Kansas City Chinese Speech Contest – Final Competition January 31, 2015 at Chinese New Year Celebration

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For Youth, University Students, and Adults

Information and Registration Form

Sponsored by the Confucius Institute of the University of Kansas, the Center for East Asian Studies of the University of Kansas

And the Kansas City Chinese American Association

 

Preliminary Competition by Video Submission Due

Friday, January 23, 2015 8:00pm

 

Final Competition January 31, 2015

9:00am to 11:30am, Awards Ceremony at 12:00pm

Johnson County Community College (exact times to be confirmed)

 

Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in a Chinese program in any K12 school, university, or Chinese weekend school (or homeschool Chinese program), and adult learners are eligible. All contestants must be recommended by their respective Chinese language teacher (can be parent/homeschool teacher).

 

Please email the form below (can be in the body of an email) as instructed. Contestants should then submit a video entry by uploading it onto YouTube using the “Unlisted” privacy setting, then email the link to your video to ciku@ku.edu.

Here is a link to the YouTube help page on Unlisted videos: http://preview.tinyurl.com/bgp6cqt

 

In your email with the link, please include the following text:

By emailing the link to my “Unlisted” YouTube video, I hereby give permission for Kansas City Chinese Speech Contest judges to view and judge my speech competition entry.

 

The top contestants in each division will be invited to compete in the finals at Johnson County Community College on January 31, 2015.

 

Technical requirements:

Please record your video in MPEG-4. Do not add background music or other sound effects; Do not use PowerPoint, props, or other visual aids; Outdoor or indoor backgrounds are acceptable. A quiet environment, with as little ambient noise as possible, is recommended. Videocamera angle should show the speaker’s head and shoulders (or from the waist up).

 

All speeches should be memorized and delivered in Mandarin Chinese without notes, printed materials, or Powerpoint. The contestant should compose his or her original speech. Speeches may quote other authors’ works but the majority of the work should be original. The contestant’s teacher may check the accuracy of the speech and suggest edits consistent with the student’s level of training.  

 

The speech time limits and themes for each division are listed below.

 

It is the responsibility of the contestant’s teacher to place each student in the most appropriate category commensurate with the student’s training.  The organizing committee, however, reserves the …

Concert: Evening in Wartime Shanghai – Monday, October 20, 7pm Jewish Community Center

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Dear All:
Please join us for this very special event.
On the eve of World War II, over 18,000 Jewish refugees escaped the holocaust in Europe to find refuge in Shanghai. At that time, almost all other countries closed their doors to the Jewish refugees. Shanghai generously gave them refuge.
In 2007, the Hongkou District Government of Shanghai decided to commemorate this unique phase of history shared by the people of Shanghai and the Jewish refugees by opening the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum. A traveling exhibit from that museum will be on display at Union Station on Friday Oct. 17 and then at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park for the next three weeks.
 
Although there was much suffering in Shanghai during those wartime years by both Chinese residents and international refugees from all over the world, Shanghai in the 1930s and early 40s was also a time of great artistic expression. The musical scene was rich and varied. Jazz and western classical music grew in popularity, while Chinese traditional music took on new forms and audiences. The Jewish refugees also added Klezmer and Jewish folk music to the mix.
On Monday, October 20, we will honor the indomitable spirit of the musicians and artists of wartime Shanghai.
Please join us to commemorate this little known chapter in the history of modern China and of the Jewish diaspora.
Come and hear some Chinese music of the 1930s (Tianya genu!), Prokofiev, Klezmer, Jazz, and Yiddish folk music, as well as poetry and stories of wartime Shanghai.
Celebrate the international spirit of friendship that was formed through shared hardship and artistic expression during those years.
 
Monday, Oct. 20, 2014
7pm reception and viewing of panels from the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum
7:30 Concert begins
 
Jewish Community Center
5801 West 115th St.
Overland Park, KS
 
This event is free and open to the public.
Please let us know you are coming so that we can have an accurate headcount for the reception dimsum.
Call 913-327-8007 or email jillm@jewishkc.org for reservations.
Walk-ins will also be welcomed on a space-available basis.
 
Information at jcckc.org/jll
And http://confucius.ku.edu/Shanghai_on_the_Eve_of_WWII_Concert
 
If you cannot make it to the concert and still want to see the panels from the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum, please join us at a
reception and viewing of display from the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum:
 
Jarvis Hunt
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2014 KCCAA Passport / Visa Event

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2014年10月25日芝加哥总领馆赴堪萨斯州办证通知

为落实“以人为本”理念，服务广大侨胞，芝加哥总领馆与堪萨斯城中美联合会将于10月25日为在领馆范围内中国公民办理护照、旅行证、健在证明和香港特区护照申请，以及赴华签证 (KCCAA代办)。具体安排和有关要求如下：　　 

一、办证安排

时间：10月25日 (周六) 上午09:00 –下午17:00

地点:   Indian Creek Church, Room 011

12480 S Black Bob Rd, Olathe, KS 66062

协办方：堪城中美联合会 （KCCAA），WWW.KCCAA.ORG

预约方式：发邮件kccaaboardofdirectors@yahoo.com，写明办证类别及人数。

办理方式：一律按预约时间段顺序办理。具体预约时间会在办证前以邮件方式通知。

 

二、 文件及收费要求

具体信息要求请参照领馆网页如下:

http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/chn/zytz/t1197795.htm

 

三、KCCAA办证收费

护照、旅行证：$30 (KCCAA 会员和非会员), 需现金支付。

签证:   $20 (KCCAA 会员），$30 (非会员）, 需现金支付。

 

Event: : 2014 KCCAA Passport/Visa Event

Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm on Saturday October 25th, 2014

Location: Indian Creek Church, Room 011

                 12480 S Black Bob Rd, Olathe, KS 66062

Sponsor: KCCAA WWW.KCCAA.ORG

Please email kccaaboardofdirectors@yahoo.com for an appointment. Please indicate the visa/passport categories and the number of the applications in your email.

The assigned time will be emailed to the applicants a week before the event date. Please come at your assigned time.

Cost:

Passport and Travel Documents：$30 member and non-member, cash only.

Visa:   $20 member and $30 non-member, cash only.

For required and support documents, please visit http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/ywzn/qzhz/…

Beijing Normal University Art Troupe Performance Sept. 26 7pm at Blue Valley Northwest High School ( FREE to the public)

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This event is sponsored by the Confucius Institute of the University of Kansas, in celebration of the worldwide 10th Anniversary of the Confucius Institutes. This performance is free to the public. 

Date/Time: 7:00pm Friday, September 26

Location: Blue Valley Northwest High School Performing Arts Center, 13260 Switzer, Overland Park, KS 

For more information on the KU Confucius Institute, see www.confucius.ku.edu.

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