Media Alert for January 25th: CBC Radio "On The Coast", Ming Pao and 24 Hours
Happy Robbie Burns Day...
4pm CBC Radio 690AM interview with Priya Ramu, host of "On The Coast"
Ming Pao will have an interview with me today by reporter Eric Chan. I met up with Eric yesterday at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park in Chinatown. Eric asked some good questions about how I felt Chinese and Caucasian relationships were doing.
"Much better than 100 years ago," I informed him. "In 1907, the Anti-Asiatic league rioted in Chinatown smashing windows and breaking property. There used to be lots of animosity between Chinese and Scots, especially after the murder of Janet Smith, a Scottish nanny, when the Chinese house boy Wong Foon Sing was wrongfully accused but later aquitted.
"Today, Chinese and Scots have gotten over their differences, getting married and having Scottish-Chinese-Canadian babies.
"Is this kind of gimicky?" Chan challenged me.
"No..." I laughed, "Gung Haggis Fat Choy is not gimicky. It is naturally occuring, and I am finding it all over the place. Silk Road Music creates world fusion music... not gimicky. Orchid Ensemble works with Flamenco Mozaico... very incredible! A book launch for "All Mixed Up" literary creations by writers who are sometimes half-Asian, and half-Celtic. This is occuring naturally. Vancouver is Canada's leading city for inter-racial marriages."
Today, January 25th is Robbie Burns Day.
It's going to be another busy day. The SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Festival begins at 10:30am with Human Curling, 11:30 with Dragon Cart Racing, 12:30 Opening Ceremonies, 1:15 Haggis Eating, 1:30 More Dragon Cart racing and awards at 2:30pm.
Somewhere between calling play by play for the Dragon Cart races and emceeing for the Official ceremonies, I will be interviewed by Bob Mackin of 24 Hours, and film a pod cast interview with "Guts McTavish" the Scottish puppet with big white eyebrows.
At 4:00pm, I will be down at the CBC Radio studios for a live radio interview with "On The Coast" host Priya Ramu who will be co-hosting Gung Haggis Fat Choy on January 28th with me. A special kilt was made for Priya, and we will check out this "kilt fitting." Margaret Gallagher will also appear on the show. She is a special literary performer for GHFC, as she will be reading a poem she wrote for the chap book "All Mixed Up" - literary contributions by Hapa (Half-Asian) writers,
Then for 6pm... I will be attending the Burns Supper for the Burns Club of Vancouver, at the Terminal City Club. I am to give the "Address to a Haggis."
