This year our Dao Lu Awards and Chinese New Year Celebrations were held online. Here’s some screenshots:
Programme
| 9.45-10.00 | Arrival / Virtual chat room / hello / showing CNY deco in each student’s Zoom background |
| 10.00-10.10 | Warm up (Marianne) + Welcome (Aileen) |
| 10.10-10.15 | Looking back / Awards (first batch) – Sankofa |
| 10.15-10.30 | Instructors performance – 5 teachers Marianne – Silk Reeling Joe – Gong Fu performance Itricia – Tai Chi Aaron – Chen First Form Tai Chi Aileen Tai Chi |
| 10.30-10.45 | Together Tai Chi – everyone 4 Qi Gong movements – Marianne Chen First Form – Aaron Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan (first and second Duan/Segment) – Aileen |
| 10.45-10.50 | Awards (second batch, Sankofa) + Jin Jie’s dance |
| 10.50-11.00 | Close |
Awards
| Nominee | Nomination received |
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| Directors - steering the ship through the storm | |
| Directors as a Board | Dao Lu board for their leadership to pull the Dao Lu community together and respond to this unprecedented situation so well |
| I commend the whole Board, instructors and volunteers for just keeping going! |
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| To thrive and flourish in unprecedented times (genuine use of the term; not the usual exaggeration!) |
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| Colin | IT/ Zoom Support /HOSTING & Feel Good Play List/ |
| Participation in classes | |
| For outstanding initiative, commitment and calm good sense in supporting continual and creative programme development. |
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| Colin for his work as host for the classes that have kept me going through lockdown (plus his recent great choice of music) |
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| Aileen | Aileen for being the friendly face of Dao Lu, steering our way though the difficult year of 2020, her deep tenacity and understanding of funding bodies and applications, enormous hard work and hours put in on top of her busy career and family commitments and her wonderful student-focused work as a lead instructor |
| Sankofa & Marilyn | For astonishing levels of persistent encouragement in the chat-rooms |
| Students - showing up no matter what! | |
| Eileen, Jason & Yvonne | Attendance Record |
| Delia & Belinda | Attendance (at Aaron's classes) |
| Yvonne, Eileen & Jason | Attendance (Aileen's classes) |
| Instructors - lights, camera, action! | |
| Joe | Mr Joy / Mr Motivator - to keep everyone fit, motivated and have fun |
| For so cheerfully delivering in a way possibly pretty alien to him previously, and managing to engage and motivate us. |
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| For his helpful, inspiring and motivating classes for an amazing effort at enabling the programme |
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| Aileen & Aaron | For collaborating in difficult circumstances so as to plan and deliver an evolving programme to such a diverse audience, thereby demonstrating an authentic commitment and integrity. |
| Marianne | Amazing contribution to Dao Lu from external guest member |
| Aaron | Incredible patience |
| Chat room contributions - creativity and keeping spirits high and enriched | |
| Jin Jie & Xiao Long | Intergenerational participation, dance / piano JIn Jie volunteers and makes great contribution to creative areas for Dao Lu |
| Belinda | For the massive contribution she makes to the development of Dao Lu by sharing resources, ideas and volunteering her time |
| Shephali | As a new member, she has stuck with Dao Lu and made a big contribution to our learning (whilst we have been online) by sharing her knowledge on healing foods and practices, therefore supporting our wellbeing |
| Danny | She has made a very big contribution to our learning (whilst we have been online and prior) around healthy growing of food and living in a green and sustainable way, therefore supporting our wellbeing |
| Sara | Virtual student from furthest distance & massive contributions to chat forums – increasing our scientific knowledge & sharing on WhatsApp |