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The 11th Chinese Culture Festival
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10am -5pm, September 27, 2009
Chinatown, H Street between 6th and 7th street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Metro Riders get off at Chinatown Station from Red Line
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 The 11th Chinese Culture Festival, organized by the Greater Washington Chinese-American Community with the support of over 100 local Chinese-American organizations, will be held in Chinatown, Washington, D.C. on Sunday, September 27, 2009.
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The primary purpose of the Festival is to showcase Chinese-American culture, to further enrich American cultural life by promoting cultural diversity, and to foster harmony and friendship among people with different cultural background. Since 1999, this annual festival has increasingly attracted a greater and more diverse audience and become one of the largest ethnic cultural events in the nation's Capital.
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After years of hosting the Festival in different formats and locations such as National Mall, Freedom Plaza,and Chinatown in Washington D.C., the organizer decided, in 2008, to pick Chinatown as the permanent site to host Chinese Culture Festival.
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 In addition to traditional programs of Chinese culture festival: Dragon dance, Lion dance, waist drum dance, Taichi demo, Kungfu demo, and musical performance, three popular rock n' roll 'Sing For China' bands "Hedgehog", "Queen Sea Big Shark", and "Casino Demon" are invited from China to perform at the Festival this time.
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Food is another exciting point at this Festival. Five food vendors New Asia Market, Tokyo Inn Japanese Steakhouse, Sichuan Village Restaurant,Tai Shan Restaurant, and Jade Express Restaurant will sell different styles of Chinese food.
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Meanwhile, some acupuncturists and doctors of traditional Chinese medicine will serve the public for free and other artists and craftsmen will show you their calligraphy, landscape paitings, and handiwork.
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The program and timelines for the 2009 Chinese Culture Festival:
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Opening of Photo and Cultural Exhibition
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Opening of Chinese Food Festival
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Cultural Performance - MC: Ms. Feng Li & Mr. Jeff Gibson
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| 11:00 a.m. |
'Sing for China' Band - Part 1
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| 11:45 a.m. |
Taichi Practice by Northwesterns Association
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| 12:15 p.m. |
'Sing for China' Band - Part 2
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| 1:00 p.m. |
Performed by Yellow River Art Ensemble
(1) Mixed Quartet
(2) Mixed Duet
(3) Female Solo
(4) Male Solo
(5) Female Solo
(6) Saxophone Solo
(7) Mixed Trio
(8) Chorus
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| 1:40 p.m. |
Guzheng by Washington Guzheng Society
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| 1:50 p.m. |
Kungfu Demo by US Wushu Academy
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Openning Ceremony
(1) American National Anthem by Mr. Zhang
(2) Chinese National Anthem by Mr. Guo
(3) VIP Speeches
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Dragon Dance by O-Mei Wushu Kung-Fu Center
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| 2:40 p.m. |
Waist Drum Dance by Yanxin Life Science & Tech BCC
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| 2:50 p.m. |
O-Mei Wushu by O-Mei Wushu Kung-Fu Center
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Qigong by Chinese Health Qigong Association
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| 3:10 p.m. |
Saxophone Solo by Mr. Dan
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| 3:20 p.m. |
'Sing for China' Band - Part 3
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Closure of the Festival
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Please come to Chinatown on September 27. You can have a good chance to taste delicious Chinese food, to view beautiful Chinese art crafts, to watch dragon dance, lion dance, and kungfu, to take an instant Chinese lesson and have your name translated into Chinese for free, and more ...
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