- Moon Festival We will
celebrate this event on September 19th from 4:00 to
6:00 pm at our usual location: the outdoor area at
Central Market North on Lamar near 38th Street.
We plan to modify some of the activities somewhat to
reduce risk of COVID.
Here are the planned activities:
— Ms. Jellybean will make balloon animals.
— There will be gift bags for kids with moon cakes
inside.
— Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team will perform. We are
planning to have kids drop the hong bao in a bucket
vs. have them give it directly to the lions. The
lions
can collect the bucket at the end of the dance.
— We will sail tea lights on a raft to send our
thanks
and wishes to the moon.
- FCC Swim Get Together
August 7th at Deep Eddy Pool, 5:00 to 7:00 pm. FCC
Austin is going to have a little (or big) swim
get-together to do some swimming and hang out.
Afterwards, some of us plan to get some pizza, or
other quick dinner, nearby. Entrance fee is $3 for
kids up to 17 yrs old, $5 for adults (fee is a
little
more if you are a non-Austin resident). There is a
good size parking lot but it fills up sometimes;
good
alternative parking is on Veterans Drive to the
East,
with a good pedestrian cut-through near the pool
entrance to access that street.
- Virtual Chinese New Year
Celebration/Dumpling Party will be on
Saturday, February 27, at 5:30 pm. Contact Marianne Reat for
the zoom details. Provided here
is a simple recipe for pork dumplings. You should
prepare the filling for the dumplings before the
celebration’s scheduled time. Your dumpling wrappers
should be thawed out if they were frozen, but keep
them cool. If they get too soft, they might tear. Of
course, you can use your own recipe if you prefer.
Other things to look forward to during our
celebration:
— Trivia game presented by some of our young
teenagers
(this will be fun!)
— Election of officers
— Information about Year of the Ox t-shirts
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