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to the 25th Anniversary of the Annual Oregon Asian Celebration!
The 2010 event is planned for
February 20 & 21
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p. m. and
Sunday 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m.
Lane Events Center at the Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene, Oregon
* Planning for the 2010 Oregon Asian Celebration events are currently underway. New activities/events are being added as they become confirmed. Feel free to click on the links to the left to view some of the exciting activities planned for this year. If the schedule is from 2009, please check back soon to see the 2010 schedule of activities, as they will be posted, shortly.
This year's 2010 event theme is "Reflections of Asia" in honor of our 25th year! Bring the family to enjoy and explore many aspects of Asian cultural heritage in the expansive Lane Events Center.
The Oregon Asian Celebration is produced by an all-volunteer committee of dedicated and fun-loving people whose mission it is to create opportunities that foster friendship and harmonious relations among all people, and to enhance appreciation and understanding of Asian cultural heritage.
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As part of this year's Celebration, don't miss our partner events:
For details, contact David Tam at davidyuentam@hotmail.com.
4th Annual Pacific Martial Arts Conference
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sponsored by Best Martial Arts Institute
Location of event:Eugene School of Karate
921 International Way, Springfield, OR
Free, $10 donation requested
www.pacificmartialartsconference.com
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
What is the Japanese Woodblock Print?
January 12 through April 4, 2010
University of Oregon
Chinese New Year Celebration
A partner event with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
University of Oregon
February 13th at 6:00 p.m.
Many Nations Longhouse
University of Oregon
Sponosred by the Chinese American Benevolent Association
Asian Cultural Stories
A family event with Spring Atman
2:00-4:00 pm
Smith Family Bookstore
525 Willamette St.
Eugene, OR
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* Asian Celebration Admission
is only $4.00. Kids ages 12 and under are free!
* Event Site Map of Activities |
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February 20 and 21, 2010
Lane Events Center/Fairgrounds, Eugene OR
“Reflections of 25 Years”
Eugene OR – Twenty-five years ago, no one really planned that an evening of Asian cultural entertainment would later blossom into a two-day festival and become one of Lane County’s longest running cultural festival. The Eugene-Springfield Asian Council will celebrate their 25th year of presenting the Oregon Asian Celebration on February 20 and 21 at the Lane Events Center at the fairgrounds in Eugene OR.
The doors open at 10:00 a.m. both days and conclude at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The key to its success, says event chair David Tam, is the volunteer commitment of the Asian community to bring Lane County citizens two days of cultural entertainment and education for the entire family that is unmatched anywhere else in the state. “It started as an evening of dinner entertainment for visiting Taiwanese dignitaries and then city of Eugene officials at that time asked the Asian community, how can we make this a bigger event for the rest of the community to enjoy,” Tam said.
Each year the event featured a different theme and this year is no different. The theme “Reflections of Asia” can be found throughout festival venue at the Lane Events Center where visitors can Asian culture through the five physical senses of sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.
Visitors will be visually treated to colorfully adorned dancers, hear traditional instruments of Japan, China, Indonesia, the Middle East, and Hawaii. Smell the aroma of Asian delicacies and taste an array of popular food favorites that are only available at the event once a year. Enjoy the thunderous roar of taiko drums by the Portland Taiko, one of the West Coast’s premier taiko groups or take the kids to the Youth Room where they partake in. Children plenty of hands-on Asian craft activities from making Japanese fish prints to folding paper ornaments. click here for more
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