Chinese New Year Celebration at Bonnie Doon Mall

On February 6^th, the CIE was invited by the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association to participate in its annual Chinese New Year celebration at the Bonnie Doon Mall. All the Confucius Classrooms offering Chinese bilingual program also participated in this event and sent their students to perform at the event, such as lion dance, Chinese folk dance, drum show and Chinese traditional music instruments. Many of CIE visiting teachers assisted the students and teachers to organize the performances. CIE also displayed Chinese cultural arts including Chinese knots and Chinese dough arts, which were very popular with many people at the event. Many students and adults showed their great interest in the wonderful skills and beautiful design of these Chinese cultural arts.