June 25, 2009

SF Bay Area Burmese (Myanmar) Community Center Fund Raising and US 2010 Census Promoting Cultural Concert and Food Fair


EVENT ADDRESS:
Capuchino High School Main Theater, 1501 Magnolia Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

EVENT TIME: FOOD FAIR (10:30 am to 2:30 pm), Cultural Show and Pageant (2:00 pm to 6:30 pm)

(General Gold Ticket - $15 and VIP Red Ticket - $25 for Cultural Show and Pageant, We will donate all proceeds to the building of the first Burmese (Myanmar) Community Center in SF Bay Area)




WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT USE DIRECTIONS PRINTED AT THE BACK OF TICKETS! THEY ARE WRONG. But We Will Put Signs and Directions at that Place to the Event on the Day. WE REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR INCONVENIENCE.




Essay Contest
('Sarsisarkone Pyaing Pwe')



Title:
Kyahnote Toe Ei Shwe Eain Met Myar (in Burmese)
My Community Dreams (in English)

(You can write either in Burmese or in English. We will judge on your writing styles and ideas.)

Judges: U Hla Min, Ko Maung Yit, Ko Htain Linn & Nyan Oo Maung

First Prize - $150
Second Prize - $100
Third Prize - $50
Consolation Prize - $20

Time: 11 am to 12 pm (Be there at 10:45 am)
Place: At the same event location (Please ask at Info booth)



'FRAGRANCE OF BURMA' ART SHOW


Artists:
ZAW ZAW
TIN THIRI
ARKAR









'REAL LIFE IMAGES OF BURMA' PHOTO SHOW
Photographer : RICK HEIZMAN







Miss Kyel Zin Myanmar Pageant Girls







VOTE your favorite Kyel Zin contestant for Miss Popular Award at: <http://burmeseyouthassociation.org/site/?page_id=2036> Now!
(The Voting module was closed because of attacks from Singapore, Yangon and San Francisco. You can still come to the show and show your supports for your favorite contestant.)














EVENT DAY OPERATIONS (AUG 9,2009)


All Volunteers should be there at 8:00 AM
All Food Donors should be there at 10:00 AM.
All Essay Contestants and Judges should be there at 10:30 AM.
All Entertainment Groups, Pageant Judges and Pageant Contestants should be there at 12:00 PM.

Place: 1501 Magnolia Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066 (Please don't use the directions at the back of Tickets!)
















EVENT COORDINATORS

1. Event and Program Coordinator - Ko Wai Phyo

2. Decorations and Stage Coordinator - Ko Kyaw Kyaw Soe

3. Miss Kyel Zin Myanmar Pageant Coordinator - Ma Mindy Khoo

4. Computer, Presentations and Design Coordinator - Ko Zarni Min Lwin


5. Finance, Documentary and Volunteers Coordinator - Ma Nant Nandi Kyaw Min

6. Theater and Facility Coordinator - Ko Kyaw Kyaw


7. Table and Food Fair Coordinators - Ko Thura Ko, Ko Jeremy Wong

8. Entertainment Groups Coordinator - Htet Htet Khine

9. Dancers and Tickets Coordinator - Ma Myat Soe Mon

10. Ticketing, Parking and Security Coordinator - Ko Nay Lin

11. BYA, Info and Food Coordinator - Ma Phyo Sandi Aung

12. Sound Coordinator - Ko Sithu Aung


13. Web Coordinators - Ko Hpyo Wai Hpyo, Ko Alvin, Ko Wai Phyo



Masters of Ceremonies
(Event MCs)

Burmese: Ko Htet Linn Naing
English: Ma Jennifer Low



Volunteers

Essay Contest - Ma Khin Thiri Nandar Soe

Art Show - Ko Chit Min

Photo Show- Rick Heizman and Ma Su Wai

Theater and Food - Ko Kyaw Min Oo

Event Directions - Hla Moe Myint

Stage Management and Lighting (Kyaw Kyaw Soe)

Zaw Zaw Aung
Zo Min
Ye Ye
Nay Naing Tun
Kaung Htet Ko Ko

Glenn Lin
Hpyo Wai Hpyo
Victor
Kyaw Kyaw San
Judson
Justin
Alex
Win Tun Naing
Simon
Aung Tun


Sound System and Presentation (Sithu Aung and Zarni Min Lwin)

Han Htun


Entertainment Groups Coordination (Htet Htet Khine)

Htet Sandi
Nay Chi Min Htin


Votes-counting (Kalayar Htoo and Phyo Sandi Aung)

Aye Aye Aung
Trisha Han
Justin Oo
Kenneth Oo
Myo San Htoo
Khin Zaw Htoo
Nelson


Ticketing, Ushers and Security (Nay Lin)

Zarni Tun
Holly Huynh
Htoo Htet
Tee Yeik Linn
Gugu Soe
Mie Mie Win

Ko Toe Lwin
Ko Moe Kyaw Thu
Ko Nyi Nyi Than

Ko Sai



Food Fair and Table Set-ups (Thura Ko and Jeremy Wong)

Philips
Mein Mein
James
San Tun
Phyo Min
Kyin Kyu
Pat Kyu


Volunteers and Info, Tickets, Donations Booths (Nandi Kyaw Min)

Aye Aye Aung
Yin Yin
Bu Doh
Ah Chan
Thinzar Han
Tin Nandar
Nuam
Lwan Kay Khaing

Phyu Thi
Nwe Ni Linn
Pyae Phyo Lwin
Mamie Hlaing

Phyu Phyu Myint


EVENT HELPERS

Photography - Ko Donald Shu
Ko Ko Lay (Ko Ko Photo)
Patrick Wong (Visual Evidence)


Video Camera - Mike Min Min
Ko Steven Chang

Microphones - Maung Chit Khaing


T-shirts - Ma Khin Thein Lwin

Burmese Costumes - Ko Kyaw Thura Htun

Mie Mie Win Pe Accommodation - Ma Khin Khin Tint

Make-Up - Chit Ma Ma

Flowers Arrangements - Zargy Myint Aung

Decorations and Setups - Myanmar Student Club (MSC) Soccer Team

Setups and Restorations - DC RHINO Soccer Club

Music Bands - Fisherman Music Entertainment Group, Broken Saints and The Encore








PLEASE DOWNLOAD FLYERS HERE:

Burmese:
<http://www.mediafire.com/file/zqzhtwjnmmx/Burmese_MCCFR_Main_flyer.JPG>

English:
<http://www.mediafire.com/file/jummwwm0nzd/English_MCCFR_Main_Flyer.pdf>


Objectives of the Event:
    • To Initiate fund-raising for the first Burmese (Myanmar) Community Center in Bay Area
    • To Promote Benefits of US 2010 Census Awareness in Burmese community
    • To Showcase Burmese Ethnic Cultures and Traditional foods to International communities
    • To Ask supports from Community organizations as presenting young Burmese talents of Bay Area

Who We Are:


We are a group of dedicated Burmese youths who want to get united and to use our talents for the welfare of our community, our people and our Motherland.












Please visit
http://burmeseyouthassociation.org/ and http://burmeseyouthassociation.blogspot.com
to learn more about us.


Why We Are Doing This:









Because we are Dreamers and we firmly believe that US CENSUS 2010 and the Burmese (Myanmar) Community Center as a consequence will be very beneficial to all Burmese communities and generations in a long term, regardless of their religious beliefs and ethnic backgrounds, marking the dawn of Burmese Americans in the history of US.
































T
own Hall Meeting asking advices from community for the building of the first Burmese (Myanmar) Community Center in Bay Area.

(June 21, 2009 at Mettananda Vihara Monastery, Fremont)


Please Download the Community Meeting Minutes Here:
<http://www.mediafire.com/file/2jxzge0hr2o/Myanmar _Burmese_ Community Center All Hands Meeting Minutes.pdf>


ေရႊၾကယ္စင္တို႔ရဲ႕ ေပါင္းစည္း အိပ္မက္ပြဲေတာ္


"မိုးေသာက္ေကာင္းကင္ယံရဲ႕
ၾကယ္စင္ေလးေတြကို
ျမင္ေယာင္ၾကည့္ပါ။


ျဖဴစင္ညီ ေတာက္ပတဲ့
သူတို႔ရဲ႕ အိပ္မက္ေတြကို
ေတြ႕ရလိမ့္မယ္..."





Event Rehearsal Date:

July 26, 2009 (Sunday)
Little Theater

699, Serramonte Blvd
Daly City, CA 94015


Rehearsal Theater Coordinator - Ko Kyaw Kyaw
Rehearsal Stage Coordinator - Kyaw Kyaw Soe
Rehearsal Lunch Coordinator - Phyo Sandi Aung
Rehearsal Sound Coordinator - Maung Chit Khaing



Programs Final Sheet



Please Download Programs Sheet and Final Flyers Here:

Programs Sheet <http://www.mediafire.com/file/tmwhyngm0mm/Program Final Sheet.pdf>

Final Flyer_Cover <http://www.mediafire.com/file/3hhyvkrzmdm/Final_Flyer_cover.pdf>

Final Flyer_Inside<http://www.mediafire.com/file/mrztmzdmcji/Final_Flyer_inside.pdf>





EVENT SPONSORS AND DONORS LIST

CURRENT SPONSORS

Event Presenting Sponsors ($2000 and up)

(1) United States Burmese Medical Association (USBMA)



(2) U.S. Census Bureau
<http://www.census.gov/>




1. LEGENDARY RUBY SPONSOR ($1000)

(1) YE HTUT AUNG (Burmese American Community Outreach - BACO)

<http://www.bacousa.org/>





2. DIAMOND SPONSOR ($500)

(1) BURMESE SOCIETY OF FINANCIAL (Financial Service)





(2) MANDALAY GAZETTE (Yadanarbon Naypyidaw Newspaper)




<http://www.mandalaygazette.com/>



(3) BURMA SUPERSTAR RESTAURANT

<http://www.burmasuperstar.com/>




3. JADE SPONSOR
($400)

(1) Dr. MG MG THAW, D.D.S (Dixon Landing Family Dental)







4. PLATINUM SPONSORS
($300)


(1) BURMESE CLASSIC MEDIA TEAM

<http://www.burmeseclassic.com/>




(2) DR. TUN HLA, D.D.S





(3) JENNIFER CHOU




(4) DR. THYNN THYNN LYNN, MD and PATRICK WONG






5. GOLD SPONSORS ($200)

(1) AUNG THAN (Honda of Serramonte)












(2) DR. SIMON LIM, D.D.S











(3) DR. DOMINIC M. CHIONG, MD






6. SILVER SPONSORS ($100)

(1) JAMIE JIAN











(2) AUNG JEWELRY













(3) JUDITH TAY




(4) HTOO HTET





(5) KO KO LAY





(6) LITTLE YANGON RESTAURANT




(7) JULIA SUU THU




(8) STEVEN CHANG





(9) PATRICK LIN AND STELLA CHAN




(10) DR. GLORIA KHOO, D.D.S



(11) WILLIAM MYA DYN



(12) REFUGEE TRANSITIONS






EVENT INSURANCE SPONSOR
- BARBARA SHU










MAKE-UP SPONSOR - CHIT MA MA



EVENT PROGRAM BOOKLETS SPONSOR
- DR. SAN SAN MYINT, MD




Please be proud as a Sponsor of the first (Burmese) Myanmar Community Center of Bay Area!

Sponsorship Types:

1. Legendary Ruby Sponsor - $1,000
2. Diamond Sponsor - $500
3. Jade Sponsor - $400
4. Platinum Sponsor - $300
5. Gold Sponsor - $200
6. Silver Sponsor - $100

Please download sponsorship packet here:

<http://www.mediafire.com/file/alnuznmfjz2/MCCFR Sponsorship Packet.pdf>


Current Donors

1. Dr. Patrick Tin Aung and Family - $120

2. Mindy Khoo
(for Pageant) - $200

3. Justin Oo
(for Pageant)- $200

4. U Hla Min - $150 (for Essay Contest)

5. U Tin Aung (Tetkatho Phone Kywe) - $30

6. U Ohn Myint and Daw Khin Tint Tint Family - $100

7. Ma Barbara Shu - $50

8. U Maung Khin (City Travel) - $50

9. Daw Mary Yap - $50

10. Ko Phyo Aung -
$100


11. Po Hsun Huang - $20

12. Ko Hla Win and Ma Kyu Kyu Thein - $50

13. Jonathan Shu (for Essay Contest) - $20

14. Anonymous (for Essay Contest) - $100

15. Kenneth Oo (for Essay Contest) - $40

16. Burmese American Professional Society (BAPS) - $300


Burmese Food!

Burmese Food!

Paying Respect to Community Elders!

Paying Respect to Community Elders!

Fun Activities!

Fun Activities!

Miss Thingyan Pageant!

Miss Thingyan Pageant!

Traditional Music and Dance!

Traditional Music and Dance!
And You are Cordially invited to our Burmese New Year Thingyan Cultural Festival!

2012 Thingyan Footages! By Eagle and Shwe Videos

Our Mission Statement

Our Mission Statement
SF Bay Area Burmese (Myanmar) Community Center Initiative Mission Statement