南安普敦华人协会答谢晚宴圆满落幕
又是一年团圆日，9月10日晚，南安普敦华人协会以 “喜迎二十年，欢度中秋节” 为主题的答谢晚宴在JRC饭店盛大启幕，二百多名会员与嘉宾欢聚一堂，共同见证了这场极具温馨的盛会。
伴随着主持人激情洋溢的开场词，南安普敦華人協會會長黄嵩鈞博士、南安普敦市長 Cllr Peter Bailie、中國駐英國大使館僑務參贊卢海田先生、Unity101 Manager Dr. Ram Kalyan ‘Kelly’ 分别上台致辞。黄会长对拨冗莅临晚宴的所有来宾表达了欢迎和感谢。他表示，今晚不仅是一场团圆的盛宴，也是一场感恩的庆典，感谢会员们的一路相伴，感谢各界人士的大力支持，你们的情谊是对我们工作的肯定和鼓励，我们将铭记这份感恩之心，未来我们仍将一路同行。
一段气势磅礴、动感十足舞狮表演，将晚宴现场的气氛瞬间燃起。会员们一边品尝着美食，一边与身边的新老朋友畅叙友情，现场其乐融融！
一轮接着一轮的互动抽奖，为现场增添了欢乐的气氛。幸运获奖者在一片艳羡声中，领取了不同的超值奖项，大家开心地抱着礼品合影留念。
晚宴现场刮起了一场头脑风暴，会员们兴致高涨地参与猜灯谜活动，奖品也被兑换一空。猜出谜底的会员们既享受到了成功的喜悦，又增强了对中华优秀文化的认同感和自豪感。
整场晚宴在欢歌笑语中圆满落幕。会员们对这场极具温情的晚宴赞誉有加，深刻感受到了中华一家亲中秋话团圆的味道。
简讯來自 康洪彬 ⼥⼠
The Chinese Association of Southampton (CAS) were joined by over 200 guests including the Mayor of Southampton Cllr Peter Baillie and the Chinese Embassy Cllr Mr Lu Haitian at the buffet restaurant JRC in Southampton to celebrate their 20th anniversary as well as the Mid Autumn Festival 2019.
All guests and members were being invited to attend free of charge as the Association wanted to show their gratitude and thank for their continuous support, contributions and sponsorship all these years.
After the welcome speeches and the certificate presentation, the event was opened by the Lion Dance performance. During the evening, there were Chinese riddle game, raffle draw and singing contest. Everyone enjoyed the night very much and lots of their members stayed for the singing contest until 10:30pm.
Brief News from Ms. Vikkie Cheng