The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Page: 3 of 8
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students Friday.
Participating in the show were
students from Africa Latin America
Asia and other parts of the world.
Attendance for the show was
higher than ever before said Lovey
Chin junior advertising and public
relations major from Singapore.
"A lot of hard work was put in by
the international students" Chin
said.
She also credited the Students'
Association for actively helping with
the production of the show.
The show was produced by the
International Students Association
with help from the SA Campus Life
and faculty and staff members.
Directing the performance was
Charlie Indrakamhang junior mar-
kctlng major from Thailand and
hosting the show was Kenneth Ngo
sophomore music major from Sln-
gaporp. Preceding the show was a reccp-
' tion nt 6:15 p.m. with refreshments.
During the reception students and
other attendees were given the
opportunity to talk with the per-
formers in-person.
The show started with Ngo lead-
ing the audience in an opening song
followed by Jarabe Taqatlllo a dance
representing Hispanic culture.
Next was African Muchato a skit
featuring several actors and actresses
from Kenya Uganda Zaire and Zim-
babwe. During the skit two goats strug-
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flicting cultures between Asian and
European people.
Weekend to Turkey was a video
played by Doga Taslardan junior
public relations major from Turkey.
Despite Initial difficulties with the
video equipment the audience was
able to leam about Turkeys signifi-
cance as a cradle of civilization and
home of the early Christians as well
as about Its wealth of Islamic culture
and beautiful beaches.
Can You Speak Chinese? a soft-
ware package created by Takl Che-
ung graduate student in digital
media from Hong Kong was pre-
sented during the show. A partici-
pant from the audience was chosen
to learn Chinese words by selecting
words on the computer screen that
matched the corresponding sounds.
Afterwards was "Que Lavreles tan
vcrdes" a tragedy song sung in
Spanish Later "Liu Yang He" a
piano piece reflecting the nationality
of China was performed.
After the piano performance was a
fashion show where students
walked across the stage wearing the
latest Thai apparel. Then Cheung led
the audience in the "Hong Kong
Rap" sung in Chinese.
Another Hispanic dance La Ncg-
ra was followed by the "Hong Kong
Rap" which led to a small skit and
song teaching about courtesy led
again by Ngo.
The audience also learned about
the sword fighting art of Kendo and
audience members were randomly
selected by their tickets to partici-
pate in the sword fighting.
Finishing the show was a grand
finale of the international students
poking fun at several stereotypes of
Americans. Ngo ended the show
with a song on the piano singing a
summary of the shows theme: "No
matter where we are we are one."
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