60th National Day Celebration Party Program Review

Call For Participation

Year 2009 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. It is also a year of remarkable advancement in the cooperation between China and the United States. To celebrate together, we CSSAUU, together with CSSA at BYU, USU and Utah local Chinese Community, plan to hold 'Utah Chinese Joint Celebration of P. R. China’s 60th Anniversary'（国庆六十周年犹他华人联欢会）－ in the Ballroom of the Union Building on the campus of the University of Utah from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Many honored guests, including people from China Embassy, Utah State government and presidents of three universities, will be invited to this celebration party.

For a better celebration event, we preparation committee has formed a Program Review Team, which is composed of 8 experienced people. We plan to review all the programs This Saturday (Aug. 15th) Evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Location is Union Den Room (Union Building First Floor). So please be prepared to be there on time so we can review all programs efficiently. Besides, you're also welcome to forward this message to anyone or group who is interested in performing at our party. All groups from any countries or nations are welcome. Due to limited funding, performers will not get paid. But food will be supplied at the celebration party for all working staff and performers.

For your convenience, you may either come as group and do a live performance, OR, you may simply bring a video recording of your performance on Saturday for the reviewers to evaluate.  The video should be taken recently and should be a recording of the program. You would be actually performing for the celebration event.  It would be preferred if you could load your recording in your flash drive or CD or DVD so that we could watch it on the computer.

*Programs Review*

Time: This Saturday (Aug. 15th) Evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm


Location: Union Den Room (Union First Floor)** (Union virtual map can be seen by this link: http://www.union.utah.edu/virtualmap/index.html)

If you cannot come that day, please let us know in advance. Email: cssauu@gmail.com

Q&A:
  • Date and Time of the performance
September 26th. Saturday Night. From 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
  •  Location of the celebration party (Please note: not the program review)
Union Ball Room (Virtual Map of Union Building: http://www.union.utah.edu/virtualmap/index.html)
  • What do you need to do to participate?
Be well prepared. Besides, we need to know the name and time length of the program, as well as special requirements. The first batch of programs will be reviewed on Aug. 15th. (Next Saturday) Evening.  If you do not yet have one ready but would like to participate, please come on Aug. 15th. (Next Saturday) Evening anyway to discuss with our program review team.
  • What do we need in application material?
We do not need any official application material but it's good for us to know the details of your performance in advance.
  • When will the decision be announced?
After reviewing your program, we should be able to make a decision and inform you within 3 days.
  • How big is the stage?
It's Union Ballroom squared stage. You may have a look on Aug. 15th after you're done with the program review.
  • What's the time requirement for the program?
We want the performance to be compact and rich. There is no specific time limit for each program.
  • Will Utah Governor John Huntsman be there?
Since Governor Huntsman will be departing for China on August 17, he would be unable to join us.  However, we'll be inviting the new governor and his associates.  In addition, we will also be inviting other government, business, and education leaders in Utah to attend.  We do not know how many of them would be able to join us, but we expect some will.
  • Can they do advertisement ? like slideshow through projector, flyer andetc.. What do you provide?
We don't plan to use projector in this celebration party. However, we could include flyers with our printed programs.
  • If performers are kids, can we arrange their program at earlier time of that night?
The actual placement of individual performances would need to be decided with the entire program in mind.  However, we will try our best to accommodate individual circumstances.

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