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Southeast Center’s Asian New Year Celebration packs Legin Restaurant
Photos and story by James Hill
Portland Community College’s Southeast Center was alive with color and Asian flair as staff, students and the community celebrated the year of the Tiger with music, entertainment, food, vendors and door prizes.?The event featured lion ?and Asian dances, martial arts, face painting, demonstrations on how to use chopsticks and paper lantern-cutting, and plenty of games and activities. Check out the gallery above for a quick view or bigger photos below.
No PCC Asian New Year Celebration would be complete without the lion dancers from the Northwest Learning Studio kicking off the festivities. This year's event celebrated not only the Chinese Lunar New Year, but also all Asian cultures in the surrounding community. The event attracted more than 450 people to the Southeast Center complex.
In between the entertainment and speeches, a raffle of gifts delighted winners in the crowd.
Arts and crafts were sold at the event, which filled Legin Restaurant next door to the Southeast Portland campus.
Jean Choy, Chinese calligrapher, was a popular person as she drew people's first names.
Student volunteers from PCC and Benson Tech greeted the public at the door and helped check them in for raffles and lunch.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »