Saturday September 29, 2007
We know how to mark an entrance and draw a crowd. Or at least a couple of Chinese Lions and a drumming team knows how to draw a crowd and make an entrance.
We performed at Westland Market Mall in Spruce Grove today for Grove Travel who was hosting a travel event in the mall. We were there to promote China (of course!) and to introduce a speaker who represented travel to China. Anyway, we started at one end of the mall, and marched through it to a cozy spot outside of Grove Travel where we settled in on the hard floor to begin our dance. It must have been quite the sight to see, especially for people who have no idea what a Chinese Lion Dance looks like. Needless to say, there was a minor amount of confusion at the beginning since the Lions lay down to begin and the lettuce was still packed away. I can only imagine the suspense building as Master Brinker and Sifu Robertson went running for the lettuce while Zhan Fei and Hau Yuanjia were lying on the floor asleep. So anyway, where was I? Oh yes, we were spectacular if I do say so myself. Not that I could see anything being in the tail and all, but just how we approached this dance made it memorable.
The team of the day included Sifu Davies and Silhing Harrigan in Zhang, Sifu Clements and I in Hua Yuanjia, Master Brinker on drums, Sifu's Freitag and Dennis on Gong and Cymbals, and Sihing Dennis pulling the drum and taking the awesome pictures.
It was a perfect dance that just might be tough to beat, let alone duplicate. I can't wait to do something like this again!
Tania Wilson
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