16. Yat Sing Music Club, 1994

This photograph of the Yat Sing Music Club was taken by Nancy Nusz in 1994. The music club has been performing Cantonese opera in Portland since World War II. During the 1990s, several artists from the club participated in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program of the Oregon Historical Society Folklife Program. The Yat Sing Music Club is a Chinese music group that meets to rehearse Cantonese opera in Portland’s Old Town/Chinatown on a weekly basis.