A New York gala celebrates Chinese New Year

Chinese students from 32 US universities, such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia, will take the stage at the 2017 North American University Lunar New Year Gala along with performers from China and the United States on Saturday. The show will be at the concert hall of the Performing Arts Center of Purchase College, State University of New York.

The Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Jan 28.

Singers, including Jin Chi and Ding Kesen from The Voice of China - the popular Chinese singing competition reality show by Zhejiang Satellite TV Station - will share the stage with Olivia Rox and Dalton Rapattoni, singers who competed on American Idol.