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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">February 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Chinese Lantern Festival</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> Greater Vernon Museum & Archives, 3009 - 32<sup>nd</sup> Ave. Vernon, BC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Dates:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Saturday March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Time: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> 5:00pm – 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tickets</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: $50/person<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">250-542-3142 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Join the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (GVMA) and the Chinese community in celebration of the Chinese Spring Lantern Festival, Yuan Xiao Ji, on Saturday March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2018. The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15<sup>th</sup>
day of the first lunar month of the Chinese calendar, this day also marks the last day of Chinese New Year when there is a full moon. This year the Museum will be highlighting this important celebration, which brings together family, friends and loved ones,
on the night on March 3<sup>rd</sup>, from 5pm to 8pm. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="color:black">The evening festivities will be held in an intimate, comfortable setting and will include a traditional Chinese Lantern Festival dinner, provided by the Royal Garden
Restaurant, one free drink, and dance performances by the Rejoicing Team of the Okanagan Chinese Baptist Church. A limited cash bar will also be available.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="color:black">The Chinese Lantern Festival is the first event in the newly created GVMA’s
<i>Celebrate & Learn Series</i>, the brainchild of Vernon Museum Director/Curator, Tracy Satin. “The intention of this new series is to promote awareness, understanding and acceptance of all the cultures that are a part of the Greater Vernon community. We invite
everyone with open arms to come out and Celebrate & Learn with us here at the GVMA.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Tickets for this Greater Vernon Museum & Archives
<span style="color:#1F497D">F</span>undraiser are $50 per person and can be purchased at the museum prior to the event. For more information, please contact the museum at 250-542-3142, visit
<a href="http://www.vernonmuseum.ca">www.vernonmuseum.ca</a> or find us on Facebook.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">Make sure to leave some time when you pick up your tickets to view the Royal BC Museum’s Gold Mountain Dream exhibit. This travelling exhibition explores how the gold rush not only changed the
landscapes and lives in BC, but how this monumental event changed China, as people flocked to a rugged land in search of fortune<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif">. The last day to view this exhibit will
be Wednesday February 28<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:105%"><i>The purpose of the Rejoicing Team of the Okanagan Chinese Baptist Church is to share Chinese cultures with the community through song and dance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Caption: </b>T<span style="color:black">he Rejoicing Team of the Okanagan Chinese Baptist Church will perform during the Chinese Lantern Festival March 3<sup>rd</sup> at the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#002060">Denise Marsh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marketing & Communications Coordinator <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">250.542.3142 <span style="font-family:Symbol">|</span> 3009-32<sup>nd</sup> Ave. Vernon, BC V1T 2L8
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:denise.marsh@vernonmuseum.ca">denise.marsh@vernonmuseum.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note my regular working hours are: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Mondays 9:00am-2:00pm (museum is closed to the public), Wednesdays 9:00am-5:00pm, Thursdays 9:00am-2:00pm & Fridays 9:00am-5:00pm.
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