The Chinese Moon festival is a time for gathering with friends and family, so the family of Silent River Kung Fu decided to have a small festival celebration at rotary park. It was a fun filled day of kite flying, lion dancing, and a few seminars as well. Despite it raining all week, the weather was perfect for this outdoor festival.
The team was the same one used at the Alberta Centennial celebration, that being Sifu Playter as head, myself (Sifu Robertson) as tail, Sifu Davies as the Laughing Buddha, and Sifu Brinker, Sifu Frietag, and Sifu Dennis as the musical team. The dance had a few hiccups, the most notable being the lion tripping during one of the first three bows. However, despite that first setback, the dance went fairly well after that.
Following the dance, many of the younger students or children of adult students got a lesson in lion dancing from Sifus Playter and Davies. Each child got a turn at either the head or tail, with support from one of the Sifus. A few of them even got to try drumming with the help of Sifu Frietag.
In addition to the lion dancing, Sifu Dennis and Sifu Olsevik respectivly held a Tai Chi and a Chi Kung seminar. Both were meant to give an introduction to Silent River's Tai Chi and newly started Chi Kung programs, and they seemed to generate quite a bit of interest.
All in all, it was an afternoon of fun and friendship, and here's hoping that next year's will go as well.
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