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GREETINGS
to the CHICAGO BULLS FANS, the best in the NBA,

  As one of your Chicago LUVABULLS CAPTAINS, I would like to share
with you some exciting news. I am always the first one ready to try
new adventurers, therefore with my passion for dance, my
unconditional love for the sport, and my ability to truly understand
what dedication means, I have landed a new position with the NBA.
This is an excursion that tops all others! The NBA has launched a
Competition / Reality Show in China. I have been chosen to represent
the NBA in China as a Host, Choreographer, Dance Coach, and Celebrity
Judge. What more could I ask for! The SUNTIMES has already labeled
me as the next Paula Abdul of China.

Tsingtao Beer, China's largest
brewery, and the NBA teamed up in China. Tsingtao Brewery Company is
funding sports and dance competitions related to the NBA throughout
China. On this new project, I will be working to create an NBA DANCE
TEAM in China, which will eventually train in the United States and
bring the excitement of our NBA entertainment groups back to China.
Wouldn't it be great if during this tour of basketball caravans
across China, we could find a “Yao Ming–like” player that can
sign with the CHICAGO BULLS!

This “Dance Passion” Reality
Show will air on China's Central Television Sports Channel CCTV-5.
The competition will create a six-member winning team, narrowed from
43 cities worth of contestants. The competition's winning team will
have the opportunity to perform at the 2009 NBA China Games in
Beijing in October and at an NBA regular season game in November.
Lets keep our fingers crossed that we bring this new Dance Team to a
BULLS Game.

I will be based in Hong Kong and
fly back and forth to a different city in China every other week. My
24/7 translator is a blessing, but taking Mandarin Classes is on my
to-do-list.

Throughout my travels, I will be
posting an informative blog on the CHICAGO BULLS web page so stay
tuned to hear more about this new adventure. I will post as often as
possible to keep all the fans up to date and hopefully provide as
much video as it becomes available.

During this time I will miss all
of you dearly and I am eagerly awaiting my return to dance and
perform with the CHICAGO LUVABULLS.

Signing off for now. Until Next
Time,

Shanon Lersch