James Lin; Bass: Alan Chen, John Chen, Andy Cheung

South Indian Carnatic Semi-Classical - Lavanya Polepalle  VOCAL CANCELLED BUT DANCE STILL ON - THROAT SWOLLEN

Traditional Mandarin - Wei Chen

Traditional Bengali Prayer - Swagata Biswas

Modern Mandarin with guitar - Darvin Lau

Traditional Mandarin – Xiangdong Qing

Modern - in English - Catherine Lim

Modern and Traditional – in Korean and English - Junmo Jo

Modern – in English - Ria Era with guitarist David Jaffe

Traditional Mandarin - Zhenghao Zhang

LECTURE HALL 2 - Curved wall room - 4:30 – 5:30
(Each of Niney Chan’s performances are 1 minute)

Manhattan Taiko - Japanese drummers - Janet Youngblood, Director; Ronald Lashley, Flute, Hiro Kurashima, taiko and shime/okeido and David Lambie, taiko  and Alan Odnoycki, taiko.

Shaolin Martial Arts – Niney Chan

Chinese Ribbon Dancers - Cassidie Li and Donald Tam

Shaolin Martial Arts – Niney Chan

Kumbdo Club Sword Fighters  - Suk Hyun Kim, Hyo Jin Lim, Hyung Jin Lim, Sung Hoon Park, Albert Seo,

Shaolin Martial Arts – Niney Chan

Asian American Break Dancers - Rugrats - Eddie Hsaio, Larry Leung, Charlie (Xiaoliang) Ruan, Isamu Ryono, Henry Wong

Shaolin Martial Arts – Niney Chan 

Chinese Ribbon Dancers – Cassidie Li and Donald Tam

Shaolin Martial Arts – Niney Chan

FRONT ENTRANCE – TO CLOSE THE CEREMONY

Manhattan Taiko - Japanese drummers - Janet Youngblood, Director; Ronald Lashley, Flute, Hiro Kurashima, taiko and shime/okeido and David Lambie, taiko  and Alan Odnoycki, taiko.

Weddings of Asia Models - Chinese, Filipino, Guyanese Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese - Paul Alcantara, Tom Clark, Hilda Ding, Anne Marie Gonzales, Yer-Ting Hu, Bilal Khan, Tuan Le, Caroline Lee, Sam Leung, Chia Ma, Rutvi Mehta, Erin Neu, Fen Zhen Nie, Anita Singh, Andy Sung, Jennifer Sung, Dan Thai, Scott Wei, and Jason Yang.

STAFF AND GUIDES
Tulla Bhimsen
Amy Chen
Frank Chen
Anita Cheruvanky
Kimmie Chin
Teen Francis
Howard Fung
Sherry Ha
Evan Hsieh
Dawnn Lac
Jason Lieh
Cindy Lin
Rob Lin
Hugo Loo
Miauw Yen (Wendy) Liem
Kevin Quan
Sandyia Singh
Bin Tang
Cheryl Tang
Kenneth Tong
Quynh Tran
Tuan Van Tran
Tu Anh Vu
Tee Lek Ying
JoAnne Young
Chiyon Yu