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DESCRIPTION:World Artists Experiences Presents\n\nLUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIO
 N\n\nThe Lunar New Year Celebration will be held at Key Auditorium at St. 
 John’s College Annapolis\, Maryland\, on Sunday\, February 22\, 2026 at 
 3 PM.  The celebration will include orchestra\, choir\, martial arts\, acr
 obatics\, and dance by the renowned Art Troupe of Remnin University in Bei
 jing\, and is composed of students\, 13-17\, excelling in the artistic tal
 ent and academics. The students come from China’s Most influential youth
  orchestra and Choir. The celebration is on a first-come\, first-serve bas
 is. The experience is presented through World Artists Experiences\, a loca
 l non-profit bridging people and cultures and is free of charge.  Further 
 information\, email wae@comcast.net.\n\n \n\nBrief Introduction to the Art
  Troupe of the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China (RDFZ)
  comprises seven distinct groups: the symphony orchestra\, choir\, martial
  arts team\, aerobics team\, dance team\, boys’ dance team\, and electro
 nic light music band.\n\nWith over 300 members\, the troupe is made up of 
 junior and senior high school students aged 13 to 17\, all excelling in bo
 th academics and artistic talent. The performers participating in the 2025
  U.S. Performing Tour are exceptional members of this art troupe.\n\nAs Ch
 ina’s most influential youth symphony orchestra\, RDFZ symphony orchestr
 a has achieved remarkable successes in various performances and competitio
 ns at home and abroad\, winning the first prizes at the National Primary a
 nd Middle School Student Art Performance and the Gold Medal in the Beijing
  Art Exhibition and Performance for Primary and Secondary School Students 
 many times.\n\nThe choir has achieved significant accolades\, including tw
 o first prizes in the teenage group at the China International Choir Festi
 val and three first prizes at the National Primary and Middle School Stude
 nt Art Performance.\n\nIt has also secured gold medals at the Beijing Stud
 ent Art Festival more than a dozen times. In 2019\, the choir was honored 
 by being elected as one of the directors of CHOIR—CHINA.The martial arts
  team has regularly earned first prizes for its group performances at the 
 National Middle School Martial Arts Championship sand Beijing Middle Schoo
 l Martial Arts Competitions.\n\nIn 2023\, the team achieved further distin
 ction by winning the gold medal in the campus group category at the first 
 Student (Youth) Games of the People’s Republic of China. The aerobics te
 am has maintained a long-standing championship streak at the National Midd
 le School Students’ Games and has achieved first place at the World Aero
 bics Championships three times.\n\nRDFZ Art Troupe has performed in countr
 ies s as the United States\, France\, Austria\, Russia\, the United Kingdo
 m\, Greece\, Australia\, Spain\,Germany\, the Czech Republic\, South Korea
 \, and many other. The troupe has been warmly received worldwide\, playing
  a vital role in fostering international cultural exchange.\n\nNOTE: The A
 rt Troupe’s orchestra\, chorus\, martial arts\, and acrobats will perfor
 m on February 22\, 2026\, at St. John’s College in Annapolis. Eighty-fiv
 e will come with the group.
GEO:38.981477;-76.491918
LOCATION:Annapolis Campus\, Francis Scott Key Auditorium
SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Celebration
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.sjc.edu/event/lunar-new-year-celebration
CATEGORIES:Concerts & Performances
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