If you’re planning on going to the inaugural Taste of Asia today (starting at 4 p.m.) or tomorrow May 1st starting at 11 a.m., here are the event schedules for performers & workshops. There will be three areas: Garden Courtyard, North Stage, and South Stage, plus workshops inside the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Rd. This event runs till 9 p.m. both days. Phone # 520-292-6900. And there will be lots of Asian/Pacific Islander food for sale.

Tucson Sino Choir

GARDEN COURTYARD
Friday
 5:30 – Ryushinkan Dojo
 6:30 – Lim/Hendrix Tai Chi
 7:00 – Tucson Sino Tai Chi
 7:30 – Tucson Sino Martial Arts
Saturday
 11:00 – Southern Arizona Families with Children from China Carnival Asia (games)
 4:45 – J. Kim Martial Arts
 5:30 – Ryushinkan Dojo
 6:30 – Desert Dojo
 7:30 – Chinese Shaolin Center
 8:15 – Great Harmony Tai Chi

NORTH STAGE SCHEDULE
Friday
 6:00 – Chinese YoYo
 7:30 – Tucson Sino Choir
 8:30 – Tucson Sino Taiji
Saturday
 11:30 – Tucson Sino Choir
 12:30 – Vietnamese Alliance of Tucson
 1:30 – Philippine Mabuhay Cultural Foundation
 2:30 – Tucson Sino Martial Arts
 3:00 – Henry Shi, Zhao Chen & Wei Shi
 3:30 – Tucson Chinese School and YoYo
 4:30 – Arirang Korean Dancers
 5:30 – Odaiko Sonora
 6:30 – Arathi School of Dance
 7:30 – Sri Lankan Association

SOUTH STAGE SCHEDULE
Friday
 5:30 – Tucson Chinese School Lion Dance Team
 6:15 – Tucson Sino Martial Arts
 7:00 – Urvashi Dance Academy
 8:00 – Tucson Sino Dance
 8:30 – Leiola Hula Halau
Saturday
 11:15 – Odaiko Sonora
 12:00 – Muso (Japanese shakuhachi & koto)
 1:00 – Summer Thunder
 2:00 – Suzuyuki-Kai
 2:30 – Tucson Chinese School Lion Dance Team
 3:00 – Sound of Thunder
 4:00 – Tucson Sino Taiji
 5:00 – Tucson Sino Dance
 6:00 – Sound of Thunder
 7:00 – Urvashi Dance Academy
 8:00 – Leiola Hula Halau

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE – LIBRARY/CLASSROOMS
Saturday
 Allday – Kids Zone (Classroom B,D,F)
 12:00 – Japanese Tea Ceremony (Classroom A)
 12:30 – Steve Liu Tofu Cooking (Library)
 2:00 – In Search of Shangri-La, Bob and Claire Rogers (Library)
 2:30 – Japanese Tea Ceremony (Classroom A)
 5:00 – Sri Lankan Culture Presentation (Library)
 6:00 – Larry Leung, The Art of Guzheng (Library)

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE – DANCE STUDIO
Friday
 7:30 – Jayateerth Mevundi
Saturday
 10:00-12:00 – Jordan Misner Windriver Tai Chi
 1:00 – Taiko Drum Workshop
 2:30 – Edna Silva Tai Chi
 4:00 – Korean Dance Workshop
 4:30 – Obon Dance Workshop
 5:30 – Great Harmony Tai Chi
 6:30 – Lim/Hendrix Tai Chi
 7:00 – Barry Brownstein Tai Chi

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