Multicultural Seniors Association Inc held a total of thirty-six dances/sessions in the exclusive dance halls between 1st – 28th February. Of these, six dances were taught in the New Vogue and four dances were taught in Latin.
With the busy New Year and Lunar New Year behind us, this month also saw the start of 2023 on schedule. In order to meet the needs of our dancers and to improve the health and happiness of the elderly, we opened an additional Saturday Ballroom Dance at Auburn Town Hall on 4 February, with President Ge and President Dou personally on duty to set an example for the volunteers.
With only 28 days in February, the overall performance of the dance halls was good and the Granville Centre was a popular venue for dancers. President Dou always comes to every dance to listen to the dancer’s feedback on the dance music, to solve any problems on the floor and to mingle with the volunteers and dancers. The Auburn Town Hall has maintained its popularity due to the efforts of the volunteers.
Although Granville Town Hall is an old dance hall, President Dou and the volunteers have been welcoming and treating the dancers with enthusiasm to keep the dance floor occupied.
A new round of New Vogue classes has begun, and there was a good atmosphere as both old and new students remained interested in learning. Thank you to Ms Wu and the volunteers, and thank you to the dancers who have continued to love the New Vogue dance.
Since the opening of the Latin dance teaching classes, President Dou has given great support and the teachers have taught carefully, with teaching videos playing back after each class to help new students grasp what they have learnt that day as soon as possible.
After the Australian Chinese Russian Friendship Association resumed its work on 10 January 2023, the activities have diversified in form: mobile phone usage courses, Russian dance basic skills learning, additional ballroom dancing, mahjong group activities for the convenience of the elderly, singing skills lessons taught by professional teachers every other week and a monthly birthday party for the members who have a birthday that month, and a series of activities. Under the leadership of President Ge, the Friendship Club is kept alive and cohesive and often participates in community events.
President Ge is not only a good leader, but also a caring person who cares about the welfare of the members. When the dance teacher fell ill and was hospitalised, President Ge was very busy in spite of his old age.
On 4 February, President Ge personally led the artistic team to attend the Cumberland community performance in Auburn.
On 26 February, the Australian Chinese Russian Friendship Association Inc was invited by the Russian Cultural Society of Australia to participate in the celebration of the Russian Pancake Festival. Led by President Ge and President Dou, a large team took 1½ hours to arrive at the Australian Russian Cultural Society and performed a number of programmes, which were warmly welcomed by the Society. The event was of great significance in spreading ethnic culture and promoting friendship.
President Ge went to the Guildford Community Centre on 21 February to arrange a rehearsal space for the Nina team, and on 17 February she went to the Southside Town Hall in the heat of the day.
In addition to the chorus, ShanShan team has added a drumming programme to their repertoire and we look forward to seeing what they can do.
There is still a lot of work to be done as we enter March 2023. We believe that under the leadership of our two presidents, with all of us working together, all our wishes will come true and all the good things will come true as planned.
