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Student’s door-to-door Chinese ballads break down barriers, win fans and lamb chops
MacNeill visited 300 to 400 homes and drew mixed reactions as his Chinese-language performances won praise and helped him build language skills.
- Michael MacNeill, a 22-year student at Queen University in Kingston, Ont., spent his summer knocking on doors in Richmond, Canada, serenading residents with iconic Chinese hits to practice his language skills.
- Encouraged by Chinese Canadian friends who were amazed when he sang a Mando-pop tune, MacNeill learned Mandarin using Google Translate and YouTube videos while studying in Ontario.
- Performances of the ballad Spray of Plum Blossoms drew millions of online views, while at his first home, a resident was so impressed she offered dinner with lamb chops.
- Residents shifted from initial shyness to asking MacNeill numerous questions, providing motivation he described: "They kind of go from not really wanting to talk to you or being very shy to then all of a sudden wanting to ask me a million questions."
- Showing genuine interest in Chinese culture, MacNeill challenged the false impression that immigrants are "closed off," demonstrating how cultural bridges dissolve language and social barriers in the Richmond community.
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Student’s door-to-door Chinese ballads break down barriers, win fans and lamb chops
When Kieran Michael MacNeill started going door to door in Richmond, B.C., serenading householders in Mandarin, he was worried they might think he was a "weirdo."
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Student's door-to-door Chinese ballads break down barriers, win fans and lamb chops
When Kieran Michael MacNeill started going door to door in Richmond, B.C., serenading householders in Mandarin, he was worried they might think he was a
·Winnipeg, Canada
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