Asian Night 2006
by Angeline Seah

It’s that time again! Asian Night 2006 is fast approaching. Slated to begin at 7:30pm in the SAC Auditorium on Friday, November 17, Asian Night is predicted to be another successful sold out show.

This year’s Asian Night promises to be a little different from the last several shows. New talents, guests, and performers will be lighting up the stage and bringing all different cultural and modern Asian American issues to the attention of all those in the audience. Asian Night will showcase both traditional and modern dances, fashions, and music.

However, this is no longer limited to the stereotypical “asian” influences of Eastern Asia but will include, for the second year in a row, the well known dance troupe Thillana to represent the Southeast Asian culture. PUSO, KSA, VSA, and other Asian oriented organizations from campus will all also be involved in a variety of performances.

Furthermore, the members of Asian Students’ Alliance are breaking away from the comedic approach of raising Asian American issues and have invited a special group to give a more real, educational, and personal face to those issues. Ill-Literacy is the name of the group that has been serving music, poetry, and spoken word in a unique way since 2002 in order to address social and personal issues that college students may be experiencing. For more information, visit their website at http://ill-literacy.com

As for the college student based performances, practices have been taking place since late September. As the performances come together and the countdown to November 17 continues, the anticipation keeps on building. Come and enjoy this wonderful show. Who knows? You just may learn something too.