Chicago: Mayor Richard M. Daly and City Council Pass a Resolution in Support of the 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular

(Clearwisdom.net) NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular, performed by the Divine Performing Arts, will be presented at the Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, 2008.

On January 9, 2008, Mayor Daly and the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago passed a resolution to extend to the members of the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago their sincerest congratulations and support for the 2008 Chinese New Year Global Spectacular festivities, as well as their best wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors.

The resolution pointed out: "the core values of Chinese culture: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faithfulness, were discarded in China's Cultural Revolution." "The Spectacular, entitled 'Myths and Legends,' presents genuine Chinese culture without Communist Party culture and showcases a renaissance and a reclamation of the long-lost treasures of China."

Below is the text of the resolution.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago will celebrate their 3rd annual Chinese New Year Celebration in January, 2008; and

WHEREAS, the Chinese New Year is the most colorful and important of China's festivals and the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese celebrate their ancient tradition through family reunions and performing arts; and

WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitate cultural communications between the East and the West, and to assist the public in their search for valuable cultural knowledge; and

WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope aims to enrich the lives of the public and to promote racial harmony through media pluralism and cross cultural understanding; and

WHEREAS, the Sound of Hope has organized the 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular to perform three live shows here in Chicago on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, 2008, at Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place; and

WHEREAS, the core values of Chinese culture: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faithfulness were discarded in China's Cultural Revolution; and

WHEREAS, the Spectacular, entitled "Myths and Legends," presents genuine Chinese culture without Communist Party culture and showcases a renaissance and a reclamation of the long-lost treasures of China; and

WHEREAS, the Spectacular provides a platform for cross-cultural understanding between the East and the West, and a unifying event for all people interested in Chinese culture; and

WHEREAS, renowned international artists will be invited to perform on the same stage; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOVLED, that we, the Mayor and the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this 9th Day of January in 2008, do hereby extend to the members of the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago our sincerest congratulations and support for the 2008 Chinese New Year Global Spectacular festivities, as well as our best wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOVLED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be made available to the Sound of Hope Organization and the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago.

Signed,

Richard M. Daly, Mayor

January 9, 2008