Monthly Archives: February 2010

Tet Parade 2010 in Westminster – the photo album

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Bolsavik

Controversy aside, the 2010 Tet Parade down Bolsa Avenue was fun, creative, helped by good weather and a very smoothly working operations staff. Enjoy the photos. Some are by Duong Dong. This is the McGarvin Intermediate School marching strings band. … Continue reading →

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Andy Quach has best car of Tet Parade

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Bolsavik

Say what you will about Andy Quach, the Westminster City Councilman rides the best car of the entire Tet Parade. That’s him riding in the car. The parade started without him in the car and then somewhere along the line … Continue reading →

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Tet parade: Gays marched, people applauded, all’s well

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Bolsavik

With the religious leaders’ boycott in the balance, the Vietnamese gay contingent marched in the Tet Parade and was just as well received and well applauded as everybody else, ending the controversy on an up note. It’s not clear to … Continue reading →

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Viet religious say: Don’t be gay on Tet

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Bolsavik

Escalating their opposition to gay and lesbian Vietnamese participating in the Tet Parade in Westminster, a group of Viet religious leaders and activists assert they will boycott the event, and several Catholic organizations have pulled out. At a press conference … Continue reading →

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Nick Ut to exhibit in Little Saigon

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Bolsavik

The photojournalist who won the Pulitzer for one of the most iconic pictures of our times is opening a photo exhibit at Nguoi Viet’s community room tomorrow Friday. Nick Ut, whose photo of the crying naked girl fleeing napalm bombing … Continue reading →

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Gays marching in Tet Parade run into opposition

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Bolsavik

That was then: San Jose 2007 Plans by the Gay Vietnamese Alliance and other Viet GLBT groups to march in the Westminster Tet parade have caused at least one Viet Christian activist to call for a boycott, and the Viet … Continue reading →

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Another Viet wielding knife

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Bolsavik

A Viet man in Westminster was arrested and held for mental evaluation for locking out his mother from their shared apartment and barricading himself with a large knife, says the Westminster Police Department in a press release here. Paul Duc … Continue reading →

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Garden Grove Planning Commissioner plans run for Westminster Mayor

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Bolsavik

If you want something kept secret, don’t tell anyone. Bruce Tran (pictured) hasn’t publicly announced his run for Mayor of Westminster yet, but it seems like he’s privately told so many people that one just blurted it out at a public meeting. … Continue reading →

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