Poland Dance--Ciokta Band performed by Pan Jinfang and her countrymates

"World Wind, HUST Heart", 2015 HUST New Year Gala for Chinese and International Students was held on December 30, 2014 in the lecture hall of School of Management.

When the gala began at 7pm, there were no more vacant seats and the hall was full of international and Chinese students. With the audience’s spontaneous applauds, the starting band brought a series of four warming songs like For the First Time, To All My Friends, I’m Glad You Come and Billie Jean, which aroused enthusiasm of all the present guys. The new year gala was divided into three parts. The first part mainly included distinctive performances from different countries by international students. In the fervent cheer, twelve dancers brought us a fantastic Indian dance. “This Indian dance is my favorite performance through this party. This is my second time to see this part but it gives me different feelings and enjoyments.” A foreign sophomore form Sri Lanka said.

Indonesian Dance-- Saman Dance, performed by Ratoeh Suek and other 30 countrymates

Next part was mainly about the traditional arts of China like folk dance and folk music. One of them—the Drunken Beauty involved both Chinese and foreign actors gained a lot of cheer. The last part showed the youth energy of international students. The students from South Korea brought little apple, a popular song in China last year. Besides, Fahad, who was recognized as “born to be a singer”, performed I’m Back in this part, too. “I am very happy to show others my own country (Pakistan) and it’s a proud of me.” He said.

Behind these performances, voluntary workers from SICA devoted a lot. Before every group went to the stage, the volunteers said “Come on, you are the best” to them; when performers came back from the stage, volunteers hugged them at the first time. “I am just a freshman, so I just made road signals this time. But next year I will try to help with some other tasks. I feel so happy and proud that we made this gala for all international students.” A girl from the advocacy group of SICA said.

The gala was ended in the song Be Deeply Attach to Each Other. Just as the lyric said, tonight all the students from different countries are together. The friendship will continue among all of us.

Be Deeply Atached to Each Other performed by Tonny, Nala, Lai Linzhi and Ye Shengfan

       新闻网讯（记者团 黄振）12月30日晚，"世界风喻园情"华中科技大学2015年中外学生新年晚会在管理学院学术报告厅隆重举行。晚会由我校国际教育学院主办，国际交流协会SICA承办。

      七点整，开场乐队充满激情的演唱令晚会现场迅速增温。晚会共分为三个篇章，分别为"四海孕新火"、"临江品清茶"和"诗酒趁年华"。来自印度、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡、塞内加尔、老挝、朝鲜、韩国、波兰、蒙古、印尼等众多国家富有民族特色的歌舞鼓乐同台呈现。来自伊朗的空手道表演，一招一式中木质地板声声作响；留学生办公室的严老师表演的《天上掉下个林妹妹》，则给热血躁动的现场带来了一丝丝中国古典的优雅气息。

      "我爱你中国，亲爱的父亲/母亲，我为你流泪，也为你自豪。"来自工程科学学院不同肤色的学生合唱的《我爱你中国》，令不少观众动容。另一首中外学生合唱的《相亲相爱》，直抒国际友谊之温情，而由黑人兄弟扮演的唐玄宗赢得了满堂喝彩。

      本台晚会总负责人、SICA国际学生部部长王涵表示，晚会筹备已久，其最主要的意义在于让留学生与中国学生有更多的交流，促进更深厚的友谊。主持人贾玉雪谈及和两位外国主持人的合作时，笑称他们的普通话讲得“还可以”，合作过程中自己的英文水平也有很大的提高。

       相比往年，今年的晚会邀请了中南民族大学和华中农业大学的表演团体，在校际合作和影响力上取得了新的突破。现场观众陈同学说，她来自地质大学，地大因为没有类似于SICA的组织，未能举办这种性质的活动，对此她十分遗憾。

       现场观众绝大多数为留学生，一位巴基斯坦留学生Niamatullah（中文名陈哲）用了“shinning”和“gigantic”来形容这场晚会。陈哲说，这个夜晚已深深刻在他的脑海里，他将常常回忆并永远铭记。

    艺术团的冉时敏兴奋地说，非常开心能为在场的观众展示中国传统乐器，她在参与演奏民乐《恰似你的温柔》时，也为晚会现场的热情所感染。