PRE-HALLOWEEN VISIT AT DO DINH/THY THY DANCE STUDIO

DO DINH /THY THY DANCE STUDIO AT NIGHT. THIS IS WHERE WE REVISE OUR DANCE STEPS WITH A TEACHER. THY THY TOOK THIS PHOTO FOR US.

Korean children performance! Wow how talented!

Take a look at those talented kids.

Click on the link below. Show on youtube

[Kayagum, Chotte, Jangsaenap] "Mangyongdae Is a Flower Garden" {DPRK Music}

Season's Greetings

A tous nos amis!

Meilleurs Voeux pour la Nouvelle Année 2015

Auld Lang Syne - Poem by Robert Burns

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

Christmas around the world - Andre Rieu

Music around the world

http://vimeo.com/81739908

Friends and teachers from the music class.2014

The picture is taken and customized by  chi Lệ Hoa. Thanks!

This picture was taken at the Lien Hoa Pagoda where we are taking music lessons. We learn music theory, instrument playing: keyboard and guitar, and singing. This is the best class I have ever attended. The tall man in the middle with eye glasses is Teacher Hai Yen, he taught us music theory and singing. Teacher Hoai Khanh with a mustache, takes over and we are doing more practical exercises on the instruments and voice exercises. This class is a lot of fun and we are learning a lot. In order to practice our singing, we get together at some local restaurants having either a one-man band or an orchestra every two weeks to sing.

This is an example of a class session......

Garden of Eternal Love in Japan

I cannot help but sharing with you this beautiful scenery of wisteria garden in Japan. Soooo beautiful and romantic! Click on the description to see on youtube.

  Garden of Eternal Love in Japan! Don't miss it!

Tet - Vietnamese New Year - The Year of the Horse - Giap Ngo

 

 

Please click on the link below to listen to the music!

Xuân Họp Mặt - Như Quỳnh, Loan Châu, Thủy Tiên, Bảo Hân

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP1etOczugo

Happy New Year

Auld Lang Syne - New Year Wishes! Click to listen

Auld Lang Syne by Sissel

Another visit to Bowers Museum where our paintings are exhibited!

Waiting for the bus to go to Bowers Museum

Group Photo in front of the 
museum 1

Group Photo in front of the 
museum 2

Trach in front of his painting

Lien in front of her painting

Behind: Halloween poster 
by the class

Entertainment in the 
museum garden

                    

Caricature of the whole class by the
multi-talented teacher Hiep hiphop

Final drawing of the class caricature
First half

Final drawing of the class caricature
2nd half

You'll never can guess where I am in here!!!

A visit to the Bowers Museum Santa Ana

If you live in the Little Saigon area and you are retired then you can find all kinds of  activities free of charge or with a nominal fee. We happen to join  a group of  art activities for seniors at the Nguoi Viet newspaper location. This activity is free of charge and is sponsored by James Irvine Fundation together with the Bowers Museum and the newspaper Nguoi Viet. Each class lasts 8 weeks. We learned about painting using charcoal, acrylic paints etc... We also learned using mixed media (papers, feathers, newspapers or whatever you can find around you to create arts). We spend 7 weeks on a project and the last week is dedicated to graduation. Every two weeks, there is a visit to the museum where we can enjoy entertainment and art activities. This activity has been there for over a year now, but we are newcomers so we had our first graduation on mixed media and our first visit to the museum. All the paintings made by the students were displayed at the museum to the delight of all. On the day of the visit, we gathered in front of  Nguoi Viet office and a bus took us to the museum. The bus trip was short but very pleasant, because we were entertained by the students of the class and one of the Nguoi Viet news paper representatives with jokes and songs.

The museum was impressive. Not only could we watch our paintings but we could equally see the original paintings that we used as models.

We could see other projects from the other students coming from different locations in the county : the aluminum foil creations, the paintings on conical hats, the use of other medias like flowers and fruits to create impressive art works etc...(Sorry I did not take any pictures- I was kind of lost among such creative art works). We hope that we will learn those techniques in the future.

We took a group picture in front of the students' art works.

Here are our pictures in front of our paintings

Our visit did not stop there. In fact we were treated to a good lunch with pastries and ice creams. The weather was really hot. The ice cream treat was very much appreciated. Inside the museum, chairs and tents were set up in the garden for the visitors to enjoy the music  played by different musical group invited by the museum. We were lucky to listen and dance to the enchanting music of the  islands : calypso, salsa, samba, reggae etc...

The show ended with a group of Jamaicans dancing and performing magic tricks : man on stilts, fire eaters , man lying on  bed of nails, man walking on broken glass etc...

                                    Man on stilts

The trip was informative and educational and at the same time entertaining. We enjoyed the outing immensely and will certainly do it again and thanks for the sponsorship