The Maple Cup Competition in Cambridge, Ontario

Fall is a beautiful time of the year in Canada,  also a time when lots of fun activities happening before the cold weather sets in for the winter.

  Maple Cup Art Competition in Cambridge

Last weekend was a really busy  weekend for us.
On Saturday,  we attended an art competition in Cambridge as I was involved in the award presentation.

Artwork Submitted for the Competition

This was the second year of the Maple Cup Art Competition. I was honoured to be one of the judges for last year's competition and I was invited back for this year's event.

There were lots of artwork submitted for the competitions including drawings from Hong Kong, Singapore and other parts of Asia

Performance at the Award Ceremony

We  were treated to some  interesting cultural performances at the award ceremony.

There were Chinese traditional dances and songs by local residents.

Music performed by Waterloo musician.

















There was also a Chinese choreography demonstration right in front of the audience with a poem written to celebrate this special event.








Many people were involved in the Maple Cup Award Ceremony.  Both young and old participants doing their best to showcase their talents and entertaining the guests.

Belinda - Organizer of the Maple Cup

Belinda - Founder of the Neighbourhood Young Artist Studio of Cambridge and her team worked really hard organizing this event.

 

Some of the presenters: Diane K. & Professor Wang

 

This was not just an art competition event but one that also brought together community

groups and provided them opportunities  to network with one another.

The Minister welcome the participants

For example, the community were introduced to the the Minister of the church who welcome the guests and participants.

Mayor of Cambridge lending his support to arts

The mayor of Cambridge, with his busy schedule also took time out to support this art event. I was surprised to see him on a Thanksgiving long weekend to lend his support and gave words of encouragement. 



Each presenter also was given a few minutes to say a brief introduction about his/her organization. 

B. K. - M.C.\ of the Competition

What the audience really appreciated was each presenter stuck to the time allotted to his/her speech making the presentation speeches short and sweet!

The event has gotten bigger and better this year and I am sure judging from the attendance and participation of people involved, it would even be better next year!

R.T.
Cambridge, Ontario