J O U R N E Y I N T O

R E B I R T H2 0 1 2

UNC AsiAN stUdeNts AssoCiAtioN exeCUtive BoArd

PresidentVice President

Cultural Events ChairPublicity Chair

TreasurerSocial Activities Chair

Political Activities ChairHead of Internal AffairsHead of External Affairs

First-Year Representatives

Megan HuangFrank WuAyumi WatanabeJasmin HuangKevin ChengAnhThu VuongKyungjun ParkTim KangRachel LiaoJasmine SunNae Won

Special Thanks to our SponsorUNC Student Government

Also Special Thanks To:

Masters of Ceremonies

JIA Performance ChairJIA Show Coordinator

Opening CeremonyCoordinators

Sophia ZhangJustin HuangMatt LeeNicholas Sanford

Helin ParkLinda ZhangAshli HuynhAimee Xu

Memorial Hall

All the JIA PerformersDr. Robin Visser — Faculty Advisor

Our Audience —Thank you for your support!

WELCOME!Welcome to Journey Into Asia 2012, hosted by the UNC Asian Students As-sociation! This year, we have an amaz-ing show prepared for you all that you’ll surely enjoy. Our theme for tonight is “Rebirth,” which reflects the recreation of the Asian identity in recent years. As we move towards an era of technology, modernization, and globalization, the Asian culture has changed alongside to adapt to the transforming world. Yet, history and tradition will not be lost as we move towards the future. It is the idea of being reborn into a new Asian identity while still being mindful of the importance of our past. So, ladies and gentlemen, I challenge you to take a journey into Asia and become reborn!

—Ayumi WatanabeCultural Events Chair, 2012-2013

OpEning CErEMOnyTo kick off the exciting lineup for JIA this year, the opening act will be the March of the Flags. Flags from 12 countries in East and Southeast Asia will be showcased in a color guard-in-spired choreography. Two people in traditional attire representing each of the 12 countries will march while broadcasting traditional songs and traditional greetings from the countries.

TACAS LiOn DAnCETACAS youth group’s Lion Dance Troupe is composed of high school students dedicated to sharing Chinese Culture through lion dance. In this performance, our story is interwoven with drumbeats, acrobatic tricks, and a mischievous Buddha to tell a tale of life, death, and ultimate-ly, rebirth.

VAnVi TrAn AnD Di An Di An and Vanvi (VV) Tran will be singing a song called “葉子(Ye Zi)” by 阿桑 (Ah Sang), with the Mandarin lyrics written by Xiaojuan Chen and the Vietnamese lyrics written by Zoom Tran. In this duet, Di will be singing in Mandarin and VV will be singing in Vietnamese. Falling leaves can symbolize both the end and the be-ginning of something. They become free and briefly take flight, leaving room for new leaves to grow. The lyrics in this song tell a sad story of loss, but the symbolism of the floating leaves gives a sense of hope.

Korean Fan Dance FairiesBuchaechoom (fan dance) is one of the most popular Korean traditional dances performed around the world. Using fans painted with pe-ony blossoms, female dancers in hanboks (the traditional Korean dress) mimic flowers, butter-flies, and waves. This year, we are dancing to a modern take of the traditional Korean folk song “Arirang” (아리랑). Coordinated by Grace Park.

CArOLinA TAi-ChiThis set of movements of Tai-Chi fan is called “Chen Style 24 Form Health-Oriented Tai-Chi Fan”. It is developed by Wang Erping (王二平) depending on the Tai-Chi health theory, which is the balance of Yin and Yang, harmony with the nature, and the nurture in body, energy, and mind. Tai-Chi is said to be the essence of the Chinese culture. Practicing Tai-Chi is a daily and life-long self-cultivation. Its subtle effect on our body, energy, and mind has been tested by millions of people both today and throughout history.

ChALkAAChapel Hill Chalkaa is a cultural group whose purpose is to spread awareness of the Bolly-wood film industry as well as broaden the uni-versity’s knowledge of Indian culture through modern dance. We blend classical Indian dance styles with modern Western dance styles and inform the student body of the impact of the Hindi film industry on the arts.

TrAingLE TAikO There are nearly 200 taiko ensembles in North America, and Triangle Taiko is one of only a handful of taiko groups in the Southeastern United States. Founded in January 2002, we are an all-volunteer group dedicated to the ex-ploration and performance of Taiko, Japanese traditional drum music. We enjoy playing taiko, and our primary purpose is to share our enjoy-ment of taiko by playing together. Triangle Taiko celebrates diversity, and welcomes members who wish to do so as well. Our members come from many walks of life and are of various ages. We simply enjoy playing taiko.

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FuSiOnFusion Dance Crew is a student-run multicultur-al Hip-Hop dance crew at N.C.State University. They perform at on-campus events and in the surrounding community. They strive to educate and inspire every member of their team and uni-versity with their diverse techniques and fusion of cultural dances.

Flying silK chinese Dance TroupeFlying Silk is UNC’s only classical Chinese dance group. Ribbon dances date back sev-eral centuries to imperial China, when it was performed solely for royalty and high courts. Dancers use long, colorful silk ribbons to depict stories from some of China’s greatest literary works. The movements from the dance are derived from the famous Chinese Opera, “The Monkey King.”

SAMAAUNC-Chapel Hill Samaa is a student-led a cap-pella group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that fuses popular western music with traditional and popular South Asian “Bol-lywood” music. The objectives of the organiza-tion are to foster a love for music of two cultures and an appreciation for different styles of vocal music.

kAMikAziKamikazi was started in 1996 by Chi Dang as the first co-ed dance team at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Team’s name is derived from the Japanese word “Kamikaze,” meaning “divine wind.” It orig-inated during the 13th century when a typhoon saved Japan from a Mongolian invasion and forever changed the course of history. The spirit of Kamikazi lives on in a diversity-oriented, uni-fied dance team, committed to our highly-prac-ticed routines and shows. We enjoy performing a variety of dance styles including hip hop, jazz, break dancing, popping, locking, and more!

kASAMAOur version of the Vinta dance takes from sev-eral traditional Filipino Muslim dance forms. The word “vinta” refers to a kind of boat in the Philippines. This dance imitates a boat travel-ing across water. The various props utilized by the dancers symbolize different elements -- the fans symbolize the wind while the scarves sym-bolize the water. The word “subli” is a combi-nation of the words “sub-sub” (meaning “to be bent over”), and “bali” (meaning “to be broken”), which refers to the men’s hunched stance in the dance. Girls wear hats with colorful ribbons or flowers. Subli is not mainly a courtship tradition, but courtship has become an element of the dance. The Tinikling dance is one of the most popular and well-known of traditional Filipino dance. The Tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance from the Philippines that involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordina-tion with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The name is a reference to birds locally known as tikling; the term Tinikling literally means “tikling-like”.

SOMEC CrEWSoMec Crew is a KPOP fusion dance group made up of 9 girls and 5 guys. “So-Mec” refers to a popular Korean beverage that is known for its perfect mixture. In the same sense, the members of SoMec crew and their diverse in-terests combined with their common passion for K-pop create swagalicious synergy. Keep it SoMec Style.

TONIGHT’S SHOW

sophia Zhang: Happy little globetrotter, who seeks novelty in life. Passionate about creative writing, eats crunchy foods when stressed, and daydreams too much.

Justin huang: Senior reppin 919. Likes chillin’ out, going out, ballin’ out, and cooking out. Dislikes working out, falling out, and coppin’ out. #swagYOLO

nicholas sanford: Business-Journalism major with a Japanese Minor. Likes BBQ stingray and traveling. Dislikes Apple and annoying people.

Matthew lee: Class of 2015 Kimchi Korean. Likes: Eating, pooping, and sleeping. Aspiring K-pop star. Guilty pleasure: Real Housewives of New Jersey.

MASTERS OF CEREMONIES

BE SURE TO GO AFTER THE SHOW FOR

THE OFFICIAL JIA AFTER PARTY AT

PULSE NIGHT CLUB FROM 10PM-2AM!

TONIGHT’S PERFORMERSAakanksha GorAaron ChenAdam LeeAditi BordeAlekhya MallavarapuAllan SoAlyssa Pressman Ami PatelAmy Lazo Amy YorkAmyn MurjiAnnie Shan Anthony EncarnacionAriel EsperancillaArielle OcampoArjun BhattacharyaAshley BlairBao XiongBeren ArmstrongBethany NgoBethel MaekeleBetsy YangBobbie NguyenBrian Rhee Britnique HodgeBryan HumCari CrawfordCarol KimCarolina JuradoCece Pascual

Charles Realubit Chelsea MayseCheyenne Van LeeuwenChoy HueChristina Lai Christina Lee Christina Newton Christine ChongChristine Ha Christine YoonChung Kim Cicely KaikaiCindy LamCynthia SharpeDana HongDanica Lee Daniel LeeDanyun LuoDennis DotsonDerek Chang Di AnDiana NgoEdmond TecsionElle LawEllen McDermott Elliot YouEmily Guo Eugene WongEuijin Alley ChooFariha Haque

Fatima DomagtoyFranz DominoGian GarciaGopal DesaiGregory DanielsHafiz TayebaliHeejung Chang Heewon Kim Heysel LamHillary KindschuhInhye YouIrene LiIsaac Uhlenberg J. Cie SunJacqueline ScottJade GreenJaisah HarrisonJane LeeJared GilesJarret BonnerJasmin HuangJeanne DinhJeffery KimJenina RiveraJennifer Park Jenny ChauJeremy Lacara Joanna Miranda Johnny HuangJolyssa Claricia

Jonelle ClariciaJoyce TamJustin HuangKarina JavalkarKate SolimanKelly KimKelsey TikvartKenny NamkoongKhiry BrightKimberly BrooksKimberly SergentKirsten ConsingKristin VickersLei Xu Leslie NguyenLeslie UyLexi Sydow Linda ZhangMahati Sridhar Mari SuguroMaria LucasMariana BuiMarissa LiuMasa WatanabeMatt LeeMatthew JoannouMelody LeeMichelle LeungMonica BourommavongNaintara Vishwanath

Nana SidibeNatasha VázquezNeha AcharyaNeha KukrejaNicholas SanfordNoel SinozichNoopur DoshiPablo IbePakia VangPallavi PatelParth GandhiPatricia PascualPauline LambPeter FanPooja SahaPreeya PatelRachel BestRadhika GhodasaraRashmitha VasaRaymond Ching Rayna SinghReymound FabitoRicky PhuongRita PhetmixayRocky IwashimaSainath AsokanSammy SabbanSanjana BhatSapna PatelSara Sandman

Sarah Kim Savita SivakumarScott DobbinSeoul JeongShawn StreeterShefali PatelShelley St. AubinShirley LiuSojung KoSonia SuSoobin SeongSophia ZhangSophie My PhiSravya DurbhaStephen LeiSunny SuTanika BantukulTiffany PierskallaTimothy ChenTini PrajapatiTran NguyenTrang NguyenTushar BulsaraVan DuongVanvi TranWendy LuWesley ShangYang HoYoko IwashimaZehan Duan

1000 Paper CranesIn Japanese culture, cranes are mystical creatures that are said to live a thousand years. Japanese legend states that anyone who folds 1000 origami paper cranes will be granted a wish. A collection of 1000 paper cranes symbolizes peace and well-wishing. Please help us donate 1000 paper cranes to UNC Hospitals. Detach the other half of this sheet of paper along the dotted line and fold two paper cranes using the instructions here and drop them in the collection bin in the lobby of Memori-al Hall.

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