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During the cocktail and networking hour, young people displayed their talents.
The event was emceed by Su He, Executive Director of the Chinese Chamber and Obie Okuh, Producer of the Music-Food-Dance series.
Obie Okuh
Su He
The Kwan Family Lion Dance Team brought good luck to the festivities. Watch some highlights.
Kwan Family Lion Dance
There were many special guests and civic leaders in attendance and they were acknowledged. Several helped present the Awards.
Norman Bliss, President & CEO Community Reinvestment Advisors
Cuyahoga Council's Meredith Turner
Cleveland Museum of Art received the Global Impact Award
CMA awardees Clarissa von Spee and Andria Derstine with Su He
CWRU Law School Dean Paul Rose
Oakwood Village Mayor Erica L. Nikolic with CWRU Law School Dean Paul Rose
Gloria Zhang, Cleveland Clinic and CWRU
Gloria Zhang, East Cleveland Mayor Sandra Morgan and Su He
Obie Okuh presents award to Cleveland Heights teacher representative
Su He and Obie Okuh present Lifetime Service Award to Chia-Min Chen
Dan Hanson and Ying Pu accept award for Chia-Min Chen who was ill
During the dinner buffet, there were performances from the Cleveland Glory Waist Drum Team and opportunities to network, visit resource and vendor tables and pose for photos.
Cleveland Glory Waist Drum Team
A raffle was held with lots of valuable prizes including an original piece of art valued in the hundreds of dollars.
Here are some more pictures from the Chinese Chamber Gala.
Ying Pu, Su He and Johnny Wu
Siu Yan and Dorian Scott
Ewyn Pokras and John Cosma
Kaitlyn Prox and Mei Liu
Posing with the Drum Team
Johnny Wu and Nicky Sulandari
Producer Obie Okuh and daughter
Whether you say Gong hei faat choy (Cantonese) or xin nian kuai le (Mandarin) or something else, we wish you a Happy Lunar New Year. Congratulations to the Chinese Chamber on 10 years!
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