Chinese New Year Celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood March 3, 2007

HUNDREDS OF CHINA’S PERFORMING ARTISTS BRING

NEW YEAR’S EXTRAVANGAZA TO “THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF L.A.”AS UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD AND BEIJING TOURISM

JOIN TO CELEBRATE “THE YEAR OF THE PIG” ON MARCH 3, 4:00-6:00 PM



Hundreds of Beijing-based dancers, acrobats, stilt walkers, singers and artists will celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival at Universal Studios Hollywood as “The Entertainment Capital of L.A.” and Beijing Tourism Administration join in a festive observance of the Lunar New Year and the advent of the “Year of the Pig” on Saturday, March 3 from 4:00-6:00 PM.

The extravaganza will feature nearly 200 colorful performers--many of whom will have appeared earlier in the day at the Chinese New Year’s Parade in Hollywood--to entertain Universal Studios Hollywood guests in a visually spectacular two-hour display of over 15 performances symbolic of such traditional Chinese cultural values as “Harmonious Family,” “Harmonious Society” and “Harmonious World.”

Highlights of the Universal Studios Hollywood’s Chinese Lantern Festival will include performances by The Beijing Opera Troupe, the stilt-mounted dancers of The Beijing District Stilt Performers, the intricately designed “Floating Forbidden City” costumes of the Xiao Dan Art Performing Group, and the young artists of the Blue Sky Kindergarten Chorale singing “Hello, Los Angeles.”

Another central component of the event includes an appearance by “Fuwa,” the Five Olympic Ring Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Following the theme park performances, a procession of folk artists will parade through Universal CityWalk, the dynamic entertainment, dining and retail promenade.

Cost of the event is included in the price of admission to Universal Studios Hollywood. More information and online ticket purchases can be made at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com

In addition, the Beijing Xicheng Children’s Palace will perform signature dances from the Beijing Opera Dance Company, and middle school students from the Beijing Normal University will demonstrate traditional Chinese folk dance using symbolic red ribbons to ward off evil spirits that may appear during the New Year’s Eve celebration. Beijing Art School students, dressed in ethnically-inspired costumes, will perform the “Minority Nationality Dance” and dancers from Beijing’s Chaoyang District will perform a traditional Fan Dance.

Carrying a message of friendship and peace from China to children throughout the world and representing the colors of the Olympic Rings, the “Fuwa” display employs young performers to embody the characteristics of China’s four most popular animals: Fish, Panda, Tibetan Antelope and Swallow, as well as a “Fuwa”- inspired Olympic Flame

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