Parade Group: Lu Zhou Noodle Festival

this is Cindy, a new person working at Dream Community, wearing the noodle head mask I made, they will use it as a sample to help make 40 more. It makes me giggle. The concept is 40 people will be around the Noodle Float during the parade running around and being chased by giant Bamboo ladles, which are used to make the famous qie "zai main" noodles.

Organization: Lu Zhou Noodle Festival
Group: Building - my favorite 5 rock star volunteers, Participating - 40 adults
Assignment: 1) Design and make a sample noodle head mask 2) Design and create 2 "special" noodle head mask for the Mayor and her secretary Joanne. Gold, Silver, and "bling" was requested in this creation.

Public Workshop

here is my table where I work and where people can come by to make costumes for the parade. I work one 3 hour shift during the week and four 3 hour shifts during the weekend.

Parade Group: Dream Ballet

Young Shen, Wong and I got a bunch done in a few hours

Organization: Dream Ballet
Group: 10 darling dancers from the dance studio at Dream Community, age 8 and up
Assignment: 1) Design and make a float with the Taj Mahal 2) Make the float with Nina's husband (She works at Dream Community) on nights and weekends 3) include a bench so the dancers have a place to rest in between dancing.

day 64: seed dragon

here's what we made with the folks from Chung-Yi Elementary in about 5 hours.

Parade Group: Tree Cafe / Punjabi Dancers

Organization: Tree Cafe / Punjabi Dancers
Group: Building the Float - Employees from the Tree Cafe, Dancing on the Float during the parade - 16 people from India
Assignment: 1) Design and make a beautiful float that where 4 dancers can dance during the parade 2) Design with the theme "Incredible India" 3) Make with 2-3 employees of Tree Cafe from 2-5PM everyday.

Day 62: day off

Akin was the tour guide today and took us to Long Dong, to the ocean. I almost didn't go because I am starting to get sick but I knew that getting away from Dream Community would be very good for my health as well. A highlight from the day was when Akin went into the Ocean for about an hour and caught six fish. We put it on the BBQ along with shish-ka-bobs and a noodle soup. It was wonderful, it was like that is the way things are supposed to be. Getting to know Akin has been a treat, he is an absolutely fascinating and beautiful human being. I am glad he is in this world.