{"id":47834,"date":"2024-09-06T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=47834"},"modified":"2024-09-06T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:47:13","slug":"acc-celebrates-the-harvest-moon-with-a-free-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/06\/acc-celebrates-the-harvest-moon-with-a-free-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC celebrates the Harvest Moon with a free concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/08\/FacStaff-HarvestMoonConcert.jpg\" alt=\"Harvest Moon Concert Graphic\" class=\"wp-image-47835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/08\/FacStaff-HarvestMoonConcert.jpg 923w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/08\/FacStaff-HarvestMoonConcert-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/08\/FacStaff-HarvestMoonConcert-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/08\/FacStaff-HarvestMoonConcert-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>ACC\u2019s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Cultural Center hosts a Harvest Moon Concert on <strong>Saturday, September 14<\/strong>. ACC faculty, staff, students, and the community are invited to join the afternoon of music to celebrate the Harvest Moon, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvest Moon Concert showcases AAPI music and three local AAPI musicians: Han Na Lee, Dr. Yu-Hsin Teng, and Tsz To Wong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvest Moon Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: Saturday, September 14, 2024<br \/><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2-3 p.m.<br \/><strong>Location: <\/strong>ACC Highland Recital Hall, Building 2000, 6101 Highland Campus Dr, Austin, TX<br \/><strong>Admission:<\/strong> Free and open to the public<br \/><strong>RSVP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfi37P-VRWaMS4yz_oIAZ4jb4XRWyDvdk5cBjPXAFOTfuTLdw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the songs they will be performing include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yumeji&#8217;s theme from &#8220;In the Mood for Love&#8221; by Shigeru Umebayashi<\/li>\n<li>Farewell from &#8220;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon&#8221; by Tan Dun<\/li>\n<li>\u300c\u884c\u304b\u306a\u3044\u3067\u300d \u300a\u674e\u9999\u862d\u300b(Please don&#8217;t leave \/ Li Xiang Lan) by \u7389\u7f6e\u6d69\u4e8c (Koji Tamaki)<\/li>\n<li>Moon River from \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s\u201d by Johnny Mercer\/ Henry Mancini<\/li>\n<li>\u300a\u6708\u4eae\u4ee3\u8868\u6211\u7684\u5fc3\u300b\uff08The Moon Represents My Heart\uff09by \u7fc1\u6e05\u6eaa \uff08Ching-hsi Weng\uff09 arranged by \u77f3\u9752\u5982 (Ching-ju Shih)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Harvest Moon Festival?<\/h2>\n<p>The Harvest Moon Festival (also known as Mid-Autumn Festival) is one of the most important festivals celebrated in East and Southeast Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth month on the Lunar Calendar. On this day, the moon is supposed to be the biggest and brightest. Traditional festivities include family reunions, moon gazing, and sharing \u201cmoon cakes,\u201d which are pastries made with sweet fillings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information about this event and the AAPI Cultural Center can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/aapi\"><strong>AAPI Cultural Center website.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC\u2019s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Cultural Center hosts a Harvest Moon Concert on Saturday, September 14. ACC faculty, staff, students, and the community are invited to join the afternoon of music to celebrate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/06\/acc-celebrates-the-harvest-moon-with-a-free-concert\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":47835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,19],"tags":[2161,2162,2109,2794,2795],"class_list":["post-47834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-aapi","tag-asian-american-and-pacific-islander","tag-cultural-center","tag-harvest-moon","tag-harvest-moon-concert"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}