Snow and Kilts and Accordion and Toddish McWong at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Classical Garden
The Globe and Mail is doing an interview profile on me for Tuesday January 17th, by journalist Sarah Hampson, and asked photographer Raphael to take pictures of me for the article. Hampson asked me lots of questions about the hows and whys of Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. She wanted to get the behind the scenes story of my personal motivations, and my community work. Here is a link to the Hampson article Haggis wontons Robbie Burns night meets Chinese New Year http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/news-and-views/sarah-hampson/haggis-wontons-robbie-burns-night-meets-chinese-new-year/article2304305/
The Globe & Mail editor had suggested having the pictures taken in Vancouver Chinatown. I suggested to the photographer that we meet at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Classical Gardens – currently nominated as one of the Great Spaces in Canada. You can vote here for the Gardens
Deb took some pictures of Raphael taking pictures of me. The top and bottom pictures were posed exclusively for Deb, after Raphael had left, as we took advantage of the wonderful setting.
This is me reading Robbie Burns' poetry to the pet dragon on my right shoulder. Somehow, I thought this would make me more scholarly if we took the picture inside the Scholar's Study.
The Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens looked incredible with the freshly fallen snow, and the red lanterns set up for the Chinese Lunar New Year season. On January 29th, I will be returning to the gardens to play accordion with my fellow musicians in the Black Bear Rebels Celtic Ceilidh ensemble for the Chinese New Year celebrations. We play 2 sets at 2:30 and 3:30pm. The parade starts at 12 noon and goes to 2pm, so be sure to visit us!
More photos on my Flickr account here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53803790@N00/sets/72157628876393873/show/