The modern and classical languages department is partnering with the office of China programs and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) to host Missouri State’s 2015 Chinese New Year celebration, with hopes to promote awareness of the many Asian cultures represented at the University. The festivities will begin Tuesday, Feb. 17. All events will take place at Siceluff Hall, room 124.

For more information, please email Dr. Weirong Schaefer at WeirongYan@MissouriState.edu or Mr. Peng Zhang at PengZhang@MissouriState.edu.

Schedule of events

Feb. 17

• 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Opening
• 10:30 a.m.-noon: Traditional Chinese music performed by music professor John Prescott
• 12:30 p.m.- 2 p.m.: Chinese Tea Ceremony performed by College of Business China programs specialist Sean Xiao’o Gong; Chinese paper cutting with business student Chen Xing; and zodiac animals painting with local artist Hing Wah Hatch
• 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Sweet dumpling workshop by English professor Yili Shi

Feb. 18

• 10 a.m.-11 a.m.: Traditional Chinese music performed by CSSA
• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Dragon and Lion Parade by Asian Studies students; zodiac animals painting with local artist Hing Wah Hatch; Beijing Opera face painting with CSSA; and Chinese paper cutting with student Zhao Rui
• 1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Calligraphy demonstration by geography professor Dr. Xin Miao
• 2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Chinese porcelain workshop by art professor Keith Ekstam

Feb. 19

• 10 a.m.-11 a.m.: Martial arts demonstration by Dee Ogilvy
• 11 a.m.-noon.: Traditional Chinese fashion show by CSSA; Chinese songs by CHI202  and CHI311 students
• 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Chinese dumpling workshop with students Cheng Zhang and Brendon Moore

Feb. 20

• 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Japanese Tea Ceremony by Foreign Language Institute instructor Hiromi Elliston
• 10:40 a.m.-11 a.m.: Japanese kimono workshop by Mika Logan
• 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.: Traditional Japanese dance performance and Japanese Summer Time dance workshop by Kizuna, Springfield’s Japan-America Friendship Group
• 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m.: Japanese Tea Ceremony by Foreign Language Institute instructor Hiromi Elliston
• 12:55 p.m.-1:15 p.m.: Japanese kimono workshop by Mika Logan
• 1:25 p.m.-2 p.m.: Traditional Japanese dance performance and Japanese Summer Time dance workshop by Kizuna, Springfield’s Japan-America Friendship Group
• 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Traditional Chinese music performed by CSSA

Feb. 21

• 1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Traditional Chinese music performed by CSSA
• 2 p.m.-3 p.m.:  Chinese youth martial arts demonstration and modern Chinese dance by the Chinese Faculty and Staff Association
• 3 p.m.-4 p.m.:  Calligraphy demonstration by geography professor Dr. Xin Miao; zodiac animals painting with local artist Hing Wah Hatch; Chinese paper cutting with the Chinese Faculty and Staff Association