Ang Kalatas Volume IV February 2014 Issue | Page 2

02 PARRAMATTA Gallop into the New Year! ll Celebrate the Year of the Horse at the Lunar New Year Twilight Festival on February 14 in Parramatta. Everyone is invited to stunning lantern garden and be amazed as the Church Street Mall comes alive with exciting entertainment. Visitors to Parramatta on that day will see the traditional dragon and lion dance, music and dance performances, kung fu demonstrations and meet the God of Wealth who brings luck in the New Year. LEARN about Asian cultures with children’s interactive workshops, including lantern making, traditional Chinese knotting and paper folding, henna tattoos and up-cycled craft workshops celebrating the Year of the Horse. TASTE a variety of Asian cuisines, including Chinese and Nepalese dumplings, Korean BBQ and Thai. This year will also feature the LUNAR BAR from 4:30-9:30pm, Town Hall Lane. Open for one night only the Lunar Bar will have DJ Masta Tea spinning the latest and greatest Asian Pop for you to groove to while sipping a beer or sampling some dumplings. From 6.30pm there will be a fun and interactive karaoke session. Capacity is limited so make sure you get in early for what is sure to be a fun night! STAGE PROGRAM 5:25pm Welcome to Country 5:30pm Evergreen Dance Group – “’Gwan-Yin’ Goddess of Mercy with a thousand hands” 5:37pm Fan Dance 5:43pm Spring is in Evidence Traditional Dress Show 5:48pm Phoenix Dance & Percussion 5:55pm Sydney Youth Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe -Singing performance 6:25pm Evergreen Dance Group “Celebration of Lunar New Year” 6:30pm Lord Mayor’s Speech 6:40pm Official proceedings & Eye Dotting Ceremony 6:45pm Firecrackers (Church Street Mall) 6:50pm Sydney Youth Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe Traditional Lion and Dragon Dancing 6:55pm Lion and Dragon Procession (Church Street Mall & Church St South) 7:00pm Bukhu & Enkhbayar Budeekhuu – Mongolian music artists 7:20pm Sydney Chinese Dance Group 7:50pm Leo’s Circus Show 8:10pm Sydney Youth Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe - Kungfu Demonstration 8:45pm The Players 9:30pm Fireworks For more information, visit www. parracity.nsw.gov.au. What’s On For Updates, go to www.kalatas.com.au Call for nominations: International Women’s Day llInternational Women’s Day 2014 will be held globally on March 8 to highlight women’s equality worldwide. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Blacktown City Council is calling on the community to reflect on the impact women make to society and to nominate a woman whose achievements they admire for the 2014 Blacktown City Woman of the Year Award. Nominations should reflect the principles of International Women’s Day which: •Celebrate the achievements of local women in paid or unpaid work •Support women’s work in promoting equality, justice, peace and social development across the community •Support the full participation of women in political, economic and social life •Promote and encourage diversity •Promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. A panel of women comprising members of the community and local government representatives will consider nominations and select the Award winner. Council will host a special event on March 7 where the 2014 Woman of the Year will be announced. Nominations close at 12noon, Monday 10 February, 2014. For nomination forms and more details, visit www. blacktown.nsw.gov.au. Volume 4 | Number 5 February 2014 www.kalatas.com.au The MESSAGE. Bringing into focus Filipino presence in Australia Circulating 3,500 copies in Sydney’s West, South, Southwest, North Shore, Northern Beaches, and Eastern suburbs MILLIE MARCIAL-PHILLIPS Publisher/Managing Editor TITUS FILIO Copy Editor VIOLI CALVERT Arts and Entertainment Section Editor MARILIE BOMEDIANO Community News Correspondent EDD ARAGON Cartoonist ATTY. JESSIE ICAO MAJOR TOM BAENA Legal Advisers KEN PHILLIPS Distribution Manager BREAKFAST WITH THE BIRDS ll To celebrate World Wetlands Day, Penrith Council in conjunction with the Blue Mountains Bird Observers Club invite you to a light breakfast and bird song by the Nepean River on 16 February 2014 at 8am. Bookings are essential so please contact Jenna Hore on [phone] or email [email protected]. gov.au To find out more, please see our Breakfast with the birds flyer (1.6MB). It is open to all ages. Moderatelevel fitness is required, so attendees can negotiate uneven ground in the area. INC ‘Countdown to the Centennial’ ll The Iglesia ni Cristo will hold an interactive art and photo exhibit that takes a look into the church’s history on February 9 at the Sydney Olympic Sports Centre. The program is part of the global INC ‘Countdown to the Centennial’ as the church celebrates its 100th year on July. A ribbon-cutting will be held at 4pm followed by an afternoon of entertaining showcase of original Christian music. A fireworks display will follow right after the INC concert. facebook.com/angkalatas t witter.com/angkalatas GOT NEWS? Got news to share? Phone us on 02 8211 0243, email editorial@kalatas. com.au or write to us at PO Box 18, Quakers Hill 2763 NSW MARIA NILDA CARPO GERRI MUSA ERWIN CABUCOS BENITO CHAN Contributors: MITCHELL BADELLES Account Executive DARRYL O’BRIEN JADE CADELIÑA Freelance Photographers: For editorial: Do you have a story, letter to the editor and/or suggestions? Write to us at [email protected]. Mail your letter to PO Box 18, Quakers Hill 2763 NSW. It must include your name, mailing address and contact numbers. All contributions are subject to the paper’s editorial standards. For advertising, e-mail [email protected]. Ang Kalatas is published every first Saturday of the month circulated in various parts of NSW. 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