Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease)
December 02, 2007 - The City of Compton cordially invites Linda Wang to participate in the 56th Annual Compton Christmas Parade. The Compton Christmas Parade is the biggest event on the City’s calendar. The popular annual affair features floats, cartoon characters, marching units, local marching bands, drill teams, equestrian units and a wide variety of celebrity guests.
The parade will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2007, starting at 11:00 a.m. Compton residents will be thrilled to see Linda Wang representing Chinese Americans across the nation in their community parade. Her participation with numerous city charity works in the past are gratefully acknowledged. Her appearance in this exciting event is greatly appreciated and will certainly contribute to its success.
Wang is a former Pantene Shampoo hair model. She has worked on numerous charity events in New York and Los Angeles. She has appeared in countless modeling, commercial, voice over spots and hit television shows including Saturday Night Live, House M.D., 8 Simple Rules, Deadwood, and is the new worldwide hand model for the Scrabble board game.
Ms. Wang was told by her representative that the Compton City's officials welcome her with open arms to represent Chinese-Americans across the nation to celebrate the city's most exciting annual event. This will be Linda's first appearance on a float.
"At first when my agent informed me about the invitation, I was so surprised the City of Compton chose me to represent Chinese-Americans, across the nation. It seems someone noticed me, one of the relatively few Asian faces around, volunteering for years at the homeless shelter downtown. I am a proud American from a middle-class immigrant family in Queens, New York. America, the land of opportunities, had giving all of us so much hope and many dreams. I just wanted to give back a bit of my time and much love. Our country is rapidly changing, I just want to promote and celebrate diversity. Solidarity is the key to harmony for all of us." says Ms. Wang.
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Date and Time: December 8, 2007, starting at 11:00 a.m.
Venue: City of Compton, 205 S. Willowbrook Ave., Compton, CA 90220
Visual: Christmas floats, cartoon characters, marching units, local marching bands, drill teams, equestrian units and a wide variety of celebrity guests. Christmas float: Starting at Lueders Park (Bullis Rd. & Rosecrans) ending at Wilson Park (Alameda St. & Palmer)
The multi-talented actress from Queens, New York, had agreed to appear on the float, alongside the city's Mayor Eric J. Perrodin, Councilwomen: Barbara Calhoun, Lillie Dobson, Yvonne Arceneaux; Councilman Isadore Hall, the Grand Marshall, “The Starlights,” the Co-Grand Marshall Anchor/News Reporter Channel 34 (KMEX) Rolando Nichols, Judge Mario Luis Acosta, Actors Mike Gomez and Jerry Velasco, Drill Teams and Laker Girls, among others.
