It's the 146th birthday of Dr. Sun Yat-sen today. I got up early to join a group of 1500 people to sing "National Anthem 國歌", "Our National Father 我們國父", "Plum Blossom 梅花", "Ode of the Republic of China 中華民國頌", to show our respect and love to our national father. President Ma Ying-jeou also joined the 1000 people singing event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Repulic of China.In the afternoon, Hsin-tien Women's Chorus of 27 members sang a Sichuan folk song "Hooray, the Sun Rises" on stage, among 46 choruses from all over the island. It was a meaningful gathering for singers to exchange ideas and to share joy in choral music.
After the concert, I saw the commemoration exhibition of ROC's 100th anniversary and watched the changing of guards in front of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's statue. I waited in line to receive a golden pin of our national father with our national flag. It was a precious gift to remind me of the singing event today.
After having a cup of afternoon coffee with Hsin-tien Women Chorus members, I rushed to Division H X'mas Party preparatory meeting at President Gina's place. Gina prepared a full table of food, including beef noodles as the main dish and Chinese style coleslaw as the side dish. Before dinner, Carol taught Brian how to brew freshly made coffee with her coffee brewing devises and porcelain coffee set. Erin helped Gina make the bubbled milk. I enjoyed two big cups of coffee, Kenya straight and TAS blended.
In the evening, Gina gave a comprehensive presentation with more than 200 slides about her recent tour in Russia. Roy, the tour manager, brought two Russian dancers outfits for Erin and me to try on. We watched the DVD of folk dance show at Nikolayevsky Palace in Saint Petersburg for two hours. I am responsible to choreograph a few Russian dancing steps for Toastmasters to have fun at Division H X'mas Party Saturday evening, December 17th. I wish many Toastmasters can enjoy the Russian Night produced by Grand Toastmasters Club.
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