fan

This is the fan i saw. 2.50 bucks for one. So May and Chaer, do you want to get it?

Happy New Year everyone! =)

ws

Lil'M replies to Fund Raising and souvenirs

I can make cookies, if u want.

Jamin 1001% nice.

I saw a small lion dance thing. for not more than RM30. I think can buy for horsfall or foord, since it different from the thing that we discussed earlier.

Lil'M in action

hey WS, regarding to the fan that u posted in your last post, I've actually thought of using that for dancing ( the traditional way) and our CCC fan ( the modern way)..

erm, I've actually thought of a few dances, since all are wearing the same costume, i guess I better join the dances together... the few dances are: Fan (2 type) dance, umbrella ( very nice one) and one more is use cloth to dance one... all in all is three.

I've bought the cloth to decorate the costumes and as props to dance, so all I need from the girls is actually a white blouse ( something like the school uniform will do) and black long pants.

the number of performers per dance is maximum 10. so if u have extra white blouse, feel free to contribute more than one.

If the club really have no more fund for the performance, is it okay for the performers to contribute RM 3-4 ?? that's only IF the club runs out of fund..

Chaer, I have at home a "fu" word, I can bring it for deco, and 2 big lanterns too.

Adios. Choreographer.

This and That...

Will you please list down(through post or comment) what you need for the dinner? Because it's like a bit here and a bit there. Write it down then if you can't get it, we could arrange some other people to buy it. Or if you want to buy something which you think would be useful but you're not so sure bout it or the budget allocated, post a comment here.

By the way, what's our budget for everything?

Anyway, for deco, Chaer needs

• lanterns, stickers, ang pao packets, unwanted plum flowers,origami pineapple.

I think we should use the chinese caligraphy to decorate as well. And red cloth would come in handy. I'll try to get the caligraphy thingy if possible but i dare not make a promise. Chaer, do you need polystyrene as well for the backdrop or wordings? I could contribute some ang pau packets as well.
I saw something like that fan in the middle which cost about 2 to 3 bucks. Different shape. Want to use it for deco or something? It's just an idea. Well, i haven't seen anyone dance with that before so it may not be useful to dancing.

For fund raising, i'll check out the price of the mandarin oranges 1st. Now that i think about it, i don't think we could sell pamelos for fund raising could we? If we serve it during the dinner, will most of the people eat? During Mooncake Festival, a lot was wasted and they were sponsored by May's mom if not mistaken. I wonder whether people don't like to eat pamelos or did we actually bought too much that time?

Chaer, i think it's okay if you don't get a cheongsam.

Oh ya... was wondering who's going to be the emcee. (I know it's not something to be worried about for now) I was thinking maybe what we did for Mooncake Festival could be done again, as in a chinese and a non-chinese.

For the souvenirs, chinese traditional clothes and tea sets were suggested during the meeting. So did anyone went and enquire the price of chinese traditional clothes? Or is it memang tak jadi dy? Oh ya... do you think those shops selling all kinds of things from China would have any not-so-expensive things that could be used as souvenirs? Cuz there are quite a lot of this kind of shops now opened in Kuantan. Maybe tomorrow or some day after that I'll go and check them out cuz I'm quite positive they have tea sets there(if you all want tea sets as souvenirs). What do you think about chinese drawings? The ones drawn on scrolls...

Sorry for this long post with lots of crap. Ideas often come and go. =>

WS

Oh ya...anyone has CNY songs?

Fund Raising

Although this time round, it might not be financially necessary 2 do fund raising(this depends entirely on who we r hiring 4 d main performance, so d budget can only b confirmed afta finding tht out), I think itz best we do a bit for precation sake & also I realise fundraising is actually 1 of the best ways for publicity!

n regarding publicity, Jesh, u r so experienced in this, can u do it? No worries, nothing fancy is needed, since almost everybody is sure 2 turn up, juz a few posters when nearing d event 2 inform eveybody will do.

Back 2 fund raising, Ken n I figured selling mandarin oranges is not feasible. D cheapest possible 2 get is probably rm8 4 a box of 24. Thts rm1 4 3 oranges. D most we can possibly sell 3 oranges 4 is rm1.50. So we earn rm4 a box, puny lol. 2 earn juz rm40, we need 2 carry 10 boxes of mandarin around n sell 2 80 ppl! On top of tht, d oranges might spoil or worse DH might b serving mandarin oranges. Ken suggested selling d small type 1 instead whic cud b profitable. Any info on this?

I duno bout food(wud b happy 2 do if thr r any ideas), keychains(this sud b difficult) n chun lian(if smbody can write, it will b gr8). So ppl, plz gv ur ideas!

4 cny cards, will it sell if we sell it juz like tht? We wud probably sell more if we had delivery service together with a small gift, mayb d small mandarin oranges? Wat do u all think about this?

As 4 d bookmark, d most difficult part is 2 produce a nice 1, can tht b done efficiently by handwriting? Many of u r gd in art, is it a lot of work? D other way is to use d colour printer in IT Centre, muz try 2 get permission 4 tht(a bookmark is not tht big afta all...4 will fit in 1 A4 paper). Probably we can stick d design on a hard cardboard(think thr is a big white kind) together wit a ribbon. As 4 d design, i hv an idea tht we get students' Malay names n write d Chinese characters 4 it, plus d meaning of each Chinese character(of cuz we choose auspicious ones), think they might love it. Thts juz an idea, any other ideas?

As always, everythg is open 4 disscussion.

I really hope more ppl post their ideas & opinions 4 this event k. Juz post anythg u think, itz wat this blog is 4, open disscusion. 4 those who did, thk u v much. I hope d rest of u can contribute ur opinions n thoughts..

Posted by Joel

Reminder

Hey everybody.

Just to remind you what we discussed in our last meeting very long ago.

The dinner is on 30th January 2008 which means we have only 2 weeks to prepare after college reopen.

Regarding the performances and programmes, these are the people in charged.

• Lion dance or dragon dance or the 24 season drums or wu shu or Chinese orchestra.-Hire professionals or invite trained students from KL schools. Schools suggested are Confucian PJ and Chong Hwa KL.
• Opening ceremony – ‘Lao Sheng’ or the Chinese Emperor idea.(No one in charged yet)
  
• Chinese Yoyo by Boon Seong(in the last meeting, Joel mentioned that Boon Seong already promised to perform).
• May will choreograph a dance.
• Ken and Joel will be in charge of the video presentation on origins of Chinese New Year.
• Jean will prepare the sketch(mini drama) which will be fitted in to the intervals.
• Games: eating using chopsticks.
• Singing (tentative)
• Fashion Show – Chinese traditional clothes

Chaer will be in charged of decorations so it'll be better if the plan is out during the holidays so materials and anything needed could be bought earlier.

We decided to get mandarin oranges and pamelos but who will get it?

I'll like to remind you to bring ang pao packets, flowers, fans, lanterns, 'chun lian'(the chinese caligraphy thingy) from home if possible.

This are the things we planned to sell to raise funds:mandarin oranges, Chinese New Year cards, food, keychains or bookmarks with Chinese names, ‘chun lian’. So are we still sticking to it? Fund raise or not?

These were what we basically discussed. All this are subjected to changes.

posted by WS

Suggestion for Order of Events

7.00pm - call for students to arrive. (play cny music video, i bought dy)

7.15pm - teachers arrive, speeches, souvenier(need info on this), opening ceremony(plz gv ur suggestions for opening ceremony)(current ideas: lou sang, smbody run in frm d back n present smthg 2 horsfall as d emperor)any other ideas?

7.45pm - dinner, play cny music video

8.15pm - main performance by hired ppl(kl ppl, need info on this) suggestions: chinese ochestra, kung fu show, chinese drums, lion/dragon dance, etc (need 2 find 1 for d event)

in between: mini drama

8.40pm - dance

in between: mini drama

8.50pm - video(suggested theme: why we do wat we do during cny- like y gv ang pow, y wear red, y lou sang, y hv reunion dinner, etc) any other suggestions 4 theme of video?

in between: mini drama

9.00pm - chinese yoyo(boon seong)

after that... plz gives suggestions..

This is just a loose layout, everythg is open for discussion, comment & change, so plz make ur ideas & opinions known, thx!

Posted by Joel

Hi Everyone

Hi everyone,
This blog is 4 everyone 2 discuss the coming CNY Reunion Dinner 2008. It's also 4 giving messages 2 everyone. So please check this blog everyday 2 c wat is happening. Plz also leave ur comments, all ur ideas n suggestions will help 2 make this event run smoothly(esp if u c a flaw or problem) and make d event a success.

Posted by Joel.