Jamaica Plain Spring events and organizations

I was talking to Grace about the importance if my new group, Cheung Family Kung Fu, which is of course really only the four of us right now, lol. But anyway I really wanted our group to have some structured events to prepare for and work toward. Right now the public event in the spring would be the Wake Up the Earth Parade sometime in May that is sponsored by Spontaneous Celebrations. Because it's Jamaica Plain we could actually "perform" as is. Which means we just get the big lion head we already have and the baby head we already have, and parade. I think I even want to have a little table though, because it could be a good place to get people interested in joining my group, or maybe at least buying T-shirts, and foam swords, or at least just being aware that we exist.
All the performers in that event are volunteers and come I invited my Woo Ching White Crane to come down as individuals. I want to invite Wong Keurng and Gund Kwok members too. Even though the parade doesn't pay, it is fun and even if say an entire team didn't want to come down (which they might) it is a great event for people to come to as individuals because it doesn't necessarily require a full team the way Chinese New Year does. Of course a full team would be great too.

On April 7th  I will also be doing an event at the library, a Chinese cultural fair with Lion Dance, calligraphy, instruments and other stuff like that. I realized that maybe one of the crafts at that event could be making little Nian monsters out of boxes which kids could then use in the Wake Up the Earth Parade in May. It could also be a good place to get people interested in my class to sign up for it.

I was also thinking of starting a Jamaica Plain Chinese Cultural Club  or something like that. But I may have to hold off on that or at least put it on a back burner. I feel that I would need more help with that sort of club, but I guess I should just start talking about it at the April 7th event and with any people in Jamaica Plain who are interested in helping out. One of the main ideas I had for that club are things I would want from it, mainly writing and sharing of home traditions. I am not an expert at either of these things, which is why I want to join a club to help teach me and my children in JP. As far as I know there isn't one in JP which is why I plan on starting one. Well, that, along with this Book Shelf Share I started on means I seem to have a lot of work that I made for myself. Actually I thought, after a friend suggested I needed a catchy name of calling it an S3
a Swap Share Shelf. Sounds hi-tech, even though it's not at all. I'm not not married to that name and I am welcome to suggestions.