Of all the international students in SAU, over three hundred joined to celebrate Christmas and the coming New Year on December 27th, with an evening of memorable music and dance performances held in the Blue Sky Theatre.
This gala night is an annual event for all international students, which also welcomes foreign experts and Chinese faculties and students.

(International students perform songs and dance in Blue Sky Theatre)
An opening band performance by international students led to a series of other splendid performances such as songs, dances and fashion shows, in which international students showed their indigenous characteristics and talents. Besides, the gala night embraced many traditional Chinese elements and culture including Peking Opera, Chinese songs and poems, calligraphy and Chinese Kongfu, moving all the audience and lending an atmosphere of excitement, surprise, and fun to the event. The audiences were also excited to enjoy aircraft modelling flying controlled by competitors in Blue Sky Theatre. During the interval, prize drawing was held and foreign experts and Mr. Chen, the Dean of International Education College kindly awarded prized to the lucky audiences.

(Chinese elements embedded into this gala night)
The party came to a rousing end with a choir performance named “Love each other” given by Chinese teachers.
Edited by Maggie Yu