PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

RECA Adult Chorus meets each Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at our Center, 3455 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA. The focus is learning and performing Chinese folk songs in Chinese. Performances include RECA's Winter and Spring potluck socials, our Chinese New Year Celebration and Fund Raiser, and various other invitational events such as singing at Senior Residential facilities, community cultural events and organization’s special events. The RECA Adult Chorus also has performed at Spreckles Auditorium in Rohnert Park, CA. We always can use more singers.

For more information, call Phi Phi Dang at 707-526-9925 or David Chung at 707-538-4926.

The RECA Adult Chorus in performance at Spreckles Auditorium, 2006.. (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

We sing for RECA events and many other activities. (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

Opportunities for solos are available. We also, as a group, arrange our own renditions so each performance is uniquely our own as well as being traditional. (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

Cultural Dance

Everyone is welcome to learn cultural dance. Children and youth practice specific dances from 11:30-12:00 on Saturday morning after language classes at the RECA Center. Interested adults can watch and make contact with adult dancers. Our stock dances are the Fan Dance from the Ching Dynasty, a Taiwan Aborigini Dance, a Xin Jiang tamborine dance, a ribbon dance and the flower drum dance. We also have lion dance and dragon dance practices as needed. Much of our program is dependent on youth teaching younger kids. Our primary choreographer is Meiji Chou. Our traditional cultural dance instructors are Nancy Wang and Meesha Heydon assisted by Judy Elliott, Judy Cheung, Savannah Heydon and Victoria Le. Lion dance is taught by Bryce Haydon. Dragon dance is taught by various dragon dancers prior to the Rose Parade or other performance date. 

Associated with the cultural dance program is basic lion drum lessons on Saturdays with Judy Cheung. Advanced drum lessons are occasionally taught by Henry Tang and invited instructors. A youth drum corps is beginning under the leadership of Dr. Robert Yee in conjunction with our Youth Group.

For further information call Nancy Wang 707-576-0533.

Our youth teach the younger girls the fan dance, a court dance from Chinese History. This is frequently the first stage performance for our youngest dancers. (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

This dance comes from the mountain people indiginous to Taiwan. It is lively, colorful and joyful with its dancers leaping and waving with bells on their ankles and wrists. (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

Our older girls and adults learn the beautiful ribbon dance. It is the basis for the Olympic's gymnastic ribbon competition. Ribbons are 15 feet long. (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

Seniors Mah Jong Club

The RECA Seniors Mah Jong Club meets each Wednesday afternoon at the Rohnert Park Senior Center. Currently, 2-3 tables play weekly. The Mah Jong Club also takes many outings throughout the year to cultural events and recreational events throughout the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. For further information, please call Irene Fong, 707-586-1069.

The Mah Jong Club plays each year in Finley Park, Santa Rosa, during the RECA Annual Picnic. Prospective players of all ages get to see what fun Mah Jong can be.  (Photo provided by Judy Hardin Cheung)

Cooking Class

RECA Cooking Class: Phi Phi Dang leads adults into the realm of beautiful Asian cooking. Each month, 8-10 adults gather at our Center or at Phi Phi's home to learn a recipe from her wide repertoire and learn how to present the dishes in a beautiful manner. Learn to turn apples into swans. Learn how to turn chicken and noodles into a work of art. This class has no set meeting time. For information on the next class, call Phi Phi Dang at 707-578-6989.

RECA Cooking Class.  (Photo provided by Joe Wang)

Chinese Culture Camp

Children’s Chinese Culture Camp is for children from 5 to 12. Teens and parents are welcome as assistants. Our program usually starts with Tai Chi each morning, then Mandarin lessons, cooking, hiking on the Joe Mendota Trail, art, crafts, and many other cultural activities including songs, games, dances, music, and even learning the tales of the Monkey King. Camp in 2007 will be July 9-13 for children 9-12 year olds and July 23-27 for children 8-5 year olds. Camp is supervised by Nancy Wang and Judy Cheung with Cathy Ringstad as the lead teacher. We also have many additional staff including David Chung for Tai Chi, Jean Walker for arts and crafts and Lily Kwong for Chinese brush painting.

Please download and fill out the enrollment form from here and send it and a check for the tuition to RECA Center, 3455 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407.




Language Classes

RECA provides Saturday morning language classes in Mandarin and Cantonese. We also provide functional English as a second language and Children’s Beginning Vietnamese. Classes are held 9:00-11:30 a.m. at our Center from September through May. Please call for current tuition rates. 

Please see details in Language School section.




Youth Group

Our Youth Group offers teens a supervised opportunity to meet other teens, do wonderful things and be an active part of our community.

The RECA Youth Group serves about 50 teen with an average attendance of 10-20 kids. Older pre-teens sometimes come with their teen brothers and sisters. College students and young adults in their early 20’s continue coming as staff assistants. The teens meet at our Center on the first Friday of each month.

Please see details in Youth Group section.