Every year on New Year's Eve, the Town of Teaneck of Bergen County in New Jersey holds New Year celebration. On December 31, 2001, practitioners were invited to participate in this year's celebration and introduced Falun Gong to government officials, community leaders and residents.

Falun Gong exercise demonstration	New Year Celebration Parade	Residents learn Dafa exercises during Falun Gong Seminar

The celebration began with a parade. Twenty practitioners held boards and banners that read Falun Dafa and Truth-Compassion-Tolerance. They waved to spectators and wished them Happy New Year. The residents watching the parade applauded while practitioners pass by. After they had reached the end point of the parade, practitioners sat at the highest level of the stage and held the banners high. Everyone noticed the banners of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance.

Many government officials attended the celebration including the mayor, Congressmen, etc. After the opening ceremony, Mr. Pat Schuber came up to the Falun Gong practitioners on the stage and raised the banner high in the air along with the practitioners. Congressman Steven Rothman who has been very supportive of Falun Gong came to talk with practitioners and expressed his support.

After the opening ceremony, the organizing committee arranged two Falun Gong demonstrations for residents. A dozen Western and Chinese practitioners showed the peaceful and graceful Dafa exercises to the people of Teaneck. After the demonstrations, practitioners held a Falun Gong seminar and many local residents learnt Dafa exercises.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/1/3/22469.html