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VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR - “TẾT” FESTIVAL 2008
XUÂN TÌNH THƯƠNG 2008 – TORONTO
www.xuantinhthuong.org
Email:
xuantinhthuong2008@hotmail.com
2380 Keele Street, Toronto Ontario M6M 4A5 Canada
Tel: 647-818-9865 416-838-9369
Message from the Chair of the Organizing Committee:
The Vietnamese New Year “TẾT” Festival
of “Xuân Tình Thương“ 2008 – The Year of the Rat.
A Community and Cultural Celebration for
Charity and Good Causes.
With the support and sponsorship from various corporate and community
organizations in the Greater Toronto Area, the Organizing Committee of
the Vietnamese New Year “TET” Festival of XUAN TINH THUONG 2008 is
organizing a celebration of the Lunar New Year 2008 – the year of the
RAT. The Organizing Committee has entered into its 6th year in
organizing this one-day event at the International Centre, Mississauga,
Ontario. The goal is to preserve and promote cultural festivities in
Canada. This special event showcases a wide range of professional and
community performing artists, business and corporate displays,
traditional and non-traditional activities, talents competitions, food
fair, and much more.
In the past years, this event has been sponsored by major corporations
such as the Western Union, Clarica Financial Services, Honda
Incorporation, Toyota Incorporation and Ontario Academy of Music, etc.
Each year this one-day event attracts ten thousand Vietnamese and
friends. Hundreds of volunteers contribute their countless time, skills
and talents to make this event a huge success. The New Year “TET”
Festival of Xuân Tình Thương 2008 will continue to aim at charity work
and community development. Profits generated from the event will be
donated for good causes.
The Vietnamese New Year “TET” Festival of “XUAN TINH THUONG 2008” will
be held at the International Centre, 6900 Airport Road in the city of
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, January 19, 2008 from 1:00pm
to 11:00 P.M. A public reception and an opening ceremony will kick off
the event in the presence of dignitaries from the government, community
organizations, corporate and community businesses, honourary individuals
and volunteers. The dignitaries will be invited to deliver their New
Year’s greetings to the Vietnamese community in the Greater Toronto Area
and its surrounding vicinity. Traditional ceremony to welcome the New
Year will also be conducted before thousands of audience and is followed
by various performing arts throughout the day. Guests will have a chance
to visit community and business booths, sample cultural food,
participate in various games and talents competitions, and win some
prizes. This is a perfect opportunity to meet and greet thousands of
participants.
The daylong cultural celebration of the “TET” Festival is a proud
contribution of the Vietnamese community which has the sole objective to
promote multiculturalism in Canada and to do some charity work.
The Organizing Committee wishes you all the best in your endeavors in
the coming Lunar New Year – The Year of the Rat 2008. We look forward to
welcoming you at the festival.
Warm Regards,
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Tom Thuan Ngoc Pham, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW
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