On 31 January 2017,the New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association held a big party to celebrate the traditional Chinese traditional festival, the Spring Festival, at Marrickville Town Hall. The hall was decorated with colour and lights and it was full of joy and laughter . It was also filled with a festive atmosphere. All the members of the Committee of the New South Wales Multicultural Seniors arrived at the Venue before 8:00am, and they were all preparing for the official start of the party. Also, they were busy distributing the seeds, candies and snacks for about 200 people who would come to the party. At 9:00am, everything was ready. Thank them for their selfless dedication and hard work, give them their point of praise!
It was the fourth day of the New Year’s Festival and people were still immersed in the festive of mood of joy. They came to the party in colourful costumes.
That day’s event included:
9:30 am – 12:00pm social dance
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Complimentary Lunch (Offering fresh handmade dumplings)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Performances and social Dance.
The party ended after 4:00 o’clock pm.
At 9:00 in the morning, the party started ! You see our middle-aged friends dancing gracefully and how beautiful they are ! They were like pairs of butterflies flying among the flowers . Each person was wearing a happy smile.
People who were sitting at the table talking, drinking coffee and tea, eating seeds, candies and snacks.
They looked so happy and relaxed. From their conversation, we knew all of them were very satisfied with the activities organized by MSA and that they hoped there will be more large group activities.
Holding such a Grand party, every member of the Committee tried their best to do their job. But the most important part is our audio, if the audio has problems, it will affect the result of the the whole party. The sound engineer was Jiaxing Dou. Dou is so great! The dance music played from the beginning to the end of the party without any defect and there were dozens of dancers.
I want to let you in on a secret: Dou is not only a member of Committee and an excellent sound engineer, but also he is our Presidents husband. This is what we often say, behind every successful woman, there is a man who quietly pays!
Handmade dumplings for lunch were a hit with all the people who ate them. They were very delicious. On that day the temperature was more than 40 degrees. The kitchen was just like an oven. Dumplings were prepared by Guiying Jiang and others. They were always busy cooking, but the dumplings were ever in short supply. If they open a dumpling restaurant, business will definitely be famous ! (Joke)
After lunch, President of MSA , Mrs Ge, had an excellent new year message and she received a round of applause!
At one o’clock in the afternoon , the performance we put on was greeted with a really remarkable applause! There were colourful costumes and a superb performance. It made us feel we were watching a fine arts performance.
The Chinese new year celebration ended with applause and praise. We would like to thank everyone for coming and wish everyone to have a happy, healthy life and remain forever young! We will meet again in 2018.
(Adds: After that many friends sent massages to Mrs Ge to congratulate us on the Chinese new year party that was a complete success! They spoke highly both of the party, and of all the organisers.)
In burwood Avenue members were dancing.
In Marrickville Avenue volunteers
In Redfern Avenue volunteers
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