2016 BC “Chinese Bridge” Mandarin Singing Contest UBC Results

On Saturday November 19, 2016, the BC “Chinese Bridge” Mandarin Singing Contest for University Students was held at UBC. About 60 students from eight post-secondary institutions over BC participated in the contest. Out of the 18 prizes in total, UBC students won 9 of them. Congratulations to all the prize winners and every UBC student who participated in the contest! All of the instructors in the Chinese Language Program are proud of you! A big thank you also goes to our CHIN course instructors and TAs, who have put in tremendous effort in promoting the contest and helping students in their preparation.
UBC Awards & Contestants and Class/Instructor 
First Place – Aastha Pandey
Best Pronunciation Award – Aastha Pandey (CHIN451/ Dr. Christopher Rea)
Second Place – Jacquey Mah, Sofiya Soufi, Helena Que (CHIN331/ Ms. Wei Xia)
Group Singing Second Place – Subin Cho, Camille Alvarez, Phillip Brinck Vetter, Jae Woo Chung, Kuyon Chung, Johannes Clement Hernanto, Jayati Gupta, Gina Hong, Hansol Lee, Marie Levasseur, Francene Maranan, Hwee Tan
(CHIN131/Ms. Mingzhu Lu)
Group Singing Third Place – Rana Alamdaran, Emily Catalano, Seung Yun Choi, Shaquille Dhanji, Sayuri Higashikata, Chanhee Hwang, Elena Klimova, Robert Lee, Andrew Luesley, Nomuunzaya Sukhbod, Richard Wald
(CHIN131/Ms. Mingzhu Lu)
Group Singing Third Place – Laura Griffin, Laura Lee, Cindy Park, Seako Suzuki, Atsumi Nakao, Shun Ohyama, Devon Gould, Benjamin Chidzero, Shaquille Dhanji
(CHIN131/Ms. Mingzhu Lu)
Best Costume and Make-up Award – William Cho (CHIN131/Dr. Qian Wang)
Best Chinese Style Award – Kevin Ho (CHIN231/Ms. Mingzhu Lu)
Best Stage and Appearance Award – Nadia Kovari, Chi Mai Le (CHIN335/Ms. Liqiong Yang)