The live auction will have three rounds of auctions with live music in between.

The masks are by invitation. This is one of our more popular events and that's why so many local and national personalities ask to donate masks.

We started it in 2001, (held it again in) 2003 and 2005. Because the event gained so much popularity we had requests to start doing it every year.

The bids then come to us in an e-mail, and we update (the page) every day.

We have 17 exponents currently training with us. Three will be dropped.

Preserving Chinatown -- keeping it a community where people will live and not just a tourist attraction -- is very important spiritually.