17th annual Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival: May 11, 2024

Excitement buzzed at the 17th annual Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival on May 11, 2024. Locke Foundation president Stuart Walthall welcomed the spectators with a host of distinguished guest speakers which included Bruce Blodgett, executive director of Delta Protection Commission; Rosanna Herber, president of the SMUD Board of Directors; Patrick Hume, Sacramento County Supervisor, and Darrell Woo, OCA.

With ear-splitting drumbeats, Eastern Ways lion and dragon dancers kicked off the festival with colorful lions and a 72-ft dragon. The seats under the canopy were packed with spectators. Entertainment chair Eva Chu assembled a spectacular cast of colorful performers. We are grateful to volunteers who helped make this day a success: Boy Scout Troop 8, Honey Lum, Mark Miller, Eugene Chan, Reuben Souza, Eva Chu. Darwin and Lili Kan, Eva West, Betty Louie and Pattie Fong. Photos by Elizabeth Wong and Eva Chu.)

Hungry lions salivate for lettuce.

Taiko drummers

Bayland dancers

Costumes of China’s ethnic tribes

Wild Iris Hmong dancers

Filipino tinikling bamboo dance

Bill George on Chinese Builders of Gold Mountain

2024 LF scholarship recipients

Will Gow on Chinese in Hollywood