East Culture Arts Show Planned at Trinity-on-Main
By Frank E. Bradley | Special to the City Journal at May 9, 2024 | 10:15 am | Print
East Culture Arts, Inc. and Trinity-On-Main of New Britain will present a Multi-Cultures Celebration of Music and dance from around the world. Fun for all ages! The event will be on Saturday, May 17 from 2-4 p.m. Admission is free. The event will be at Trinity-on-Main at 69 Main St. Call 860-978-4452 or 860-978-2949 or go to www.eastculture.org for more information.
Lena Tan (West Hartford), Producer and ECA president, is the choreographer, skit writer, program director and manager, soprano, performer and dancer. She is a Chemical Engineer and is working for the CT State as an Environmental Analyst. Her poems and some short stories have been published in China before she came to U.S. She has a Master degree of Environmental Engineering from University of Hartford, CT. Ben Jordan (Newington) is co-producer of the show and in charge of media.
East Culture Arts, Inc. (ECA) is a non-profit organization, and was founded by its president, choreographer, song and skit writer, Lena Tan and others in West Hartford, CT in 2002. ECA is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and education purposes. Its special purposes and objectives are to increase the awareness and understanding of Chinese-American culture and to promote cultural exchange through singing, dancing, and other activities associated with arts.
The show features Victoria Andino (Southington) ECA event coordinator, Choreographer
and dancer; Adam Fidalgo (West Hartford) song writer, musician and singer, he released CDs in 1999 and 2008 and Lisa Fan (Glastonbury) ECA vice president, soprano and dancer, a Computer Engineer with a Master’s degree of Computer science.
The show also includes Henry Ye (Wethersfield), Dr. Songdong Tian (Wethersfield), Lei Wang (West Hartford-ECA Board), Helen Wu (West Hartford-ECA Board), sisters Wendy Zheng, Cindy Zheng, Jenifer Zheng and Amy Zheng (all of West Hartford), Kiu Yeung (Newington-ECA Board), Xiaoling Kelleher (South Windsor), Liring Xu (Simsbury), Camille Martin (Berlin) and Ying Zhang (Massachusetts).
Some of its past performances include not only traditional and modern Chinese songs and dances, but also singing and dancing from the Hawaiian, Indian, Spanish, and other cultures. Since 2002, ECA has performed more than 20 shows each year, at events such as the CT Chinese New Year Gala, Dragon Boat Race & Asian festival on the Hartford Riverfront; Mohegan Sun Chinese Culture event; Martin L. King Festival, Yale University; CT Mid-Autumn festival celebration, and Hartford Culture shows of Women’s EXPO and different culture event in Connecticut; Nanning International Folk Song Festival, Guangxi, China; Shanghai Citizen Festival, Shanghai, and Jiashan show, Zhejiang, China; Manhattan China Town New Year Parade and shows; Culture shows in Springfield, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.; and at venues such as Yale Green and many universities, schools, senior centers, and nursing homes.
Special thanks for supporting this show go to Hibachi & Sushi Buffet, 65 Columbus Blvd, New Britain, CT; East-West Grille, 526 New Park Ave, West Hartford; Abby Chow, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, 970 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT and Garden Dental of Glastonbury, 1898 Manchester Rd, Glastonbury, CT and China Jade, 1954 Park St/, Hartford, CT, who will also be selling special Chinese food at the event.
