{"id":70774,"date":"2017-08-12T09:55:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=70774"},"modified":"2017-06-29T03:01:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T07:01:29","slug":"the-27th-annual-hong-kong-dragon-boat-festival-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=70774","title":{"rendered":"THE 27th ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday August 12 and Sunday August 13 2017<br \/>\nFLUSHING MEADOWS PARK<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dragon-Boat-Festival_main.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[70774]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70775\" title=\"Dragon-Boat-Festival_main\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dragon-Boat-Festival_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10:30 &#8211; 11:30 (10 am setup) Chinese Music Ensemble of New York<br \/>\nIn this performance a smaller ensemble plays a selection of their repertoire complete with drums and cymbals. Featuring some of the younger members in traditional costume and solo performances.<\/p>\n<p>11:30 &#8211; 12:30 Opening Ceremonies<br \/>\nOpening Ceremonies with invited dignitaries, Dragon Dancing Team\/Percussions, Wakening of the Dragon, Team Parade<\/p>\n<p>1:00 &#8211; 2:00. Echo Music Jam Band<br \/>\nA collaboration between musicians in the Echo music scene and talented local singers that together showcase the best of Pop, Rock, Alternative, and Metal music. For DBF they will present a fusion of Canto and American pop.<\/p>\n<p>2:00 &#8211; 3:00. Valerie Green\/Dance Entropy<br \/>\nValerie Green\/Dance Entropy will perform WILD KINGDOM: a vibrant, fun-filled dance. The company will present three works: Dandia, Chiquita Chiquita, and Wild Kingdom, all stimulating crowd pleasers, getting audience members dancing and laughing &#8211; a hit for all ages to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>3:00 &#8211; 4:00. Shaolin Masters<br \/>\nShaolin Masters from New York Shaolin Temple. Led by Master Chaohai Lan, perform martial arts in the tradition of the Shaolin Temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday August 12 and Sunday August 13 2017 FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70776,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70774\/revisions\/70776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}