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Michael Rosenthal
Michael graduated in 1985 from the University of Massachusetts with Departmental and University Honors and in 1988 from the American University Washington College of law. He clerked for two federal judges and served eight years as a Federal Prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, receiving an Outstanding Trial Attorney Award from the US Attorney General in 1993 and 1996. Michael moved to the Republic of Palau in 1998 and served as Special Prosecutor and later Minister of Justice for the Country. While in Palau he was for two years the Palau Bar President and also taught law at the Palau Community College. In early 2005, Michael moved to China to serve as Asia Pacific CEO for Day Light Inc., USA and has subsequently worked in a variety of industries including environmental, education, human resources, fashion, retail, health/beauty, and media. He is the founder of US Green Solutions and the Greater Las Vegas China Business Club.
Michael is also a highly rated professional trainer and executive business coach who has provided services to many international Fortune 500 companies such as Baxter, Bayer, Shanghai GM, Johnson Controls, SAP, SAIC, Volvo, Prudential and others. Michael served four years as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Environmental Committee. He is also an actor/model who has appeared in numerous movies, television shows/commercials, produced/directed various promotional videos, and has been the host/emcee/panel facilitator for many events.
Chase Larson - Emcee
Chase Larson has been living in working in Shanghai since 2009 and has been worked in a number of roles in some of Shanghai's biggest events including the Shanghai Rolex Masters, HSBC Champions Golf and the Shanghai F1 Grand Prix. Chase provided English language introductions for the F1 Grand Prix, on stage translation for Chris Botti during the Tag Heuer Jazz Week and acted as the emcee for the Booshkabaash music festival from 2016-2018.
TOM PENG NEW GRASS BAND
The Tom Peng New Grass Band formed in Shanghai, China in 2012 and has continued to evolve into an ensemble with a unique sound and vision. Although rooted in the bluegrass tradition, their music paints a larger and more diverse picture. By drawing on the diversity within their ensemble, they seamlessly flow between bluegrass, jazz, Mongolian music, traditional Chinese folk music as well as classically inspired melodies. The addition of saxophones, flute, drums, and piano to the traditional bluegrass instrumentation gives the band a fresh and innovative sound. Their unique instrumentation, rich vocal harmonies and varied repertoire evoke images from the misty Appalachian Mountains to the expansive Mongolian grasslands. The Tom Peng New Grass Band performs regularly at JZ Club and the Wooden Box in Shanghai as well as throughout China. As China's only large bluegrass band, they aim to share this special musical tradition with new audiences.
GROOVEPAPA
Groovepapa Batucada, the first "batucada" percussion collective in China, has been performing across the China for four years sharing the energy and fun of Brazilian beats in numerous events and music festivals, including Shanghai Formula 1, Shanghai Marathon, Jz Spring music festival, NFL China.
"Batucada" in Brazilian Portuguese commonly refers to both drum groups playing afro-samba style percussion, as well as lively parties with people dancing to the beat of drums.
The group, founded by Shanghainese percussionist Yuan Chao Zhen, aka Groovepapa, truly enjoys sharing their uplifting grooves with audiences watching them dance and move along to the beat.
