Chelsie Volleyball Tournament

It's the last time Chelsie will compete in the Las Vegas Volleyball Classic. It's always held during Presidents Day Weekend. Their team, Oahu 18's Tommy, did okay. They finished 57th out of 100 teams.Some other pictures taken while in Las Vegas.

SFO New Year Parade

San Francisco continues to celebrate Chinese New Year with the Grand New Year Parade. It's sponsored by a competitor I won't mention. I did not know that this parade is one of the top ten Best Cultural Parades in the USA, cool. It usually rains, but it was nice and nippy.

The outgoing Miss Chinatown USAMiss Chinatown 2009, Court and contestants.The final float, Miss Chinatown USA 2009
(okay, it's not the best picture, looks like she's flipping the crowd)

Narcissus presentation

The Au In Kwai Family Club is the official vendor for the Narcissus plants. As part of the festivities, we present the newly crowned Narcissus Queen and her court with their own Narcissus flower plants.

Oh my gosh! Who is that lucky guy presenting the Queen her flowers?

Au Family Narcissus Sale

Every year the Au In Kwai Family Club sells Narcissus plants as part of the Narcissus Festival. The narcissus flower is prized by the Chinese during the New Year festivities. Not only is it very fragrant, but also beautiful. There are two types of plants that are sold, the upright and the "crab claw" styles. The crab claw style takes much time and patience to cultivate. Here we are cleaning and prepping the bulbs for sale.

Dr. Francis Au and Dr. Cora Au (sitting) they're in their 90's!Jerry Chan cleaning a crab claw narcissus

After all the decayed and old scales of the bulbs are removed, leaves trimmed and non blooming bulblets removed, they are placed into styrofoam containers till we plant them into pots the next day.And the final product all planted are ready for sale.Above is the upright style, and below is the "crab claw" style.My "cousins" in front of the boothCallman and Francis Au

The winning Talent for the Pageant

Okay, I found a video of the winning talent for the Narcissus Queen Pageant. I think that in all the pageants I attended, this was one of the best. Great concept and choreography. By the way, she won the crown too. Enjoy!