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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing
Committee in Chicago will celebrate their 3rd annual Chinese New Year
Celebration in January, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year is the most colorful
and important of China's fetes and the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and
Japanese celebrate their ancient tradition through family reunion and
performing arts; and
WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope is a non-profit
organization dedicated to facilitate cultural communications between the
East and the West, and to assist the public in their search for valuable
cultural knowledge; and
WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope aims to enrich the lives
of the public and to promote racial harmony through media pluralism and
cross cultural understanding; and
WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope has organized the 2008
Chinese New Year Spectacular to perform three live shows here in Chicago
on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Arie Crown
Theatre at McCormick Place; and
WHEREAS, the core values of Chinese culture:
benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faithfulness have
been discarded in China’s Cultural Revolution; and
WHEREAS, the Spectacular, entitled “Myths and
Legends,” presents genuine Chinese culture without Communist Party
culture, showcases a renaissance and reclamation of the long-lost
treasures of China; and
WHEREAS, the Spectacular provides a platform for
cross-cultural understanding between the East and the West, and a
unifying event for all people interested in Chinese culture; and
WHEREAS, renowned international artists will be
invited to perform in the same stage; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOVLED, that we, the Major and the members of
the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this 9th Day of
January in 2008, do hereby extend to the members of the Sound of Hope
Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee
in Chicago our sincerest congratulations and support for the 2008
Chinese New Year Global Spectacular festivities, as well as our best
wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and
BE IT FURHTER RESOVLED, that a suitable copy of this
resolution be made available to the Sound of Hope Organization and the
Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago.
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