Subject: Re: [79attendees] IETF 79 - Social Event

From: "James M. Polk" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:27:35 -0500

At 05:22 PM 11/2/2010, IETF Secretariat wrote:
>IETF 79 Social Event
>Where: Beijing Capital Museum
>Date: Tuesday 9 November 2010
>Time: 18:00 - 21:00

this is interesting timing, considering the last 
WGs of the day don't end until after this event 
starts (then there's the travel to the University)...

other than this little inconvenience, this seems cool

James

>Cost: USD 30
>Hosts: Tsinghua University, Internet Society of China, and China Network
>Information Center
>
>Beijing Capital Museum - The Capital Museum is one of the grandest
>museums in all of China, filled with ancient relics of times gone by.
>
>The program includes:
>   - Transport from the Shangri-La to the museum and return
>   - Variety of Chinese food
>   - Beverages
>   - Cultural Performance (Martial Arts, Taiji, QiGong, Beijing
>     Opera, etc.)
>   - Beijing folk arts show: Clay Figure Zhang; Inside-painted Bottle;
>     Chinese Paper Cutting; Seal Cutting; calligraphy;
>     Blue of JingTai(The cloisonné artwork)
>   - Traditional Chinese musical instrument performance
>   - Capital Museum exhibitions: see details below
>   - Return Shangri-la
>
>The following four exhibitions will be open during event:
>   * Selected Works of Ancient Porcelain - This exhibit shows
>     porcelain from six dynasties of Chinese history.
>   * Selected Works of Ancient Buddhist Statues - The exhibition
>     is a large-scale art display of statues of Buddha and the
>     historical value Buddhist art has in Chinese culture.
>   * Exhibition of Old Beijing Folk Customs - This exhibit
>     traverses the many customs of Old Beijing including customs
>     related to marriage, birth, the New Year, as well as Chinese
>     opera.
>   * Beijing Superb Cultural Relics Exhibition - This exhibit
>     features exquisite carvings of jade and horn, as well as
>     paintings and classic furniture.
>
>NOTE: You must be registered for IETF 79 to purchase a Social Ticket.
>If you have already registered for the IETF, please use this link to
>purchase a social ticket:
>https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf79/eventticket.py
>
>Only 4 days until the Beijing IETF!
>Online registration for the IETF meeting is at:
>http://www.ietf.org/meetings/79/
>
>
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