News Release
2023 春晚海报，由学联会代表徐艺榕设计。2023 Spring Festival Gala poster, designed by CSSA member Yirong Xu.
Kamloops, British Columbia —— Chinese Students & Scholars Association at Thompson Rivers University announces spring festival gala to celebrate the year of the rabbit. This is the first in-person new yew celebration CSSA has brought back since the start of the pandemic.
Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese new year, is the biggest festival in China based on the traditional lunisolar calendar. In the ancient Chinese calendar, a year is divided into 24 solar terms and the first solar term is “LiChun 立春”, which means the start of spring.
The spring festival gala however, is a Chinese new year special broadcasted annually and internationally through the China Global Television Network and has the largest audience of any entertainment show in the world, and is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s most watched television program. The history of the Chinese spring festival gala goes back to early 1983 operating on a very low budget in a studio of about 600 square meters (6,500 square feet).
Watching the Spring Festival Gala show has been a tradition of Chinese people for many years. Family members return to where they were born and raised to reunite with their parents to spend the night together. They prepare meals for the entire family and enjoy the meal while watching this show.
TRUSU Chinese Students & Scholars Association proudly presents the 2023 Spring Festival Gala, the first in-person lunar new year celebration after the pandemic. We sincerely invite you to join us for a great evening, enjoying a Chinese buffet and many outstanding performances from TRU international students.
This event will be hosted on January 28, 2023. Check-in starts at 6:00 PM and the performance will begin at 6:30 PM. Ticket is available through Eventbrite and general admission is $30. Kamloops Ramen Time Restaurant provides a $15 subsidy for the first 100 tickets sold including a $15 restaurant coupon (no minimum spending required). Use promo code “ramentime” to redeem at checkout. Please note that coupons will only be given out to the first 100 ticket purchasers at the venue.
Our event is hosted in Ramen Time Restaurant (the old Boston Pizza in Downtown Kamloops). Free parking is available after 6:00 PM.
Get tickets on Eventbrite (Promo code: ramentime)
Programme
- Spring festival overture, piano solo by Shaoyan Song
- Describe, singing by Lian Zhou
- You exist in my song, singing by Arina
- Endless love, singing by Yiwei Zhao
- Beautiful Chinese classic dance, a dancing performance by Xiezhi Chang
- The sacrifice, singing by Yinan Yang
- Piano solo by Bowen Zhang
- The sea, singing by Hai Wang
- 500 miles, guitar and singing by Pengxu Wang
- The butterfly lovers and my country my people, piano solo by Bowen Zhang
- I can accompany you to wander, singing by Yiran Du
- The moon represents my heart, singing by Becky
- Chinese crosstalk – lighter, by Boyu Wang and Lian Zhou
- As wished, singing by Grace
- The brightest star in the sky, singing by Pi Li Yu Nuo
- Everybody having fun, a group performance by members of TRUCSSA
Dinner (buffet)
- Egg drop soup
- Hot sour soup
- Crab rangoon
- Spring roll
- Chicken chowmein
- Tropical fried rice
- Beef vegetable
- Cashew chicken
- General tso’s chicken
- Mix vegetable
- Sweet and sour fish
- Mapo tofu
Location
Our event is hosted in Ramen Time Restaurant (the old Boston Pizza in Downtown Kamloops). Free parking is available after 6:00 PM.
Check-in
Check-in starts on January 28 at 6:00 PM.
Driving
Ramen Time Restaurant is located at 340 Victoria St #102 (where the old Boston Pizza was). Parking is available along Victoria street and is free after 6:00 PM.
Transit
From TRU, take bus #7 or #9 and get off at 6th Avenue at Victoria. You can then walk for about 5 minutes to get to the restaurant.
Refund Policy
All tickets are non-refundable except for the following circumstances:
- This event is being cancelled
- This event is being rescheduled