Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Day

Join us for Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Day! Enjoy free museum admission and join us as we celebrate together and embrace music, art, culture, community, and more.

Celebration Series offers Rochester area families and community members the opportunity to learn more about specific cultures, communities, and events through performances, presentations, art & crafts, and more.

Schedule of Events

Vanden Brul Pavilion

12:00 pm: Inauguration, MAG Director
12:05 pm: Indian Classical Vocal Performance, Vidhya Naganathan & Raja Bala
12:20 pm: Fashion Show, Miss Philippines New York Organization
12:30 pm: Chinese Dance Performance, Chinese School of Rochester
12:40 pm: Bollywood Dance with Live Singing, Sanvi Singh, Shubhra Singh (Vocals: Vivaan Dholakia)
12:45 pm: Indian Singing, Dr. Mehul Patel
12:55 pm: Chinese Folk Dance, Chinese School of Rochester
1:05 pm: Pakistani Cultural Performances, PASOR
1:15 pm: Bollywood Singing & Dance, Sambit Mohapatra (Singing); Yuvaan & Mivaan Mohapatra (Dance)
1:25 pm: Indian Dance Performance, Parvatha-Bharat School of Indian Dance and Performance
1:35 pm: Indian Singing, Sheema & Ashita
1:50 pm: Accordion Solo, Mirwais Nazari
1:55 pm: Okinawan Karate Demo

M&T Bank Ballroom

12:00–2:30 pm: Cultural Display Tables
1:45 pm: Ensemble Performance, Eastman Ensemble
2:45 pm: Music Ensemble, Chinese Music Ensemble
3:00 pm: Orchestra Performance, Chinese School of Rochester Orchestra
3:15 pm: Finale – Group Celebration Announcement, All participants & guests
Finale performers: Dr. Mehul Patel, singing; Nadia Cheema (PASOR), Qawali Song; Kaihong (Chinese School of Rochester); Maggie Phoenix; Jo Blancaflor, FAAR Dance; Chet Timsima, Bhutanese Dance; Devanshi Patel Metha, Bollywood

Auditorium

12:00–2:30 pm: Asia-Pacific Through the Lens

Bausch & Lomb Parlor

12:00–4:00 pm: Make-it-and-take it arts & crafts with MAG’s Creative Workshop

In the Galleries

1:00 pm: MAGconnect tour with Delores Jackson Radney

Celebration Series is sponsored by the MAG Council, with additional support from the Robert and Madeleine S. Heilbrunn Memorial Fund.