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Home to my passions for my inter-cultural adventures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner event. Save Kogawa House campaign, Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team, Find what you are looking for by 1) scroll the topics links, 2) use the search function ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team for lots of summer fun, fitness and friendship. We are a social team full of cultural vigor, that likes to eat. We have been featured on television, local, national and international. We have a unique and internationally famous fundraiser dinner event. We practice Sunday 1:30 pm -3:30 pm Tuesday 6pm-7:45pm Wednesday 6pm - 7:45 pm We meet at Dragon Zone clubhouse - just south of Science World in Creekside Park above the Aquabus and dragon boat docks. Our coach Todd Wong has 15+ years of experience including novice, recreational and competitive levels, and both community and corporate teams. Our 2005 Season brought us the David Lam Award for being the team that best represented the multicultural spirit of the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, and Bronze medals at the Vancouver International Taiwanese Dragon Boat Race. In 2007, we won Gold in B Division at Vernon Races. For more information: Click on Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team information phone: 604-987-7124- e-mail: gunghaggis at yahoo dot ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2009 TICKETS Available in October 2008 WHAT: GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner - 12th Annual Dinner, celebrating 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns' birth + Chinese New Year's Eve. WHEN: 6PM January 25 2009, SUNDAY doors open 5pm WHERE: Floata Chinese Restaurant, #400-180 Keefer St. CULTURE: Our Performers create something special for us every year with traditional and contemporary performances featuring everything in-between and beyond! FOOD: A quirky fusion/mix/buffet of Scottish Canadian and Chinese Canadian culture 10 course Chinese banguet dinner 2004 - The debut of Gung Haggis Won-Ton 2005 - Haggis lettuce wrap! 2007 - Haggis dim sum appetizer buffet 2008 - Scotch tastings! Watch for more surprises in 2008! Description of 2006 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dinner featuring performers: Rick Scott & Harry Wong, The Shirleys, Joe McDonald & Brave Waves, Sean Gunn, author Joy Kogawa, with co-host Prem Gill . Media Inquiries Call Gung Haggis Productions 604-987-7124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsors
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Sunday, October 30
Vancouver Chinatown recieves two new "gates": Jade Abacus and white marble gate
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Todd
on Sun 30 Oct 2005 10:34 AM PST
Two new "Gates" were revealed in Vancouver's Chinatown on Oct 22 and Oct 29th.
The first was the gift from Vancouver's sister city of Guangzhou. White marble panels set on the original chinese gate from Expo 86, in front of the Chinese Cultural Centre on Pender St. The second is a public art commission by artist Gwen Boyle, a green jade abacus, at the Keefer St. entrance to "historic" Shanghai Alley. more »
Wednesday, October 26
Artist Gwen Boyle Unveils SUAN PHAN: the jade abacus gateway sculpture
by
Todd
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:57 PM PDT
Artist Gwen Boyle Unveils SUAN PHAN: the jade abacus gateway sculpture
 My new friend Gwen Boyle is unveiling her latest art installation in Chinatown at the intersection of Keefer Street and historic Shanghai Alley. I visited the site, but her jade abacus is still covered up for the Saturday unveiling. Gwen tells me the following: "My grandfather's beautiful wooden magical abacus was the main concept behind Suan Phan As a public artwork Suan Pahn will foster dialogue between strangers (this happened all afterenoon we were working it was great fun).. about family ... as with all first generations - there are tales... especially when I drive around the street with my mother with her memories.. somewhat fading but still intact" Along a short walk, I showed my girlfriend the Shanghai Alley attractions featuring: Millenium Gate, designed by my architect cousin Joe Wai, the Han Dynasty Bell, and the 8 panels depicting Chinese Canadian History that my cousin Hayne Wai was involved with. Below is a press release I wrote for Gwen. October 29 Saturday 3 - 5 p.m. Shanghai Alley, Vancouver Chinatown approximately 35 West Keefer St. between Carrall St. and Abbott St. 1/2 block West of the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden. You are invited to the unveiling of a large jade abacus, an interactive public artwork in the form of a sculptured gate by artist Gwen Boyle. The work is entitled Suan Phan which frames a functioning abacus of carved jade beads. The artist's purpose is to mark time past and the flow of life through historic Shanghai Alley as Chinatown enters a period of urbanization. The sculpture was commisioned by Pinnacle International with the City of Vancouver, Public Art Program. Artist Gwen Boyle spent her childhood in Chinatown living with her mother and grandfather who was a respected jeweller and goldsmith, Dong Jam Lung. He formed traditional icons out of chinese gold and was one of only three goldsmith working in that mode in North America during the 1920's. Gwen's 104 year old mother, Mrs. Daisy Dong will perform the unveiling. She arrived in Canada at age 6, in 1907. Meet the artists and her mother at the reception following the unveiling.  Check out a CBC Radio interview of Gwen at: http://www.cbc.ca/artspots/html/artists/gboyle/ Other Vancouver public art by Gwen Boyle includes: Foot Notes (1994) Fifty-seven unpolished black granite tiles with words randomly into the sidewalk.describing False Creek Basin. Time and the Riverrewinding earth's time tape (1998) in Lang Park, in Richmond BC. New Currents An Ancient Stream (1994) - a cascading urban stream at the Southwest corner of Alberni and Bute St.  Here's a picture of author Joy Kogawa enjoying Gwen's installation work New Currents An Ancient Stream which features the quote from Leonardo da Vinci: "In rivers, the water you touch is the last of what has passed, and the first of that which comes; so with time present." For information contact: Gwen Boyle 604-506-8008 gwenboyle@telus.net Sunday, October 9
Visiting Saltspring Island: A BC paradise - but please... don't tell anyone!
by
Todd
on Sun 09 Oct 2005 11:07 PM PDT
Visiting Saltspring Island: A BC paradise - but please... don't tell anyone!
I visited Saltspring Island 10 days ago, and didn't take a camera nor wrote a word about it yet.... not because it wasn't worthy - but because it pretty well left me speechless, and I have wanted to let it sink in, savour it repeatedly, and absorb it completely. Sunday, October 2
UBC Day of the Longboat - Full contact voyageur canoe bumper car race mayhem
by
Todd
on Sun 02 Oct 2005 11:27 AM PDT
Last year was my first time participating, as I joined up with Tacoma's Destiny Dragons, gathering many Vancouver area paddlers to join in cross-border friendship. This year, I became team photographer due to a shoulder injury. But we had core Gung Haggis team paddlers paddling, as we have a good friendship with the Tacoma Dragon Boat Association and have joined them for events in Tacoma, Seattle, and Vancouver over the past few years. Coach Clem is an ex-patriate Canadian from Alberta, and balances the team on participation and fun. It's always a pleasure to join this crew. more »
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