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East meets West with two classic love stories
Chiang Mai Ballet presents Manohra Fantasy and Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky’s classical ballet ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and
the energetic Asian love story ‘Manohra Fantasy’ will be presented by
the Government Lottery Office along with the Chiang Mai Ballet Performing
Group and the Chiang Mai Ballet Academy.
ML
Preeyapun with her dancers - the rehearsals in full swing!
ML Preeyapun Sridhavat, an Asia-Pacific Woman Inspire
Award winner in the Art Category, is the Artistic Director of this double
bill production. Artists include the winner of the 25th International Dance
Competition for Ballet and Jazz held in Perth, Australia; a professionally
trained ballet dancer from Tashkent, Russia and guest dancers from Bangkok
City Ballet.
Also performing will be Maneenuch Smerasut, Thailand’s
top singer, accompanied by the singers from Niyompanich Starmakers.
The production will be held on March 20, 2005 at 1.30
p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Kad Theatre (capacity 1,550 seats) in Chiang Mai.
Tickets are 500, 300 and 200 baht as well as special group rates.
Proceeds will be donated to the Tsunami orphanage, the
Northern Mentally Retarded Welfare Center, under the Royal patronage of Her
Majesty the Queen; and the Thai Red Cross.
For more information please contact 0-5326 0373, 0-5330- 6357 or 0
1881-1114.
A ten-year-old’s view of interschool basketball
Luke E. Pelant, 4th Grade; Age 10, CMIS
On Saturday February 5 I was going to my basketball game against Grace
International School. I was disappointed that only two of my CMIS (Chiang
Mai International School) teammates showed up – Joel and Moe. I thought we
would have to forfeit the game. Instead we did a scrimmage, and my teammates
and I split up with the Grace boys and we made two teams. Their coach, Mr.
Thweet was so nice to let us scrimmage. He refereed the game and he taught
us good plays. One was called Redskins. I also got to know some of the Grace
boys. It ended up being a fun day.
LIST students learn about biodiversity during field trip to Khao Yai
Gary
Johnston
(Middle School Science Teacher, LIST)
During January 26-30, Grades 6-8 students from Lanna
International School (LIST) went on an extended field trip to Khao Yai
National Park. It was an opportunity to see much of the terminology used in
the school’s life science curriculum, but the students also went camping,
hiking, and cooking outdoors.
 Walking
across a rickety bridge.
After an overnight train to the capital, the students
took a three hour van ride to Khao Yai, which lies just northeast of
Bangkok. The biodiversity of Khao Yai National Park is amongst the highest
in Asia, and students were able to observe wildlife such as sambar and
barking deer, hornbills, macaques, wild fowl, Asiatic wild dog, porcupine,
and the arboreal binturong.
Students carried out an animal behavioral study, and stream health study,
where students counted the number of macro invertebrates to determine water
quality. They then had a four km hike through the rainforest to their
campsite, studying rainforest microhabitats along the way. Camping outdoors
was a new experience for some of the students, and it was also a first, for
many of them, to be away from their families.
The
whole group had great fun in Khao Yai National Park.
Inventors recognised
Staff Reporters
The Office of National Research Center and CMU held their
annual Inventors Day (an event similarly promoted in other countries) at the
CMU convention hall honouring His Majesty the King, who invented the air
driven “Chai Pattana Windmill”, as well as supporting Thai intellectual
endeavour.
 Dr.
Santad Rojanasunthorn, Office of National Research Centre president,
presides over the opening ceremony.
Dr. Santad Rojanasunthorn, president of the Office of
National Research Center, spoke about the importance of this exhibition
saying ‘the cabinet decided to dedicate the 2nd of February as
Inventors’ day, the anniversary of HM The King’ being given the patent
for his “Chai Pattana Windmill”. This day is considered a memorable day
in Thai history since his invention brought changes to the country.
Inventors Day is held in every part of Thailand. In the
north, it is held during February 11-13 at the CMU convention hall. There
was an exhibition featuring the king’s invention, a mysterious new theory
project, the royal rainmaking project, the Bio-diesel project and other
handicrafts under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen.
Dr. Santad Rojanasunthorn presided over the opening ceremony on February
11, 2005.
Thailand under the magnifying glass
Dominique Leutwiler
The Christian German School Chiang Mai (CDSC) last week
was filled with activities on the theme “All around Thailand” and while
the High School students were all out on a weekly field trip, the primary
students had their own kind of fun.
Big eyes
while watching the making of bricks.
The first to fourth graders started their week by
learning the words of the national anthem and the meaning of the Thai flag
whose colors represent the king, the people and the religion. During a field
trip to Wiang Kum Kan the students got an idea how people used to live years
ago. They were also taught about temples and the symbolism of some signs.
Children
learn more about the Thai flag by drawing it.
The children enjoyed the opportunity to learn about
handicraft and movement. This included a variety of activities such as
boxing, dancing and karaoke as well as learning the process of making paper
or painting umbrellas. Included in the weekly program was another field trip
into the ceramic and pottery industry where the children learned first hand
about the making of bricks.
It was with great interest that the CDSC students were able to learn
about the country they live in and some of its most important cultural and
industrial values. A highlight was a visit to the zoo, where they studied
the animals living in Thailand, but also got a look at some ‘exotic’
animals such as deer. The yearly activity week ended with the parents
visiting their children at school where the students could show off their
handicraft skills.
Artist Theerayuth Boonmee exhibits for tsunami victims
Chantawee Punmira
Theerayuth Boonmee showed 50 water color paintings,
principally featuring beautiful flowers, at an exhibition arranged by the
Law Women Foundation of Chiang Mai in cooperation with the Rural Development
Foundation and Chiang Mai University during February 6-28.
Theerayuth
Boonmee describes each painting to the audience during a discussion on the
painting exhibition.
Theerayuth began painting when he was eight years old. He
collected all his paintings but never thought to present them to public
until the tsunami hit Thailand. He said he wanted to help affected people
and decided to auction his painting and give the proceeds to the affected
people.”
 Atmosphere
at the exhibition.
Theerayuth displayed his paintings in Bangkok in January
and earned 1.7 million baht from that auction.
“If the auction can earn me a lot of money to assist the tsunami
victims, I will find more places to exhibit and sell my paintings,” said
Theerayuth.
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