龍年春節慶祝活動
2024年春節晚會是由蒙哥馬利中文分會主辦和雙湖中文分會協辦，共同策劃了一場精彩的慶祝中國新年活動。本次晚會在Seneca支聯會中心舉辦，吸引了超過200人共同參與。這次的活動由李亭慧姐妹和黃新員弟兄經過大約2個月的籌劃，晚會主持人是Wesley魏弟兄和黃利中弟兄，我們邀請了王麗芳姐妹為我們控制音效，Greg李弟兄負責電腦控制。盧妹美姐妹製作了精美的傳單。
晚會一開始，由黃新員弟兄做開會禱告。緊接著由蒙哥馬利分會趙會長和雙湖分會的孟會長致詞揭開序幕。
首先，由男青年和傳教士獻上了動感的舞獅表演拉開精彩的春節節目序曲，男青年和傳教士的舞獅表演展現了中華的文化魅力。 此外，千榮舞蹈團為我們帶來了令人驚歎的茉莉花舞蹈，為活動增添了別樣的藝術氛圍。 然後，長老定額組也為我們朗誦了中文、越南文和俄文的詩詞，讓人感受到了濃濃的新年情懷。緊接著由雙湖分會的蘇姐妹為大家帶來大提琴的表演，深情款款，琴聲悠揚。
夏冰老師帶領的古箏學生為我們帶來了精彩的表演，演奏了經典的《蘭亭序》和《春節序曲》，讓人沉醉其中，這些優美的樂曲不僅展示了古箏的魅力，也為活動增添了文藝雅緻的氛圍，為大家帶來了一場視聽盛宴。 感謝夏冰老師的學生們的精彩演出！
這次春節活動還有許多其他精彩的節目！傳教士們為我們傳達了耶穌基督的福音信息，讓人心靈受到啟發和鼓舞。劉淑澄姐妹為我們帶來了感人至深的搖籃曲《盼》的舞蹈，展現了優美的舞姿和動人的情感。此外，男女青年合奏的《步步高》弦樂表演，展示了他們的團隊合作和努力訓練的成果，讓我們感受到了音樂的魅力和力量。其後，熱心的Athena為我們吹奏了橫笛《我只在乎你》，將美妙的旋律帶給了全場觀眾。然後有慈助會的活動《八十年代流行歌曲猜一猜》，最後隨著蒙哥馬利中文分會唱詩班的《Where is Heaven？》以及《春節序曲》的表演劃下圓滿的句點。這場活動彙聚了各種形式的文化藝術表演，為現場觀眾帶來了一場豐富多彩的文化盛宴，共同慶祝了傳統佳節，留下了美好的回憶。
一個大型的慶祝活動的成功少不了許多幕後英雄的奉獻，在晚會的舞台上看到大型的春聯字帖是由薛糧輝姊妹在日常工作之餘，利用時間揮毫而成。晚會當天的年菜都是由分會的弟兄姊妹主動報名協助烹煮，這些在家烹煮的佳餚既衛生又營養。在晚會中需要補充食材或補充餐具的時候，我看見小沈姊妹與王丹平姊妹在廚房與活動現場進進出出跑得兩頰紅通，米姐妹更是在廚房中將大型鍋盤餐具刷洗得晶亮忙個不停，蔡弟兄也是隨時隨地處於備戰狀態，注意活動現場是否進行順暢，張艷蘋姐妹上上下下裡裡外外為大家拍照，用相片留下美好的回憶。當然，還有許多其他幕後英雄的奉獻，讓我們200多位的弟兄姊妹賓至如歸，一起共度春節美好的時光。感謝有神的愛，讓我們能夠凝聚在一起共同為推動神的事工一起努力。
For the first time in the branch's history, the Branch 2024 Chinese New Year Celebration took place at the Seneca Stake Center in Germantown MD. This historical event was organized by Charles and Sara Huang. They coordinated the event with the Twin Lakes Mandarin Branch. After almost 2 months of preparation, the setup and rehearsal was held on the evening of Friday, February 16, 2024. The celebration officially began at 5pm on Saturday, February 17. For the first half hour, guests arrived to mingle and to participate in crafts. At about 5:30pm, the emcees, Wesley Wei and Lizhong Huang, welcomed everyone and started off the evening with a blessing on the food. The two branch presidents, Da Zhao (Montgomery) and Sam Meng 孟慶延 (Twin Lakes), provided a few remarks.
The sound effects were prepared by Li-Fang Tsai, and the computer AV assistance was provided by Greg Ly. After an hour of what Chinese folks and friends do best by eating and talking, the beating of the drum invited the two lions to enter the cultural hall and dance around the room. The lion dance performers were Clayton Zhao, Daniel Ly, Elder Edlefsen, and Elder Whisenant, led by drummer Jonathan Tsai, cymbal Cayleigh Zhao, and gong Jacob Ly. The Qianrong Dance Company 千荣舞蹈团 then performed the Jasmine Dance 茉莉花舞蹈. The Elders Quorum hosted a special new year poem recital, read by Wesley Wei, Andrew Shen, Mindy and Greg Ly, Tamara Woolf, and Jerome Anderson. Sister Su from the Twin Lakes Mandarin Branch played a piece on the cello. This was followed by two guzheng songs (Preface to Orchid Pavilion 兰亭序, Spring Festival Overture 春节序曲) performed Sister Xia Bing's 夏冰 guzheng students: Yashar Garzan, Qingyun Hu 胡卿云, Melody Chen 陈沅媛, Emma Shi 石歆瑜, Tongtong Li Li Xiaotong 李晓潼, Sarah Zhao 赵小雅, and Jocelyn Yuan 袁子媛. Next, the 8 full-time missionaries from the two Mandarin Branches gave a spiritual message. The missionaries were Elders Edlefsen and Whisenant (Montgomery) and Elders Si, An, Pan, Bu, Lei, and Zhu (Twin Lakes). Sister Liu Shucheng 劉淑澄 danced the Northeastern Yangge-Lullaby, Hope 東北秧歌－搖籃曲，盼. Next, Clark Yu from the Twin Lakes Mandarin Branch performed a song on the violin, followed by a few numbers by the Youth String Orchestra. Then Athena played a song on the flute 橫笛 entitled I Only Care about You 我只在乎你. The Relief Society conducted a guessing game about songs from long ago. Prizes were awarded for correct answers. The final number were two songs (Where is Heaven?, 春節序曲) performed by the Montgomery Branch choir and members of the Huaxia Choir under the direction of Li-Fang Tsai and accompanied by Yangyang Deng.
With this historical Chinese New Year celebration, this was the first time since COVID began in 2020 for a branch gathering with more than 200 attendees. Seeing so many friends brought back many memories of former Chinese New Year celebrations long ago. We are grateful to the branch presidency and Charles and Sara and all of the many members who helped to make this a memorable celebration. Happy Luna New Year of the Dragon!
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