Chicago City Council Resolution

WHEREAS, on Saturday, March 3, 2007, the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing Committee in Chicago will celebrate their 2nd annual Chinese New Year Celebration; and

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

WHEREAS, according to U.S. Census 2004, the State of Illinois has over 800,000 ethnic Chinese; 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 Global 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular to perform two live shows here in Chicago on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Auditorium Theater, with an expected audience of 8,000; and

WHEREAS, the 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular in Chicago aims to be a showcase of traditional Chinese culture, 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 in 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 7th Day of February in 2007, 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 2007 Chinese New Year Global Spectacular festivities, as well as our best wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and

BE IT FURHTER 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.