AANHPI2026

George Mason University

2026 AANHPI Heritage Month Celebration

Opening Remarks

• Dean Lisa Breglia, Senior Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Mr. Hiroshi Ando, Embassy of Japan (VIP Remarks)

Congratulatory Letter from President Washington (read by Gao Xiaowei, MA Student in Chinese)

Performances

(Presented in the following order)

Korean Culture

• Korean Traditional Dance:
  Di Dim Sae Korean Traditional Art Institute
• Harmonica Ensemble
  Angel Chroma Music Ensemble

Chinese Culture

• Chinese Dance
  Xuejuan Dance Ensemble
• Chinese Songs: “A Lifelong Journey”, “Rainy Butterfly”
  MCL Chinese Singing Club
• Taiji Sword Performance
  Mandy Han
• Peking Opera: “The Drunken Imperial Consort”, “Doraemon”
  Guimei Wang
• Chinese Song: “Do You See the Raven?”
  Gao Xiaowei

Vietnamese Culture

• Vietnamese Traditional Instrumental Performance: “Lý Cây Bông”
  Megan Nguyen, Annikha Nguyen

Japanese Culture

• Marimba Performance: “Sakura”, “Oedo Nihonbashi”, “Itsuki Lullaby”, “Voice of Matsuri Drums”
  Mayumi Hama, Kanako Chikami

Closing Remarks

• Dr. Liang Luo, Chair, Department of Modern and Classical Languages

GMU AANHPI Heritage Month Celebration Committee:

Jianfei Chen, Mika Hama, Daeyong Kim, Liang Luo, Hongmei Sun, Lisa Uli, Karl Zhang

Special Thanks to:

Lisa Breglia, Keesoo Jun, Yali Pan, Cortney Hughes Rinker, Gregory Washington