On Feburary 17th, the Chinese spring festival gala was held in the playhouse of Fredericton. The Park Street Elementary School, which is the first three-language school in New Brunswick,gathered teacher and students and brought us an amazing show. Vice president of AEI, Executive Director of Confucius Institute Mrs. Dawn Weatherbie, Assistant Deputy Minister of Department of Education and Early Childhood Development arrived at the gala, and celebrated the spring festival with us.

The violin teacher,also a famous violinist Katherine Moller player the song The Red River Valley,which deeply moved everyone.After the song, kids went to the stage and recited the famous paragraph in Three-Character Classics.They have done an excellent job, after reciting the classic, everyone felt deeply motivated and clapped their hands to show their love for the children.

Inheriting culture is an important task for everyone.When preparing for the show,teachers and students provided efficient support for actors.When inviting the violin teacher, she showed her willingness to join the show, and participated in the dress rehearsal with others.As for kids, they made great effort in practicing the dancing and reciting the classics.And when talking about their parents,they sent their kids to the playhouse and waited for there for many hours.These are all the reason why this show can be so successful. When Mrs. Weatherbie was interviewed, she almost cried, she said she was deeply moved by the kids and their show, that was really a big gift for her.She didn’t imagine that they can speak Chinese so fluently, and she was so proud of them.

When teaching Chinese abroad, it’s necessary to understand each other and cooperate in harmony. Only when we  treat others honestly,we can receive others’ respect. And he friendship between Chinese and Canadian will last long forever.

诵经典，辞旧岁——福莱新年活动总结

2月17日晚，福莱地区华人新年晚会拉开帷幕。全省首家孔子学院三语学校，师生同台，带来精彩演出。大西洋教育集团总裁，CINB执行理事Dawn Weatherbie，新布伦瑞克省教育部副部长助理Chris Treadwell到达现场，与师生共度佳节。

本次节目由教师与学生同台演出，三语学校小提琴老师、也是福莱地区著名小提琴演奏家Kathrine Moller女士带来名曲《红河谷》，孩子们踏歌而上，琴音刚落，童音嘹亮，“人之初，性本善……贵以专”，发音清晰悦耳，古老的经文在遥远的加国焕发生机与活力。

文化之道，贵在传承。从演出准备初期，三语学校便提供了有效支持，音乐老师欣然加入表演，专门抽时间与团队进行彩排练习；孩子们积极操练，每周二的舞蹈俱乐部，总能见到孩子们排练舞蹈的身影；语言方面，孩子们拿到《三字经》注音版，跟着老师朗读，通过反复练习，最终克服怯场，在playhouse的舞台背诵出经典佳句；与此同时，小演员的父母们准时将孩子们送到表演现场，等待孩子们演出结束归来……节目获得满堂彩，演出结束，道恩女士接受采访时说道，孩子们表现得非常好，她很惊讶，孩子们可以说中文说得这样标准，她为孩子们感动、骄傲。好的节目背后，是演职人员与当地校方无尽配合与努力，中加情暖人心，这一刻，中华文化跨越时间、文化背景的阻隔，远渡千山万水，在加拿大蓬勃生长。

欢声笑语中国年，和谐友好中加情。文化传承历久弥新，异国友情老而弥坚，这一刻，看福莱；这一刻，为中国。