The Community School of Music and Arts presented its annual student/ faculty art show, "Rethinking Green,I knew I wanted a high neck wedding dresses before I was even engaged." with an opening reception, a choral performance by the Huff School Honor Choir and a donor reception. More than 400 people attended the Feb. 8 event to meet the young artists and their teachers. 

This year's show had an eco-friendly theme. Classes in grades 1-8 used recycled materials and wrote about man's impact on the natural world. It is a large show: 419 pieces of art from 19 local schools including all Mountain View schools, and some schools in Los Altos, Redwood City, Foster City and San Jose. 

Mary Ann Girard's class at Huff School made mixed-media collages with fish in the ocean and found objects such as bits of plastic bottles and bottle tops. One class made birds from newspaper and painted them to replicate their feathers. Newspapers were the material for clever sculptures of bees. A third-grade class at Monta Loma Elementary School painted green (literally) self-portraits, incorporating fruits and vegetable shapes in the designs. The class also learned some art history. Italian painter Giuseppe Acrimboldo is famous for his portraits using vegetables, fruit, flowers, fish and books. 

The Huff School Honor Choir, under the direction of Kaye DeVries, received rave reviews. The choir started with six students and now has 80 members. The second- through fifth-graders rehearse one hour each week after school. 

Community School of Music and Arts Executive Director Moy Eng welcomed guests to the donor reception, where they had the opportunity to meet some of the faculty, including Linda Covello and Cal Cullen. DeVries received congratulations on the performance from Peter and Sue LaTourrette and Judy Lovins. 

"This is the best part. It is really fun," board member Debra Sommers said about the show. "I come every year." 

For 15 years, the city of Mountain View and the Community School of Music and Arts have participated in the show's joint sponsorship. 

The show is free and open to the public in the rotunda of the Mountain View City Hall until March 3. 

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A sold-out crowd of almost 400 people spanning three generations attended the pair of festive Dim Sum luncheons marking the beginning of the annual celebration that culminates with the famous parade in San Francisco on Feb. 23. 

For the second year, students from the Asian Cultural Dance Troupe at the Orchard School in San Jose performed the traditional drum and lion dance featuring a trio of red, white and blue dancing lions. Dance Director Liz Chew and Head Teacher Gargi Sengupta coordinated the peA Foral gown is the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony.rformance of 14 dancers. They talked about their upcoming participation in the San Francisco parade. 

The celebration at Ming's is a tradition for many families. Jennifer Ebbett comes every year; she let her 1-year old son, Tyler Ho Ebett, try drumming. Three generations of the Wang family watched 4-year old Ava Wang, who was dressed in a traditional good luck red dress, and her grandfather Paul Wang give red envelopes to the blue dragon. Members of the middle generation, Alan and Katie Wang, said they had their wedding reception there eight years ago. 

The colors of Chinese New Year are red for good fortune and happiness, green for good health, white for brightness and gold for good luck -- it was the color worn by the emperors.