WELCOME: Year of the Tiger!

CAFAM's annual Chinese New Year fair was a grand success on Saturday, February 6.

Here are some scenes from the performance. These shots and hundreds more are on the school's CD, which will be available soon for purchase.

Preparing for the Dragon parade

The Crickets make their debut singing the "Ni Hao Song"

The Peonies wowed the crowd with the bathtub dance

The Willows enjoyed their time on the stage

The Snapdragons were adorable ducklings

Riverview's Nina Henrickson inspired dedication in her martial artists

The Persimmons bloomed as "Mo Li Hua"

The Plum class charmed with their friendship and loveliness

Artistic director Melissa Lin amazed with her leadership and dancing

The Bamboo class kicked high and punched hard

Fan Luo soared in both her dance and her dancers' affections

The Lotus Troupe unveiled its new expertise and awed the standing-room only crowd

The Friendship Bridge dancers brought the Joyful Celebration to its joyous peak

A peek at martial arts

This semester, we have been delighted to expand martial arts into the lower grades. It has been a huge success with the children. The Riverview Foundation sends us the extraordinarily gifted teacher, Nina Henrikson.

If you haven't had a chance to grab a peek for yourself, here are some moments captured this past Saturday.

And watch for an exciting performance at the Chinese New Year at the fair on Saturday, February 6.

Good news for the Snapdragons... This week, you'll get to sample martial arts too.

Update: If you'd like to keep kicking after the semester's over, here's a way to spend more time with Nina and do some good: Riverview will hold its second-annual Kids Who Care Kick-a-thon on December 5.