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Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Festival 1997
jointly organized by
the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
and
the Art Gallery of Ontario
Saturday, September 13, 1997 & Sunday, September 14, 1997
at
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West
[at the corner of Dundas West & McCaul, three blocks west of St. Patrick Subway]
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Schedule of Activites
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Date, Time & Venue
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Event
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September 13 (Saturday) & 14 (Sunday)
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Weston Hall
12:00 noon
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Lion Dance
accompanied by Chang E, Goddess of the Moon
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Tanenbaum Gallery School
12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. (Satudray) &
12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. (Sunday)
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Crafts of the Mid-Autumn Festival
making of a dragon, lanterns, kites, flowers,
knots, wire sculpture and papier-mâché,
as well as brush painting, calligraphy,
paper-cutting and paper-folding
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Off The Wall! Gallery
12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. (Satudray) &
12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. (Sunday)
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Riddles and Games
prizes for those who can solve the riddles
and answer to the challenge of our games
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Walker Court (Saturday) &
Jackman Hall (Sunday)
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.
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East Meets West Arts Series
East Meets West: In Dance
East Meets West: In Music
a musical comparison of the plucked instruments
of two cultures: the guzheng and the harp
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Education Theatre
3:00 p.m.
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Governor-General's Award winner Paul Yee reads from his acclaimed children's books
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Weston Hall
4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
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Tour of the Gallery in Cantonese
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September 13 (Saturday) only
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Grange Park
4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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Welcoming the Moon Party
the first ever Great Sedan Chair Race
East Meets West Arts Series
East Meets West: In Opera
Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and The Legend
of the White Snake
Korean dances, the Toronto Argonauts cheerleaders,
moon cakes and other bountiful snakes, talks on
the Harvest Moon sky, and an opportunity to do
the Chinese fan dance and the Hawaiian hula dance
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In the event of rain, Grange Park events will be postponed to Sunday, September 14, 1997, following the same schedule. Should there be rain on both days, all stage performances will be cancelled and the Great Sedan Chair Race will take place at the Banquet on Friday, September 19, 1997.
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September 19 (Friday)
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Century Palace Restaurant
398 Ferrier Street, Markham
6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon Festival Banquet
performances by the winners of the CCC's
annual Children's Karaoke Contest
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For further information, please contact the Chinese Cultural Centre at
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Tel: (416) 927-9377
Fax: (416) 927-9377
Email: info@cccgt.org
Back to: CCC Home Page
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