Performace and Gathering.

Friday (28/01/2011)

a) Lion dance Gathering.
• Beforehand, teachers performed Dragon Dance. It was hilarious but fun! I carried the ball to lure the dragon. The other teachers were the dragon. I made them chase after me. At times, I ran slowly but at times, I daced swiftly making the dragon to cahse and kids to cheer! .
• The kids had been training for the past one week for this event. First, we had 6 year old class to perform. Then, it was us. We had 4 lions with 8 performers altogether. All the kids gathered at school’s living hall while the lion dancers were lying at the playground. The Little Buddha woke them up ad the lion danced through the gate into the hall. The other kids were playing the instruments such as cymbals, drums and tambourine. Then, 4 kids brought Mandarin Oranges for the lions which they pretend to peel off. They ended the performance by bowing to everyone. The school kids were very happy!

b) Lion Dance Greeting.
• For this, we needed only a lion. Weei Xiang and Wee Hong held the lion head high to eat the vegetable consisting red packet “Ang Pow”. Then, it threw the vegetable out from its mouth. We rested for a while.

c) Class visiting.
• We visited every class together with a Lion dance. The performers took turn to perform at different classes. The other kids sang “Happy Chinese New Year” song. We gave the kids some candies ad a paper scroll wishing them Happy Chinese New Year.

d) Reunion lunch
• The kids rested for a while. Then, we sat in a huge circle together with 6 year old children for lunch. Our cook had prepared delicious dishes. We ate fried noodles, nuggets and also ice-cream.

e) Friends’ Visit.
• In the afternoon, we invited the 6 year old friends for a gathering. Jun Yu, Qian Joe, Xing Jing and Tzen Yu were kind to bring some food such as dragonfruit jelly, cookies and also potato chips. I bought some biscuits for them. Then, we sang our Chinese New Year song for them. We didn’t have time for games. They thanked us and greeted us well. Each of them brought a Mandarin orange to share with us.

f) The Legend of Dragons.
• The kids begged me to tell the story. It told how four good friends, the dragons helped giving rain to the poor people on earth. They were punished by Jade Emperor who thought that they stole his rain. The dragons scooped water from their ocean and poured dow to the earth as rain. The dragons magically turned themselves into 4 famous rivers which ca be seen in China today.