Rams – Conrad Askland https://conradaskland.com/blog Music Director and Music Technology Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:34:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 53388445 Kung Hei Fat Choy 2009 from ZAIA https://conradaskland.com/blog/kung-hei-fat-choy-2009-from-zaia/ https://conradaskland.com/blog/kung-hei-fat-choy-2009-from-zaia/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:40:06 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/?p=3826 macau-new-year-2009

Kung Hei Fat Choy 2009 (Happy Chinese New Year) from the cast of ZAIA. 2009 is the Year of the Ox. Macau will be a crazy one week party starting the week of January 26 2009 for the week long Chinese New Year celebrations.

Around 1996 I was in Tokyo for New Years Eve celebrations with monks ringing gigantic bells with wooden rams. But this is my first CHINESE New Years in China. Techs of Cirque’s ZAIA show were here for the 2008 Fat Choy, but this is the first one for artists of Zaia. We’ve been told “Macau will shut down” during the holiday week.

We’ve all been given red envelopes with the ZAIA embossed logo to fill with money and give to locals for good luck; another traditiion of Chinese New Years. Our work week includes 11 shows for the celebrations, along with many special mini performances around the Venetian in Macau. Anyone know where I can buy some fireworks?

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