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