AMERICAN LION DANCE 獅舞中秋 - Chinese Mooncake Festival, Carmel Indiana, 2024

A joint-presentation of :
Indiana Association of Chinese-American (IACA, www.iacachines... )
and International Center (www.internatio...)
Organizers : Carmel Mooncake Festival Committee supported by City of Carmel, Indiana
Event : Chinese Mooncake Festival
Date: September 21, 2024
Location : Midtown Plaza, Carmel, Indiana
PERFORMERS:
Children’s Lion : Aarón (11 year old) and brother Alexander Amoles (9 year old) of local Mexican American community.
Adult Lion : Kelvin Quang, Quan Nguyen (Alumni of Indiana University Indianapolis)
Cheerleader : Melody Meng (student at Carmel High School, Carmel, IN)
Student Cheerleaders : Students from International School, Indianapolis
Students from National Chinese Honor Society, Carmel High School, Carmel
Greeting : 李旨殷 (student at Carmel High School, Carmel, IN)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES : Peter Kirkwood, Co-Chair Festival Committee; Chief of Protocol, International Center
VIDEOGRAPH : Xinchun Ding, Ph.D.
CHOREOGRAPHY & PRODUCTION :
Kwan Hui, Ph.D., IACA Council Member and Past President
Member of City of Carmel Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Human Relations
Recipient of 2024 Indiana Heritage Fellowship Award Traditional Arts Indiana
Past President of Nationalities Council of Indiana www.nationaliti...
IACA, Indiana Association of Chinese-Americans ( 印州華美協會, 501c3 since 1973, iacaindiana.org/) is dedicated to promoting the awareness of Chinese-American heritage enriching the cultural diversity in Indiana.
PROCLAMATION: IACA has been recognized in a Proclamation made by City of Carmel Mayor James Brainard in Chinese Mooncake Festival 2023 for promoting awareness and appreciation of Chinese culture in Indiana.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT :
IACA Lion Dance Program is funded by the City of Carmel Arts Grant Award and the Indiana University (Bloomington) Traditional Arts Apprenticeships Grant.
Special thanks to Tungfen Lee, Teacher of National Chinese Honor Society, Carmel High School, and Qiao Xu. Chinese Teacher of International School, Indianapolis for leading their students in this presentation
We gratefully thank Ming Ye, Ph.D, Ching Li, MD and the Carmel Mooncake Festival Committee for their gracious invitation.