Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder, the Chinatown Community Fair and the CNY Parade are both happening tomorrow, so if you signed up, please be on time! Volunteers for the Parade should get to Columbus and Pacific by no later than 3PM. We have small snack packs for volunteers; supplies are limited, so first come first serve!

Everybody will meet at Columbus and Pacific to sign in and to get some food, but the following people are assigned to work with the Asian Art Museum's float in the parade with our Club Rep, Raymond. He will lead you guys (and gals) to Peet’s Coffee & Tea at 22 Battery Street to get ready.

Tiffany Pang
Cindy Tse
Joanne Kong
Michele Chui
Christine Trinh
Yvonne Kong
Scott Silverman
Kevin Tang
John Li
Raymon Kuang
Serena Luong

Does anybody remember Zheng He from Modern World? Well, the Asian Art Museum float theme is going to be the voyage of admiral Zheng He, a Chinese court official during the Ming Dynasty who sailed from China to many countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Four of the volunteers will stand on the float and act as crew members of the admiral, holding maps, compasses, telescopes, and other maritime equipment. The other eight will march alongside the float as locals of the countries the admiral visited. Your specific assignments will be determined tomorrow.

As for the rest of the volunteers...

Alex Tam
Andy Pang
Henry Tran
Peter Yu
Donald Van
Natassya Tossany
Eleana Hsu

you guys will remain at Columbus and Pacific with the rest of the Chinese Club volunteers (about 50 people). All other volunteers are basically fillers for the other floats in the parade. You may be on a float waving to the people in the side lines or walking along a float carrying some kind of advertisement (flags, banners, etc.). Be flexible!

All Chinese Club and MAD Officers will also be in the parade, so please do not bring anything valuable; there may not be anybody trustworthy to watch your belongings. We are not responsible for any missing or stolen items!

Even though we have small snack sacks ready for our volunteers, you may still get hungry sometime during the parade. Like I said in earlier e-mails, there will most likely be a lot of downtime. Last year, many people were able to sneak off to some fast food place to buy some food. Bring some money, just in case!

The parade will end around 8:30 PM. Even though it is likely that you will all end earlier, please plan to stay until 9PM - it takes time to return all the costumes, props, etc.

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will also be at the Community Fair during the morning shift, so you can find me (and Raymond) there too.

I hope everybody has fun tomorrow! :)