Think of Asian Night. What comes to your mind? Is it food, talent show, or calligraphy? Asian Night is always well-known for its food and shows. This time, the tradition remains as well as before. The shows were even better than before. Everyone from the T-bird community definitely had an unforgettable party!
The romance of Asia is a mystique from its cultures, languages, and people. You might see various characteristics in back of every booth. They are colorful and vivid grabbing your sights. The food enhanced and reinforced the taste of Asia. The talent shows started from Thai smile club with their traditional dance. Their gorgeous attires were shining as stars on the stages. Japan club’s cosplay dance and nankintamasudare, a traditional mime, brought a lot of laugh and energy to the crowd. Without any language barrier, the audience enjoyed and was amazed. Korea club’s traditional drum festival transmitted the tempo into your heart and pumped with it. I saw that several kids couldn’t help but wave with the sounds. That was touching! Taiwan club’s Eight Sung Commanders presented mostly for fairs at a temple as a ceremony to greet and to welcome Taoist Buddha befalling (all customs were made by students themselves) after graceful folk dance with incense took away many guys’ hearts. Greater China club’s Chinese opera was performed by Jinmin Robert Li, Spring ’06. His voice was so crystal and resonant and also reminded me when my dad sang the Chinese opera at home.
Thanks to Tracey Nguyen, Spring ’06, for organizing another great Asian Night. The kudos also goes to everyone helping and working hard for the party. As an alumnus said then, “Asian Night is definitely one of mystiques in Thunderbird!” Hope that you enjoyed the romance of Asia.
