Memories of Old Friends mourn China earthquake victims

Memories of Old Friends is about 200 years old. The music expresses the deep and melancholy feelings of someone who misses friends.
Memories of Old Friends
Call to Support China Earthquake Relief
Dear Friends,
More than 51,151 people have now been confirmed dead following the May 12 earthquake. From May 19 to 21, 2008, China is holding three days of national mourning.
On Monday May 19, NAGA held a memorial service in Union City, CA to raise awareness in the local community, to pray for the people who are suffering as a result of the disaster, to mourn those who lost their lives and to ask people to contribute and make donations. To mourn the victims we began with a 3 minute silence, then Professor Yongan Wang gave a multimedia presentation on the current situation in the earthquake-hit region. A lot of moving photos and videos were shown. Afterwards, NAGA director Wang Fei played the guqin melodies "Memories of Old Friends" (Yi Guren) and "The Priest Pu'an's Prayer" (Pu'an Zhou). Finally, we lit candles. All the attendees were in tears and expressed their deepest condolences for the victims and sincere sympathy for the bereaved families.
It is never too late to help. The most effective way to help the disaster relief effort is through donations. Your gift will help the survivors rebuild their communities and their lives. Here are some organizations for you to consider. Alternatively, you can take advantage of the various employer-matching programs that are being offered by many U.S. corporations.
Chinese Red Cross Foundation
http://www.crcf.org.cn/gb/jianjie/jkindex.asp
MercyCorps China Earth Quake relief
http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/?source=1062

American Red Cross Foundation
http://www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/Intl_profile_ChinaEarthquake.html

Give2Asia's Disaster Relief Fund:
http://www.give2asia.org/page12020.cfm?CFID=14960855&CFTOKEN=99920627
Jet Li Red Cross Foundation
www.one-foundation.com
PKU Alumni Association
www.pkualumni.org
MITBBS Foundation http://www.mitbbs.com/article1/Donation/27176194_0_1.html
Tsinghua Challenge Education Foundation
http://tsinghuafoundation.org/earthquake08/index.html

Shin Shin Educational Foundation
http://shinshinfoundation.org/


Hong Kong Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.hk/

We appreciate your support! Let's think once again about the melody " Memories of Old Friends" (Yi Guren) (video played by Professor Li Xiangting) to mourn the earthquake victims.



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http://www.guqin.org
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http://chineseguqin.ning.com/

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• 古琴
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• 北美琴社
• guqin
• Li
• Xiangting
• NAGA
• mourn
• China
• earthquake
• victims