Map Quest (2011) - Program Booklet

Tonight 's Program Map Quest: Journey to the East 2011 Culture Night Production

Hospitality Coordinator..................................Amanda Nguyen, Jamila Ha IT/Media Coordinator..............................................................David Luong Program..........................................................................................Julie Huynh Publicity and Marketing.......................................Julie Huynh, Kenny Tran Sponsorship Coordinator..............Jenny Quach, Sandy Ninh, Stephen Vu Opening Act ...........................................................................................Choir American National Anthem..................................................................Choir Vietnamese National Anthem (Quoc Ca)...........................................Choir Moment of Silence President's Address.............................................................................Kim Ly Coordinators' Address..........................................Judy Tran, Richard Dang - ACT I Scene One Splitting Up Scene Two The Survivor Scene Three Rude Awakening Scene Four The Map Scene Five Departure Scene Six Arriving in Vietnam (Performance by Jason Tran) Scene Seven Legend of Lac Long Quan Scene Eight Ambushed (Modern Dance) Scene Nine Close Call Intermission - ACT II Scene Ten Ambushed Again Scene Eleven Suspicion Scene Twelve The Cave (Lion Dance) Scene Thirteen The Showdown (Shadow Ninjas) Scene Fourteen Attraction (Traditional Dance & Choir) Scene Fifteen Meeting the Legend Scene Sixteen The End

President's Message ´

Welcome to Vietnamese Student Association at UCI’s 32nd Annual Culture Night, “Map Quest: Journey to the East.” In the past few months, over 500+ hours of practice, thousands of dollars, countless late nights of building, tons of food runs, about a dozen or so incidents/injuries (a few from sewing costumes), countless memories, and over 100 students have come together in making tonight possible.

VSAUCI strives to educate and inform the students about the Vietnamese culture and traditions. By watching our show tonight, not only will you be helping us to create a lifetime of memories, but you will also be helping us to inform such a diverse group about the Vietnamese roots.

I would like to thank everyone on cabinet and especially the members for giving be such an incredible year and for all of their work and dedication for this organization. Sit back and enjoy the ride because you will be taken on an incredible journey filled with laughter, adventures, fun, and a pinch of love.

Kim Ly VSA UCI President 2010-2011

Coordinators' Message We present to you all a modern-day adventure based on the famous legend, Con Rong Cháu Tiên, Descendants of Fairies and Dragons. Each year, we prepare this event with the purpose of spreading the Vietnamese culture to the community and the wish that everyone, Vietnamese or not, will become more educated about the rich history and traditions of Vietnam. And what better way to do this than present the origins of Vietnam? It is an honor for us to serve as your Culture Night coordinators for 2011, working together with the members and cabinet of VSA to put on this event. Through this journey of preparation, many new memories and friendships were formed while old ones were remembered or rekindled. We hope that everyone will enjoy tonight’s performance. Thank you.

Judy Tran and Richard Dang Culture Night Co-Coordinators 2011

´ Cast

Director's Cut Directing this Culture Night has been a true joy. Not only was the script written by a good friend of mine, but most of the cast is comprised of close friends who made every rehearsal a delightful experience. The task is a difficult one, but it is certainly more enjoyable the second time around. I hope that the audience will enjoy watching the show as much as we did preparing for it.

Binh

Bryan Chiem

Nhat

Khoa

Dennis Tran

Vince Vu

Mia

Evelyn Nguyen

David Luong Culture Night Director 2011

From the Playwright

Map Quest: Journey to the East; a random idea about a group of friends searching for a treasure. It became a reality when I realized ‘Hey, this could be for culture night!’ And it did! You should know, you’re reading the program! Anyway, through all the tough times, and believe me, there were some tough times, we finally made it. Tying everything together in a big, nice, neat bow for all of you who are watching. Inspiration, you ask? Of course there was. Now I don’t like to toot my own horn, so I won’t! TOOT! But in all seriousness, I had a terrific time with the drama cast. You know how when you mix two drinks together, and you drink it, and it’s like... Delicious! It’s good chemistry! That’s exactly what it was! Drink mixing! All in all, I really hope you enjoy the show. It took quite an amount of time and effort to prepare for this night and I’m glad that all of you are here to share it with not just me, but the entire cast and crew of VSA Culture Night 2011.

Bryan Chiem Culture Night Playwright 2011

Dad

Chu Hai

Kenny Tran

Hai Truong

Trang

Jamila Ha

Alice

Catherine Nguyen

Various Yvonne Vo

Mom

Melanie Dang

Au Co

Sandy Ninh

Various Nhi Tran

Lac Long Quan Jason Tran

Various

Brian Valdez

Traditional Dance

Pictured: Julie Huynh, Nhi Tran, Cecilia Tran, Jamila Ha, Sony Wang, Henry Nguyen, Daniel Nguyen.

Not pictured: Jenny Quach, Sandy Ninh, Richard Dang, Jason Tran, Phuong Uyen Tran, Nhue Nguyen

Choir

Coordinator Jamila Ha

VSA UCI Choir was founded in 2005 to perform in VSA UCI's 26th Vietnamese Culture Night (VCN): Silhouette of a Distant Family. The choir brings together individuals with varying musical backgrounds, sharing an interest for singing in Vietnamese and other languages. VSA UCI Choir provides the opportunity for members to practice and refine their Vietnamese, learning from one another, while at the same time, incorporating everyone into one unified harmonious voice. Over the past seven years, choir has grown to perform for other events aside from VCNs, such as the Tet Festival, and has plans to grow even more in the future.

Jason Tran Richard Dang Kevin Dao David Luong Nhat Tran

Stephen Vu Vince Vu Hau Ly Nhi Tran

Liz Nguyen Liza Vo Sandy Ninh Kristie Tan

Nhi Vina Le Vicky Tran Uyen Tran Chi Vo

Thuy T. Tran Tammy Truong Catherine Nguyen Mikey Nguyen

Coordinator Jenny Quach The VSA UCI Traditional Dance Group (TRANCE) began in 2004

and aims to reach high cultural value through performances. The dances are choreographed and performed by VSA UCI members and friends. The goal is not just to entertain or to dance, but also to explore and interpret the vast culture through learning traditional dance routines. TRANCE hopes to elevate the significance of Vietnamese culture through the use of Vietnamese songs and dance performances.

The Traditional Dance team would like to thank Marisa Stobridge for choreographing the solo performance.

Props

Coordinator Kim Ly

Shadow Ninjas

Coordinator Kevin Dao

For the last few months, our props crew has worked hard to produce the sets and props that you will be seeing tonight. Many back aches, trips to Lowe’s, ruined clothes, hours of painting and drawing, and gallons of paint have been put into what you will be seeing on stage. We hope that you will enjoy everything that you see and that these props really have enhanced your experience.

First Row: Liza Vo, Michael Nguyen, Don Nguyen, Brian Bui, Hoai Nguyen, Hai Truong, Tony La, Richard Dang, Judy Tran, Daniel Nguyen, Kevin Dao Second Row: Sarah Duong, Linda Tieu, Sandy Ninh, Kim Ly, Julie Huynh, Nhi Tran, Phuong Uyen Tran Front: Phuc Ly, Jason Tran Not pictured: Khang Cao, Henry Nguyen, Hau Ly, Tyler Plaut

(alphabetical order): Alan Nguyen, Daniel Nguyen, Don Nguyen, Eric Chreng, Hau Ly, Henry Nguyen, Hoai Nguyen, Jimmy Nguyen, Kassia Ho, Kevin Dao, Kevin Nguyen, Khang Cao, Linda Tieu, Liza Vo, Michael (Mikey) Nguyen, Phuc Ly, Sarah Duong, Stephen Vu, Tammy Truong, Tony La, Tyler Plaut

Our journey to Culture Night, although rough, was nothing less than fun and exciting. I certainly enjoyed all my Fridays and Sundays spent teaching the ninjas to be one with the background and watching the scenes come to life with each practice. My ninjas, thank you for sticking with me throughout our journey. The hilarious moments we shared, the lessons we taught each other, and most importantly, the bonds we forged/strengthened had made my first year as coordinator such a memorable experience. I hope you stick around for next year. Now, the time has come. Remember to go out there and kick some *** and HAVE FUN doing it!

Hope you all enjoy folks!

- Kevin Dao, Shadow Ninjas Coordinator

Lion Dance

Coordinators Steve Le, Louis Ly, David Nguyen

Modern Dance

Gi贸 Nam (Southern Wind) Lion Dance

was founded in September 2004 as a fundraising group for the Vietnamese Student Association of the University of California, Irvine and performs throughout the Orange County area. We also dance for the love and fun of the art. We hope to create strong bonds, not only among our teammates, but with other lion dancing groups across the OC. Gathering our influence from the Four Winds, we have come to form our own style of Lion Dancing.

Gio Nam would like to especially thank Princess Ta, and Bao and Gina Nguyen for their support.

Top Row: Kevin Mai, Henry Nguyen, Cecile Tran, Mike Tang, Brian Bui, Jonathan Phan, Kristie Tan, Andy Nguyen, Julie Huynh Bottom Row: Amanda Nguyen, Nhi Tran, Terry Nguyen, Nhue Nguyen, Jacinta Chowdhury, Panyia Fang, Jennifer Lu, Tiffany Cheung, Kenny Tran Not pictured: Jimmy Phong, Lyly Nguyen, Vincent Dang

Coordinators Vincent Dang, Mike Tang

Pictured: Louis Ly, Hung Le, Steve Le, An Tran, Cindy Pham, Daniel Nguyen, Michael Phan, Hugh Tran, Baolinh Nguyen, Lam Le, Jon Liang, Dennis Tong, Anni Luong, Minh Khoan, Doug Nguyen, David Nguyen, Nam, Aurora, Ra, and Obxidian.

Not Pictured: Danny Hoa, Kevin Pham, Michael Tran, Mytchel Luong, Sunny Huatran, Danny Nguyen, Vicky Tran, Vivian Banh, and Will Pu.

Level 5 Dance Team (formerly known as VSA Modern and Sublime Dance Team) began at the University of California, Irvine, as an idea through a few friends in the Vietnamese Student Association and was finally created in the fall of 2006 by Calvin Ho and Colette Huynh as a recreational dance team for the growing Vietnamese student population that had interest in dancing. In the beginning, the team had roughly 15 dedicated members and now, it has nearly doubled. Although hip hop has been around for decades, only recently has it been pursued widely by the Vietnamese community. Through participation on the team, we not only display our love for music and dance but an also an expression of our Vietnamese-American identity.

Special Thanks

and Shout Outs

2010-2011 Cabinet

The following community members and sponsors have particularly aided us in the development of UCI's Vietnamese Culture Night 2011. Thank you very much for your gracious support and love.

Sponsors

Audrey Pharmacy Growing Tree Higher Learning Kimberly Skin LN Nails Supply Pacific Pharmacy Vy Da Restaurant

Thank you

75B Media ASUCI Access Group Media, Inc. Cross Cultural Center Irvine Barclay Theatre Thang Hang Rose Queen VSAUCI members VSAUCI alumni Wildflower household

Shout Outs APSA CAUCI CAO Konnect TAO Tomo No Kai VAC

CPP CSUF CSULA CSULB CSUSB GWC IVC Mt. Sac UCSB UCSD UCLA UCR USC VAHSA UVSA

President.............................................................................................................................Kim Ly Vice Presidents..............................................Kenny Tran (Internal), Julie Huynh (External/ICC) Secretary...............................................................................................................Amanda Nguyen Treasurer.......................................................................................................................Stephen Vu Activities Coordinators...........................................................................Kevin Dao, David Luong Lion Dance Coordinators........................................................Steve Le, Louis Ly, David Nguyen Modern Coordinators.............................................................................Vincent Dang, Mike Tang Traditional Dance Coordinator...................................................................................Jenny Quach Historian.......................................................................................................................Sandy Ninh Choir Coordinator...........................................................................................................Jamila Ha Interns.................................................Evelyn Nguyen, Vince Vu, Nhue Nguyen, Daniel Nguyen Culture Night Coordinators....................................................................Judy Tran, Richard Dang

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