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WE ARE HERE AT WINTERS PARK TODAY FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE CELEBRATION.WE HAVE A VERY LARGE ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION AND IT'S GROWN EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST PROBABLY DECADE.
WE ARE TODAY CELEBRATING THEIR CULTURE, THEIR FOOD, THEIR SONGS.
DANCE IS REALLY JUST A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.
WE SEE A LOT OF ADULT, ADULT PROFESSIONALS AND YOUNGER GENERATION, LIKE 6, 5, 7, 10 YEARS OLD.
THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY LEARN HOW TO BRING UP THEIR, TO BE A PROUD ASIAN AMERICAN AND BRING THEIR HERITAGE TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE.
WE ARE HERE BACK HERE AGAIN WITH MORE PERFORMANCES AND MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE BEST YEAR.
THIS WILL BE THE SIGNATURE EVENT THAT EVERYONE WILL KEEP ON COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
SUCH A BE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF GARLAND.
IT HELPS US CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE CITIES, CERTAINLY IN THE METROPLEX AND MAYBE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU, IT IS OUR DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD FROM WHEREVER YOU STARTED.
IF YOU LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTED AND RESPECTED HERE IN THE CITY.