Well tonight saw us perform our first professional Lion Dance. The money will go to the Silent River Benevolent Foundation to help maintain our Lion Dance equipment and to help out local charities.
This performance was for the grand opening of Global TESOL College's new international office in Edmonton. Sifu's Playter and Robertson performed in Kwan Kung with Sifu Davies performing as the Laughing Buddha, and myself and Sifu's Freitag and Dennis performing the drum, gong, and cymbal. The College's pampering of their performers was first class. We were given a fairly private prep room before our performance with all the Perrier we could drink.
I have to say that this performance featured the most enthusiastic audience for which we have ever performed. They cheered throughout and were extremely excited to receive their "lucky greens". The logistics of performing with a nine foot ceiling were a little complicated but the guys pulled it off with only one ceiling tile collision occurring in the dance. After having some mishaps hamper our previous two performances, it was great to have this one go so well.
Sifu Jeff Brinker
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