volunteers but they're all over at city hall for us to get there. some of us are sitting in front of commuter with facebook and twittering but once in a while a lot of the responsibilities i wish who's going to do all the work? this reminds me ever a celebration and i'm sure our co- chairs feel it, too coming together and doing what they can to make it happen. somebody asked about us the asian pacific american families

and for us coming from us volunteers we have thought about one person came to mind over the years - i mean, i have worried about every little detail and over the years i've learned that people will take care of this and i learned i can trust this person so this evening we want to thank for all your years of contribution ron (clappin (clapping). improvision ron (laughter)

we got the call for the next 9 years; right? >> thank you. it's been a real pleasure working with this lady and i really like to organization and i've been helping here for 9 years and it's a pleasure every year to see all you porters who come out to work with this program. i hope this program carries on and on for many years and with clau this lady's leadership how can we lose?

(clapping). i don't want to go back. (clapping) >> sorry. i was thinking this was the last time i would be invited here. so at the newly opened jazz center they've been working to make this innocent a misconduct as well as a surprise and he needs to be recognized for a job well done. let's give them is an award.

as part of this annual tradition it's always folded by a reception. i'm told there are modern 15 restaurants to oversee the foods for sampling. city hall is a short 3 block walk if you choose to walk off all the calories. the buffet will be waiting for you. oh, yeah, go in style. it's waiting across the street from the jazz center and it's ramp softball.

if you're walking we'll have escorts wait for you. they can only intercity hall from the entrance and there will be a red carpet waiting for you. once you enter city hall you'll be required to go through security. and annoy a finale john has been an educateor he has been performing at the washington, d.c. on may 9th. ladies and gentlemen, the gentleman john james.

>> i have to perform two pizza lovers song and you'll never walk alone it pays contribute attribute to my family to my grandparents and daughter four generates but to the immigrants and american born. so i'm going to begin with the butterfly love song. long before shakespeare wrote this there's a famous chinese leniently who are forces to separate and die of traffic circumstances and return to life as butterflies. from that legion there's a chinese melody that originated

from all the women in 1923 and that chinese melody later became the theme for the butterflies violin concerto. i honor this from china representing the generation of my grand parents who were chinese immigrants in the united states. i trofrm this in an expression of my own.

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congregation sank thomas a doris sister take my hand precious lord i heard the lyric through the symptom and i connected the words when you walk through is a storm. i how were you this song you'll never walk alone the the soft united states representing the generation of my parents, my father a chooindz immigrant who became a united states citizen and my moth an american-born chinese and i take this american song and transform is to my own expression this is dedicated to my 17 year-old dauth daughter

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(clapping) >> wow. this was amazing first of all, that was amazing thank you so much that that was a breathtaking performance and it was amazing. by the way, i've been told we've been joined by supervisor scott wiener and supervisor chu.

(clapping) now i'd like to turn the program offer the rose chung whose the founder of the american pageant. (clapping) >> thank you, very much i'm honored. it's a great pleasure to promote this award i selected this award for someone i'd like to thank the coordinator who couldn't stand by me by i was still standing next to here even

though they e she injured her angle. we're here to show our asian pride felt community. some have never been in front of an audience i'd like to ask you to applaud these folks as they come up to the stage. let's welcome our brothers and sisters. ♪ ♪ ♪

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oh, stand now. stand by me. stand by me. dazzling stand by me. please, please. stand by me. stand by me. stand by me. darling stand by me. stand by me. (clapping). ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

(singing in another language) (clapping). so darling, darling stand by me. oh, stand by me. oh, stand now. stand by me. if the sky that we look upon shed tumble and fall and or

mountain should crumble to the sea. i won't cry, i won't cry no, i wouldn't shed a tear just as long as you stand stand by me. so darling, darling stand by me. oh, stand by me. please, please. stand by me. stand by me. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪