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08.19.2010Sister Cities Delegations Report on Exchanges in Japan and China Sister Cities of Newport News is proud to welcome back our Youth Delegations from our sister cities of Neyagawa, Japan and Taizhou, China.
07.22.2010From Newport News to Kyoto;
07.06.2010Welcome Back Newport News Delegates! For more information contact info@sistercities-nn.com or 926-1348.
Legend has it that long ago, in Neya of the country of Kawachi, there was a wealthy man named Senetaka Fujiwara. He and his wife were blessed with but one child, a princess named Hatsuse. However, when the princess is 14 years old, her mother falls ill. In her final hours, she places a bowl filled with treasurers on her young daughter’s head to conceal the girl’s true beauty, that she might marry only an honorable man. The princesses’ father remarries and her stepmother sends her away. The distraught princess tries to drown herself in theYodo River, but the bowl prevents her from sinking. She is rescued by a prominent general, who has her work at his mansion as a bathhouse attendant. She wins the heart of his youngest son despite his own mother’s attempts to find another wife for him. As it happens, the bowl miraculously falls from the princesses’ head and her beauty radiates for all to see. In addition, the treasures her mother hid in the bowl pour forth validating her own family’s stature. The two are married and live happily ever after.
03.01.2010Forms and Information on the 2010 Sister Cities Young Artist Showcase
01.06.2010Volunteer Appreciation Social 6pm-8pm
11.14.2009Menchville High School Teams Take Top Honors at Annual Global Bee It was both the Menchville High School Faculty and Menchville High School Student Team #1 that came away with the highest scores in their divisions at Sister Cities of Newport News Annual Global Bee on Saturday, November 14, 2009. The competition for the Billy Williams Cup of Global Knowledge was intense as there were twenty three teams. The “Cup of Knowledge” went to the Menchville High School Faculty with a score of 89 out of 100. The Menchville faculty members were Kelly Granger, Mike Mayhew and Arram Dreyer. New this year was an award for the High School team that finished with the highest score; and that award went to Menchville Team #1 comprised of Brandon Gugliemo, Max Huemer (team captain), Nico Doreste, and Claire Nichting. Their score of 71 out of 100 put them one-half of a point ahead of the runner-up Warwick High School Team #1. PETA Team #1 came in second place overall with a score of 83.5. Twenty three organizational, college and high school teams competed this year; all answering the same sets of questions on topics such as geography, history, current world events and international sports. The Global Bee was comprised of two sessions, each with five sets of ten questions. The remaining participating teams were: Sister Cities of Newport News, City of Newport News, Sister Cities of Hampton, Christopher Newport University, Coaches (representing various teams), Warwick High School Faculty, The Chesapeake, PETA Team #2, Thomas Nelson Community College Team #2, PETA Team #3, Menchville High School Team #2, Old Dominion University Team #2, The Crippenites, Thomas Nelson Community College Team #1, Walsingham Academy, Old Dominion University Team #1, Warwick High School Team #2, Woodside High School, and Denbigh High School Model UN. Sister Cities of Newport News conducted their annual meeting at the event. Elections were held for three Board of Director vacancies. Elected to continue their positions on the Board were Terry Martin, John Calver and Howard Manly. 
Menchville Winners – Faculty and Students Celebrate!: (L to R) Kelly Granger, Arram Dreyer, Max Heumer, Mike Mayhew, Brandon Guglielmo, Clair Nichting and Nico Doreste. 
Menchville HS Faculty: (L to R) Kelly Granger, Mike Mayhew and Arram Dreyer 
Menchville HS Winners - Team #1: (L to R) Max Huemer (team Captain), Brandon Guglielmo, Claire Nichting and Nico Doreste 
Passing the Trophy – the 2008 winners (City of Newport News team) pass the trophy onto the 2009 winners: (L to R) Al Riatort, Chris Morello, Sofos Takis, Michael King, Jack Hollingsworth, Mike Mayhew, Kelly Granger and Arram Dreyer. 
Peta Team #1: (L to R) Chris Holbein, Philip Schein, Hannah Schein and Matthew Wright 
Menchville HS Team #1 (Seated) – Winners of the HS Division: (L to R) Brandon Guglielmo, Max Huemer (team captain), Nico Doreste and Claire Nichting 
Warwick HS Team #1 – Runner up in the HS division (L to R) Laura Stephens, Kevin Lu, Patrick Devereau, and Ben Burnett 11.10.2009Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall Panel Discussion with German representatives from the Embassy & NATO Allied Command Transformation Tuesday, November 10, 2009 — 7pm Update: Pictures from the event.
11.01.2009Sister Cities of Newport News is Looking for Citizen Delegates in 2010 and 2011.Public: Want to travel to China, Japan or Germany? Sister Cities of Newport News is looking for youth delegates (8th grade through college) and adult delegates to travel in 2010 to our sister cities. Contact the Sister Cities of Newport News organization at 757-926-1348. Informational meetings: For Press Release, please click here. 11.14.20093nd Annual GlobalBee International Quiz & Annual MeetingPoint Plaza Hotel — 950 J. Clyde Morris Blvd, Newport News 23601. For Registration Form, please click here. 
9.15.2009SCNN’s 2009 Young Artist Competition 2009 Local Winner – Rafayel Stepanyan of Woodside High School 
Art entitled, “Building Peace on Earth” Selected as a top 10 finisher in Sister Cities International’s (SCI) Annual Young Artist Showcase / his art displayed at the SCI conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 2009. Rafayel’s piece and the other 9 international winners will tour the U.S. for one year and the showcase will be in Newport News for the month of November.
8.11.2009Japanese Cultural Event Tuesday, August 11, 2009 ~ 7:00 - 9:00 PM 6.24.2009Sister Cities of Newport News
International BreakfastKeynote speaker, Mayor Joe S. Frank
Bobbi Hutchko 
2009 Citizen Diplomat of the Year: Jan Miller 5.16.2009Experience a Traditional Tea CeremonyMay 16 @ the Ennan Teahouse in Newport News Park / seatings on the top of each hour from 10 am to 3 pm $5 Donation—FREE to current SCNN members! The renovation of the tea house in the Newport News Park is finished and you are invited to experience a traditional tea ceremony in this authentic setting. A local group of Japanese ladies is hosting the event with SCNN as they want to share this beautiful tradition of drinking powdered green tea. It is hoped that we will be able to have weekly tea ceremony lessons at the site later this spring. The goal: to share this unique Japanese tradition and keep our treasured teahouse well maintained.
3.13.2009Newport News Sister Cities Seeks Delegates for Youth Visit to ChinaNewport News’ Sister City organization is looking for 10 to 12 local students to be Youth Diplomats as part of the city’s first youth exchange to its Chinese Sister City of Taizhou. 11.15.20082nd Annual GlobalBee International Quiz For Registration Form, please click here. 10.23.2008 – 11.2.2008Sister Cities of Newport News Seeks Delegates to Travel to Taizhou, ChinaSister Cities of Newport News celebrated the 10th anniversary of the sisterhood between Taizhou, Jiangsu, China and Newport News by sending a delegation of 15 "Citizen Diplomats" to China for a 10 day visit. The delegates were selected based upon applications submitted to SCNN. Applicants were required to be members of the non-profit organization, and willing to pay for airfare and limited travel expenses of less than $1,900 per person as the delegation was hosted by Newport News' sister program in the City of Taizhou. They also agreed to participate in SCNN's Taizhou Committee which hosts incoming visitors from Taizhou and puts on programs in the local community about the sister cities program. The delegation participated in cultural and informational exchanges in the city of Taizhou, attended a Sister Cities conference in Nanjing, and toured the cities of Wuxi and Shanghai. 7.1.2008 – 7.7.2008Newport News Sister Cities Delegates Travel to Japan 11.17.2007Announcing the Peninsula’s 1st Annual
GlobalBee International Quiz For Registration Form, please click here. 10.5.2007A Recital of Traditional Japanese Dance FREE and open to the public Opportunities are available now for you to become a Citizen Diplomat and join us to host the following delegation from our sister cities. 10.4.2007 Official Signing Ceremony with Greifswald Germany
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Youth and adult delegates arriving at Norfolk International Airport upon returning from Neyagawa, Japan.
Point Plaza Hotel — 950 J. Clyde Morris Blvd, Newport News 23601
Newport News Sister Cities formed a delegation of citizens to travel to Neyagawa, Japan, for seven days as part of the annual cultural-exchange program that has been ongoing for 25 years. 
The recital was performed by representatives of the Neyagawa International Exchange and Friendship Association, featuring local performers from Woodside High School Center for Arts and Communication, Harmonious Voice for Christ Community Choir and the Praise Dance Company.