P.S. 203 Students Celebrate Lunar New Year

Bayside's P.S. 203 held its annual Lunar New Year performance on Wednesday afternoon in the school's auditorium.

More than 800 students took part in the Year of the Snake celebration, which included a Chinese dragon dance, Suzuki violin, Korean dance of the dolls, Lunar New Year songs, a Korean fan dance, Kamishibai storytelling, a Chinese ribbon dance and a Korean farmers' dance.

Attendees at the event included city Comptroller John Liu and state Assembly members Edward Braunstein, D-Bayside, and Nily Rozic, D-Fresh Meadows.

Voula Angelidakis, who helped coordinate the program, said the school has been hosting a Lunar New Year performance for at least 20 years.

"It gets the kids immersed in Chinese and Korean culture," she said. "They all love it."