Lunar New Year at the White House 2025
February 2
Join Us for the Barrington Chinese Immersion Council (BCIC) Annual Lunar New Year Celebration! 🐉🎉 Happy Year of the Snake 🎉
Sunday, February 2, 2025, 1-5 pm
Shihan Joe Gangi from Gangi Martial Arts will be performing interactive demonstration
Featured Cultural Activities:
- Chinese calligraphy
- Chinese Weiqi game
- Chinese Mahjong game
Plus music, art and crafts, and cultural food. We have several new activities that are sure to add to the fun and cultural experience!
Secure Your Spot: Entry Tickets are $15 per person (ages 4 and under free) and are available via RevTrak. Entry tickets include all the activities and the cultural performance.
Pre-paid concessions and souvenir: Pre-paid concession and souvenir tickets are $15 for 10 tickets (Each food/drink/Souvenir item is 1-2 tickets). At the event, concession tickets are $6 for 3 tickets.
Mystery Gift Bag Fundraiser: Limited availability! Please make your purchase in advance. Mystery gift bag tickets are $10 each, a great souvenir for your students filled with cultural items and toys.
Raffle prizes: Raffle tickets are $10 each with confirmed prizes of Martial Arts lessons, restaurant gift cards, Lego sets, Lunar New Year-themed gifts and more.
Volunteers: These wonderful events are only possible by many hands working together. Your help is greatly appreciated! Sign up here to volunteer
CI Family and Local Business Sponsorships are welcome: BCIC Events | Barrington 220 CUSD. Your donations make it possible to host this special event this year for our community and keep ticket prices affordable for CI students and families. Proceeds from this event will support BCIC in providing language and cultural enrichment for the Chinese Immersion program.
Special Thanks:
Thank you District 220 for funding the Martial Arts performances!
Thank you to the Barrington Area Community Foundation for a generous grant making it possible to celebrate at the Barrington White House! We also thank the Barrington White House for their support hosting the event!
Please note that exclusive ticket purchasing for CI families will be available until Jan 22nd, 11:59PM Central. Following this, tickets will be released to extended family members, the broader D220 Community, and the Xilin Northwest families. Thank you for your continued support and participation in our community events.
For more event details visit our website at www.bcic220.org/events.