2014 Liverpool Mutual Homes Funding Scheme

We were funded by Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) to deliver several Chinese cultural projects in 2014.  Now the scheme has successfully completed. The projects we delivered with LMH scheme include 

1. Year of the Horse 2014 Chinese New Year Variety Show 
2. Handel Court 
3. Light Night 2014
4. Appledore Court
5. Dragon Boat Festival 2014 

1. Year of the Horse 2014 Chinese New Year Variety Show

We produced Year of the Horse Chinese Cultural Show to celebrate 2014 Chinese New Year on 1st February at Unity Theatre, who we have been working with in the past three years to put on a Chinese New Year show. 

We had a full house and the theatre was packed with people of different ages and backgrounds, which produced great festival atmosphere. The show had performances from local and regional artists featuring traditional Chinese Han Tang dance, Classical Chinese dance, Chinese folk & ethnic dance, Break dance in fusion with Chinese Kung Fu, Classical Chinese music and Chinese pop music performed on Chinese Harp (Guzheng) and Chinese flute (dizi). The show was very eclectic, authentic and innovative presenting different aspects of Chinese culture including history, literature, tradition, ethnicity, modernity and integration of Chinese culture in the British society. 

FEEDBACK

We received very positive feedback from the audience and the theatre. Here are a couple of the feedback: 

 

VIDEOS 

Here is the highlights of the show. 

Watch videos of the whole show please visit 

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLppDx5r47EP0Sw9Py_rhSIVXcY99Dm3CP 

PHOTOS

Here are some photos from the show. Check our album here: 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151932971023339.1073741848.49603953338&type=3

 

 

PRESS

We had extensive media coverage for our show including locally Liverpool Echo, BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool Confidential, Click Liverpool, Bay TV, Art In Liverpool, Your Move magazine, regionally BBC Radio Manchester, nationally My Asian Planet, internationally Xinhua Net, China National TV, China Daily, Global Time, People Daily China, China Military Online

Liverpool Echo

2. Handel Court

We visited one of the LMH sheltered schemes, Handel Court, on Lodge Lane on 17th February. We delivered Chinese music and dance performances and workshops in Chinese dance and lantern making. We had about 30 people participating in the event. The participants and Manager gave us very good feedback. Check photos here. 

3. Light Night 2014

We presented a Chinese cultural programme with performances in Chinese dance, music, Taichi and Taichi workshop on Friday 16th May at Museum of Liverpool.  We had 500/600 audience and received wonderful feedback from the funder, venue and audience. David Pye  from LMH attended the event and gave a speech. Check photos here. Julia Bryan from Education department in Museum of Liverpool commented: 

"The performances by China Pearl during Light Night were beautiful and professional, exceptionally well received by our visitors and attracted huge audiences. At the Museum of Liverpool we aim to demonstrate the contribution of different communities to the history and status of the city over a long period of time throughout our exhibitions and as such we are keen to showcase talent of our local performers which reinforce this message."

4. Appledore Court

We visited another LMH sheltered schemes, Appledore Court, in Garsden on 3rd June. We delivered Chinese music and dance performances and workshops in Chinese dance and lantern making. We had about 12 people participating in the event. The participants and Manager gave us very good feedback. Check photos here. 

5. Dragon Boat Festival 2014 

We organised an event to celebrate a tradtional Chinese festival Dragon Boat Festival on 7th June at World Museum Liverpool. We had lion dance, martial arts, Chinese drum, Chinese music, Chinese dance as well as workshops in martial arts, Tai Chi and Chinese dance. We had about 350 people watching or participating in the workshops on the day and received great feedback from the audience and participants. We also had an honour to have Liverpool Lord of Mayor 2013-2014 Councillor Gary Millar, Young Lord Mayor and Junior Lord Mayor attending the event and taking part in activities on the day. Check photos here and the video here.