On Sunday, Aug 13, The North Californian Chinese Athletic
Competition's
opening ceremony began around 9:30 AM. All of arrived before the
ceremony started, however some of us arrived at 8:30 AM
sharp as requested.
Duan Dong Ling arrived first again, nice job number 1!
Our marching group strode in high spirits, and Xu Han
& Wang Xing held
our bold BNU flag with prominence. One senior alumni, Wang, Yan-xin,
(1960, education) saw our flag and joined us with her husband
immediately. She
was so excited and happy to meet us.
More over, her
daughter Wang Zhan offered a nice facility with Piano in
her apartment building in
Palo Auto for our future gathering! We are so fortune to have so many
kind, generous members that make up our warm, happy big
family!
A total of 32 people participated the ceremony, despite
the early morning schedule
and August being vacation season. What a supportive group!
There was tremendous participation this year, many
diversified groups
with its own unique uniforms, banners and flags. Gong -fu and dance
groups caught the most attention with their outstanding
uniforms and
performance. Kids
enjoyed the Children’s games while adults enjoyed the sports competition
as well as wandering among those food, gift and DVD
booths.
Special thanks to
Wen, Feng for all the organizational work,
Xu, Han & Wang Xing, our flag bearer
Zhao Hai Ying and Qi Yun Qian brought new BNU T-shirts.
Zhong Wei-Xiong, Xu Han & Wang Xing purchased our BNU
T-shirts
Shen Qun-ying bought the flag pole
Zhang Chun and Xu Han for calling and rounding up the
troops
Also, thanks to Wu / Kang-long, Shi / Yong-xia, Shen /
Qun-ying, Zhao /
Hai-Ying, Wang / Xing, Zhong /Wei-xiong, Duan / Dong-ling
and your family.
Again, thank you everyone for your strong support as
always. Enjoy the attached photos picked
by our organizer, Wen Feng.
Best regards,
Wang Li
Aug 15, 2008