May 2000 - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration - May 2000
Cultural Program
"Asian Pacific Americans: Voices For The Millenium"
May 15, 2000 - Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building, Room 331, Chicago IL
Co-sponsored jointly by:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 5
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Food & Nutrition Service - Midwest Region
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development - Midwest Region

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	Program emcee Bill Tong, EPA Asian Pacific special emphasis program manager		David Ullrich, Acting Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA - Region 5, opening remarks

Shree Mohanty, USDA-FNS Asian Pacific special emphasis program manager		Opening remarks by USDA-FNS official

	Jamie Liu (Chinese Fine Arts Society) performs 3 violin solos by Chinese composers: Azalea In Bloom, Joy of Spring, and Elegy

		Nan Zhang (Chinese Fine Arts Society) performs Dance of the Duan Huang

	Nan Zhang (Chinese Fine Arts Society) performs Dance of the Duan Huang

	Marlon Pecson performs traditional Filipino folk songs

			Paul Francisco (right) and a friend sing a Filipino folk song

	Keynote Speaker Bharat Mathur, Director of the Air & Radiation Division, U.S. EPA - Region 5

		Keynote Speaker Bharat Mathur receives award plaque

	Jay Thakkar, past EPA Asian Pacific special emphasis program manager (1990-1993)	Bill Tong introducing The Sunrise Chorus to the stage

	Lori Ho conducts the Sunrise Chorus (Chinese Fine Arts Society) perform traditional Chinese folk songs: After Glow, The Mystic Mountain, What Is Love, Dragon - The Greatest.

		The Sunrise Chorus (Chinese Fine Arts Society)

Tthe Sunrise Chorus (Chinese Fine Arts Society) singing its finale

Belinda Francisco, HUD Asian Pacific special emphasis program manager