I/Our Collective will be cohosting the Chinese New Year Peace Concert with the United Nations Commutech Group (https://uncgtv.co/) on the 3rd February, along with the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. This will be the first official announcement of Our Collective sale of a $100M Ming Vase generously granted by our benefactor Max Leong (my fellow Singaporean). We plan to sell this priceless gem of China the traditional way (there have already been expression of interests from a Swiss buyer), but also we plan to digitize this gem into a NFT. I have also decided to NFT all Our Collective Members and Partners into a Our Collective Collectible Collection (CCC), similar to the montage created by Beeple (which sold for $69M by Sotheby’s). I will work with Andrea as Our Collective Digital Curator (which is also our designated Curator for the Ming Vase) to create these upcoming fabulous artworks. There are of course many talented
artists and performer within Our Collective stable – I spoke yesterday to the amazingly beautiful and talented Amanda (congrats to her signing up with Sony Records, and also onto several upcoming big movie projects) and her renowned manager Ralph Cooper (his father was the one who gave birth to the world famous venue Apollo), and I will be NFTing her beauty and artistry into Our CCC. Vincent Lyn (World Kickboxing Champion, Movie Star with Jackie Chan, Grammy-nominated Composer, and founder of We Can Save Children) will be playing his latest Grammy-nominated music video at our Chinese New Year event, and to which I plan to also NFT for Our CCC.

I will be reaching out individually with each of you talented and influential Members in the coming days to coordinate your involved in this exciting new Our Collective Digital Worlds, and telling you the digital platforms that I/We plan to create, promote and sell Our CCC to the eagerly awaiting World!

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About the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2013 The annual, free 2013 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place THIS Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S. In Celebration of the “Year of the Snake,” the 23rd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) will feature cash & prizes for competitors in this year’s US Dragon Boat Open Championship.

Other festival events consist of Several special/Invitational Cup races including The 30th Anniversary HKETO NY FAMILY INVITATIONAL, the HKETO Business Invitational, The Health Care Invitational, The Educational Invitational and the Municipal Cup/Invitational featuring various teams from our elected officials. This year’s Corporate Invitational looks to be a good one, with many Corporate Teams joining us to race for their company.

The Festival will be held at Meadow Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York rain or shine. Admission is free. HKDBF-NY, an international, multicultural celebration and sporting event, the largest multicultural Festival in New York and the largest festival of its kind in the U.S. HKDBF NY keeps up the age old tradition of Dragon Boat Racing in colorful, custom made teak boats, which are virtual works of art gliding on water.

Custom made by a small coterie of craftsmen in Hong Kong, weighing one ton each, colorfully painted with a Dragon head at the front and Dragon tail at the rear, the boats are piloted by up to 20 crewmen, including 18 paddlers, a drummer and steers person. For twenty-two successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 50,000 attendees throughout North America. With more than 180 well-trained teams, involving more than 2,500 participants competing from across the U.S. and Canada, this year’s festival is expected to be notable in its scale and fierce competition. With cash & prizes at stake for the US Dragon Boat Open Championships, the festival takes place over two days on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, featuring events for the entire family.

The opening day parade at noon on Saturday, Aug. 10th will be followed by the New York City Championship Races. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship will be held on Sunday, August 11th with the teams vigorously competing for their share of the cash & prizes. Racing starts at 9:00 a.m. and events last throughout the day until approximately 5:00 p.m. each day, rain or shine.

Other festival events consist of the media invitational, corporate youth, charity race, women’s invitational, and sponsors challenge, a photo contest as well as presentations on the Stage of traditional Chinese arts, martial arts demonstrations, the traditional Dragon dance, musical and other diverse performances and demonstrations of folk arts and crafts. An ethnic food court, and booths staffed by sponsors of the event, many of whom will be giving away promotional items, and many community-based organizations participating help make for a unique, action packed, multi-cultural, New York weekend.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and reformer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing.

Admission to the HKDBF-NY is Free, Events take place Rain or Shine. Directions to the Festival by car – take the Long Island Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway to exit 11 south, then stay on service road to the Park. Parking is severely limited. Please take the MTA or car pool. Directions to the Festival by bus/subway –Again this year we’ve worked with the MTA to insure easy and safe transportation to the Festival site. Festival goers can use their MetroCard to take the #7 Train to the CitiField stop and transfer from there to special MTA shuttle buses that will take them directly to the Festival site, or they can walk from the CitiField stop (about 15 minutes) or take the colorful park trolley to the festival site. Parking on-site is limited, you can park at CitiField and take the special MTA shuttle with your MetroCard or use correct change. Downloadable photos are available at www.hkdbf-ny.org Special hotel rates are available at several local hotels to encourage out of town team participation.

FOR SCHEDULE & INFORMATION VISIT WWW.HKDBF-NY.ORG OR CALL 1-718-767-1776.

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