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West Seattle Herald, 2/24/99 His remarks were made Monday at South Seattle Community College
during a ceremony denoting the arrival from China of the garden’s
first handmade pavilion. |
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The Song Mei (meaning pine and plum) Pavilion was made by craftsmen in Chongqing, in the Suchan province of China. Chongqing is Seattle’s sister city. It arrived packed in numerous cardboard boxes inside the Boomerang Box, a specially painted and designated shipping container which West Seattle students follow on it many trips between Seattle and Asia. The Boomerang Box is a working container that also serves as a unique teaching aid. Kids learn about geography and world trade by following its many trips across the Pacific Ocean. Next month, a couple of Chinese excavation experts, three carpenters, two stone masons and a painter will arrive from Chongqing to assemble the pavilion. Students from Madison Middle School performed traditional Chinese fan dances and a lion dance to entertain dignitaries from the county, city, Port of Seattle and the college during Monday’s event. Other students from Asa Mercer Middle School and John Hay Elementary School also attended. Rain forced the festivities to move from the garden site, at the
north end of campus, into the Jerry Brockey Center. |
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 Photograph by Bruce Savadow/staffSchool children were on hand to welcome back the Boomerang Box, which carried the first pavilion for the Seattle Chinese Garden on Monday. The garden is being developed at the north end of the South Seattle Community College campus. Above, Keyani Toston (left) and Jamai Jackson from Mercer Middle School examine pieces of the pavilion, which will be put together by Chinese artisans. |
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