Fun. Exciting. Informational.
For Another year of Fun
Sunday August 19th
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Ben Brenman Park
Alexandria, VA
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CCD is operated on a volunteer basis. If you think you can help, click here.
Ben Bao: (571) 276-9630
Sophia Tep: (703) 966-9590
Lowell Cole: (703) 620-3074
Email: ccdinfo@cambodiancommunityday.org
Every year, people who come to the CCD event have enjoyed the performance of the live band. They play contemporary music suitable for all social events. We invite all event goers to participate in social dances. Cambodian social dances are mostly slow dance in a circular line dancing style. Woman partner is always in front of the man who follows her with the same footsteps according to the rhythms and beat.
Raksmey Angkor Chum Band of Virginia will perform this year.
Other News:
A Khmer Archaeologist visited USA in July 2012 to present his research finding about ancient iron smelter in Cambodia to Cambodian-American communities. One of his stop was Washington, DC Metro area. Click on picture to watch the VOA News coverage during his presentation in Annandale VA.
Click the picture to read and play the video.
Sam Relief was very busy in early April of 2012 and has delivered another 10 tons of rice to Angkor Children Hospital at Siem Reap.
Women's Health Study: http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu
We have bought a replica of Angkor Wat (picture shown above). It is a sculpture made out from stone, by a sculptor in Pursat province, Cambodia. It is 1.3 meter long, 1.1 meter wide and .35 meter high. It took more than 2 months to complete the sculpture. Click the picture to enlarge.
Phare Ponleu Selpak (website: www.phareps.org) is a Cambodian association providing artistic activities to children and adults around the Battambang vicinity. The artistic fields are: performing arts (circus, theater, dancing, music), visual arts (cartoon animation, painting contemporary, illustration and graphic design) and social actions (governmental school pre-school through high school, child care center, and transitional youth house). Learn more ...
The traditional cloth making method and other crafts have been abandoned by indigenous people because of modern life style and industrial technology. CANDO Craft Center, just like CCD, like to preserve their culture and tradition. Please help support them by buying their product. 56% of sale proceed will go to the maker, meaning the indigenous people. They are the people who have a self-reliance life style. For more information, click this link: www.elevyn.com/shop/cando.
Master Ngek Chum
Classical Dances Instructor, Musician
Ngek Chum Profile
Savy Ouch
Chanthourn Thuy
Montgomery Blair High School student Chankea Omkar, 17, was one of 254 teens in the world to receive a scholarship to attend a Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy (HLCA) program.
March 16, 2012
Coming soon.
March 2012
CCD Nurtures friendship building and community networking and unifies all people of all walks of life.
