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Chinese New Year Gala Entry Wins Prize in Local Parade

By Ruby Lee
Epoch Times San Diego Staff
 Dec 16, 2005

PARADE AWARDS: Volunteers from the NTDTV 2006 Chinese New Year Gala parade entry stand with Escondido City Councilman Ed Gallo (left) and Escondido Jaycees President Jeff Ciccarella at the awards ceremony at Grape Day Park following the Escondido Jaycees Christmas Parade. The first-time participants won third place in their division. (The Epoch Times)
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ESCONDIDO, CA — Santa hats, marching bands, and Christmas crowds lined the streets of Escondido on Dec. 10, as the Escondido Jaycees hosted their 55th Annual Christmas Parade. Added to the mix this year were six spinning Chinese umbrellas, held by a group of dancers representing New Tang Dynasty TV's 2006 Chinese New Year Gala.

The volunteers from the NTDTV Chinese New Year Gala, first-time participants in the Escondido parade, won a third place trophy in the Novelty Walking Group division.

Many in the crowd commented on the dancers' brightly-colored traditional Chinese costumes, based on styles worn during the Tang Dynasty (approximately 600 A.D. to 900 A.D.), one of the most glorious periods of Chinese history.

According to the volunteers from New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV), the station hopes to share the traditional values and culture from China's past, much of which has been lost in recent years, with people in the San Diego community through the NTDTV Gala.

"It's great to be in the parade, to bring some Chinese culture to the community," said 16-year-old high-school student Ying-Ying Zhang, one of the dancers. This was Zhang's second parade as part of the Gala, as she also participated in the La Jolla Holiday Parade on Dec. 4. "It's a lot of fun, and it's supporting a good cause," she added.

One of NTDTV's missions is to foster understanding between people of different cultures, and the Gala, which unites performers and audience members from different cultural backgrounds, plays a major part in that.

Another important mission for the station is to protect the free flow of information to and from China.

SPECIAL CITY, SPECIAL EVENT: Proud Escondido resident Yolanda Fleet, of the Woman?s Club of Escondido, holds up an Epoch Times article on the Escondido City Council?s proclamation for the NTDTV 2006 Chinese New Year Gala. Fleet was delighted to learn that Escondido will be one of only 16 cities around the world to host the NTDTV Gala. (The Epoch Times)
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Local residents warmly welcomed the NTDTV Gala to the parade. Yolanda Fleet, of the Woman's Club of Escondido, was delighted that Escondido would be one of only 16 cities around the world to host the Gala, along with New York, Paris, Sydney and Seoul.

A total of 115 entrants participated in the Escondido parade, and organizers estimated that 5,000-10,000 people attended. As the Gala dancers passed the people lining the streets, the beauty of sharing between different cultures was plain to be seen. Smiles all around.

The NTDTV 2006 Chinese New Year Gala will be held at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido on Feb. 9, 2006. For more information, please visit www.gala.ntdtv.com , or www.sd-gala.com .

The Epoch Times is proud to join with New Tang Dynasty T.V. and Sound of Hope Radio in co-sponsoring "Myths and Legends," NTDTV's Chinese New Year Global Gala. This article is one of a series meant to introduce this unique and important event.