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YEAR OF THE WATER SNAKE – Community-engaged art makes a splash!

February 14, 2013 by CACV Admin

h4>> NEWS RELEASE February 14, 2013 What: Snake woven from green willow / Snake lantern from lunaria plant and recycled materials with lead artists Alastair Heseltine and Jacquie Rolston When: Spring Festival: Sunday, February 17, 2013 Parade starts 11am Where: Parade starts at Millennium Gate; goes to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden In …

Lunaria in Procession

February 11, 2013 by CACV Admin

h4>>Lunaria has been a feature in several events since the Winter Solstice festival including the 2013 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Chinese New Year Dinner on January 27 and the 2013 Granville Island Lion Dance on February 10. Check out these pictures! If you've spotted our Lunaria at other events and snapped a picture of your own and would like to see it up here, just drop as an email at snake@cacv.ca …

Lunar New Year Countdown

February 6, 2013 by CACV Admin

h4>>It is now well into the month of February and the Lunar New Year of the snake fast approaches. As you may know, Alastair Heseltine, of Hornby Island, joined us to head a week-long series of workshops to create a beautiful woven willow snake. The snake is currently in wait at the interior Dr. SunYat-Sen garden. We are also pleased to announce that CBC On the Coast’s Michelle Eliot will be …

Join us at Chinese New Year Parade with Snake, Drums, and 350 Water Drops!

January 30, 2013 by CACV Admin

h4>>Bring your friends and join us; Chinese New Year Parade will be HUGE this year! Snake Lantern, DTES Harmony of Nations Drumming Group and 350 Water Drops (UberDrop) will be in our contingent for the Chinatown Parade on February 17. We will be celebrating the Chinese New Year (the Year of the Snake) / Lunar New Year / Spring Festival and sending a clear message about community, water, art and …

Lunar New Year Update

January 13, 2013 by CACV Admin

h4>>Hello Snake followers! We are almost midway into January and have exciting updates about our Year of the Snake events. Last December we followed Jacquie Rolston’s beautiful lunaria and found cloth snake lantern around the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden for our 4th year of participating in the Annual Secret Lantern Festival and Winter Solstice event. See photos of the snake construction and Winter …

Dance Our Snake on Granville Island

January 3, 2013 by CACV Admin

h4>>Jacquie Rolston lantern artist will be at the Granville Island Lunar New Year event - with the snake lantern. We still need a couple more volunteers to dance the snake lantern. …

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