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January 12, 2007 - for immediate release –
Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Toddish McWong's 10th Annual Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner Spectacular
January 28th, Sunday,
5:30pm reception and appetizers
6:30 dinner Floata
Restaurant#400 – 180 Keefer Street
Ever had Haggis Dim Sum appetizers?
Expect the Unexpected!Culinary surprises await… the world's first
haggis dim sum appetizer buffet will greet arriving guests. Imagine haggis shrimp dumplings, haggis spring rolls, haggis-stuffed
tofu??? in addition to the now famous haggis won ton! Sing along to "Scotland the Brave," and Burns' perennial favorite, "Auld Lang Syne;" and the
culturally fused "My Chow Mein Lies Over the Ocean," and "When Asian Eyes Are Smiling," plus many more surprises!
Featured performers for 2007 include: Silk Road Music,
World fusion music Heather Pawsey, Opera SopranoBrave Waves - Bagpipes and tabla musical fusion band, Leora Cashe –
Jazz gospel singer
No Luck Club - Instrumental Hip Hop
Dr. Ian Mason – Burns Club of Vancouver
Lensey Namioka - Author "Half and Half"
Margaret Gallagher
- Writer "All Mixed Up" anthology
"Twisting Fortunes" - sneak preview of play
Co-hosted
by Priya Ramu (CBC
Radio) and Todd WongGung Haggis Fat Choy does more than mix East and West. It
blends them together and turns them upside down and shakes them out sideways. It highlights Canada's Scottish and Chinese
heritage and pioneers. It breaks down barriers and is an impressive forum for the emerging intercultural Canada where everybody
can claim and celebrate Chinese and Scottish culture and everything in-between. Expect great cultural fusion music between East and West,
as Scots musicians play Chinese music and Chinese musicians play Scottish music... and everything in between and beyond!Gung Haggis Fat Choy is growing
into a Festival with 4 related eventsGung Haggis Fat Choy started out as a small fundraiser of 16 people in 1998 in a crowded living
room. Ten years later it serves 500 people at the biggest Chinese Restaurant in North America, and has spun off a CBC
television performance special, and the SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games. This is the "Little Dinner that Could" which is now growing
into a festival! Creator Todd Wong has been interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland, plus local and national media. Today it is a major fundraiser
event for Gung Haggis Dragon Boat team, Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, and Kogawa House Committee – helping to create
positive examples of inter-culturalism in our community! January 15th, 2007. Gung Haggis Fat Choy World
Poetry Night Vancouver Public Library, 350 West
Georgia St., Vancouver
– featuring bagpipes, Scottish born Chinese-Canadian poet Fiona Tinwei Lam, Dr. Ian Mason
(Burns Club of Vancouver), Leon Yang, Shelly Haggard, Joe McDonald and Bagpipes + singalongs. January
21st, 2007. Haggis and Rice – Cric Crac presented by Vancouver Society of StorytellingHodson Manor, 12254 West 7th Ave. Vancouver,
Todd Wong will read poetry + tell stories January
25th, 2007. SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian GamesSFU
Convocation Mall, Burnaby Campus
– Look for Dragon Cart racing, Haggis eating contest + World's first human curling
event. January 28th, 2007Catch
the infamous Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. Tickets now available at Firehall Arts Centre
604-689-0926.
Call Monday to Frieday - 9am - 5pm
Early bird tix available until January 21 $60 adult, $70
for premium seats.
Children 13 and under 50% off.
After January 21st – prices go up to $70/$80Book a table of 10 and receive a gift basket
(value $50)For
more information contact Todd Wong Phone: 778-846-7090 Email gunghaggis@yahoo.cawww.gunghaggisfatchoy.com
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