Category Archives: events

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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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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Whoomp! There she is! Strange woman strikes again

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Bolsavik

Why is this woman on a stretcher? Is that the South Vietnamese flag she has wrapped around her head? And why is nobody paying attention? Upside down and inside out, I’m about to show all you folks, what’s it’s all about. … Continue reading →

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Record goal targeted for Tet Festival 2010

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Bolsavik

The new leader of the organizing committee for the Tet Festival at has set a challenging goal for this coming fest: To break the $1million mark, on the cummulative amount of money the UVSA donates back to the community. Phong … Continue reading →

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Viet man walking across US to honor troops

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese-born American soldier is walking clear across the US of A to show his support for the troops. Starting from Jacksonville, Florida, Sinh Tho Nguyen is still somewhere in the Southeast and was found by local Alabama paper Demopolis … Continue reading →

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