FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lynda LeVan
Director of External Affairs
423-648-6043, lhl@cdmfun.org
Spectacular Chinese New Year Celebration at Creative Discovery Museum!
February 12, noon – 4 p.m.
Celebrate Chinese New Year with two Lion Dance performances and
a martial arts demonstration
Chattanooga, TN – Children and families are invited to join Creative Discovery Museum for a spectacular celebration with color, tradition, and dance featuring the Chien Hong Lion Dance Troupe. On February 12, 2011, this Atlanta-based dance troupe will present two Lion Dance performances in the Museum Atrium. The dances will begin at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The Chien Hong School’s martial arts performing group will present a martial arts demonstration at 2:00 p.m. The martial arts performing group includes national and regional competitors and award winners in various martial arts contests in America and Taiwan R.O.C.
From noon to 4 p.m., the Museum will celebrate with additional festive activities including constructing paper lanterns, reading books about the Chinese New Year, and making miniature paper lions. Chinese cooking demonstrations will also be offered at 12pm in CDM's Culinary Corner.
"Creative Discovery Museum's Chinese New Year event is a special time for families to celebrate a cultural tradition while engaging in a rich, and colorful arts experience, states Arts Manager Liza Blair."
The Chien Hong Liondance Troupe is based in Atlanta, Georgia and has been serving that area since the Chien Hong School of Kung Fu's opening in 1995. The troupe is the oldest continuously performing Lion Dance team in the area. Chien Hong School Wu Guan's Chinese martial arts performing group is formed by a group of expert martial artists and is the only martial arts team that emphasizes on-stage performances.
The 2011 Chinese New Year celebration is sponsored by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Activities and performances are free with admission to the Museum. For more information, visit www.cdmfun.org.
About Creative Discovery Museum
Creative Discovery Museum is open Mon-Sat: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun: noon-5 p.m. 321 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Creative Discovery Museum is recognized as one of the top children’s museums in the nation. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational enrichment for children age’s 4-months to 12-years-old through interactive, hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking. Creative Discovery Museum focuses on a broad range of areas encompassed by Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Technology and the Sciences. In addition to its exhibits, Creative Discovery Museum provides local residents and visitors with special events, educational programming, teacher resources for the classroom, field trips, after school programming, early childhood education classes, artist residencies, camps, art lessons, science demonstrations, and a branch of the local library. Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Tickets: $10.95 for children and adults. 321 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402. For more information, call (423) 756-2738, or visit www.cdmfun.org.
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