Chinese New Year 2007

Clearwater Chinese School

 

Xiao Ren Lion Dancers

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Ready: Melissa, Eric MCs and Lu Lao shi.

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting to go on stage

 

 

 

 

 

Anna’s Basket Dancers

 

 

 

 

 

Anna Looks On

 

 

 

 

 

The Dancers on Stage

 

 

 

 

Drawing a Raffle Ticket

 

 

 

 

Getting Your Picture Taken

 

 

 

 

Lily’s students perform a New Year shopping skit

 

 

 

 

Selling Food on New Year

 

 

 

 

Selling Fruit

 

 

 

 

Their dedicated and selfless teacher Lily with the mike

 

 

 

 

Ready to buy.

 

 

 

 

Dou Shao Qien?

 

 

 

 

Anna and Adult Students

 

 

 

 

 

They can really sing!

 

 

 

 

Letting it all out.

 

 

 

 

Yeah!

 

 

 

 

Bill collecting tickets at the door. (Many raffle prizes to left.)

 

 

 

 

Bill Singing in Chinese! Bu Cuo -- the Blues.

 

 

 

Erica and Melissa play parents. High drama as their son gets a B+.

 

 

 

 

The Grandparent’s weigh in on the report card.

 

 

 

 

Father and son talk.

 

 

 

Wait! I put four quarters in that musical pig! It was worth a $100 to this lucky guy.

 

 

 

 

 

The audience was very happy. Guess which one is the mom and her daughter.

 

 

 

 

 

At the organ.

 

 

 

 

Sunny draws a ticket. (That’s Sunny’s picture on the wall, right. She was our first principal.)

 

 

 

 

Joy Luck Club Dancers

 

 

 

 

Yes! Joy Luck Club Dancers are very happy.

 

 

 

 

And very dramatic!

 

 

 

 

They kept changing their costumes.

 

 

 

 

Very professional!

 

 

 

 

Hand in hand we go! The gay follies.

 

 

 

 

Maybe not so gay after all.

 

 

 

 

Print this in color and maybe get 10% off at Ivory Restaurant on Main St. Dunedin, FL (rated one of the best Chinese Restaurants, by Yan Can Cook TV Chef. Steve gave away a lot of gift certificates as raffle prizes.)

 

 

 

 

Steve took $65 hour lessons with Dance Candice. How did he fall?

 

 

 

 

Another little skit.

 

 

 

 

 

Enga looks on. Watching the stage from the ready area.

 

 

 

 

 

Sunny and Joy Luck Club Dancers prepare.

 

 

 

 

 

This is me with my art students. I borrowed this hat from Lu Lao Shi.

 

 

 

 

Shinny Shoes on Terrazzo. Good for Dancing too.

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly! We need some violin music about now. Mr. Hu holds the mike.

 

 

 

 

 

Smiling for the camera. They are either naturals or the biggest hams.

 

 

 

 

 

This time I got the tongue. That’s Ching’s new car in background!

 

 

 

 

Taking a well deserved bow.

 

 

 

 

 

This Degas like picture should be in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I might paint it.

 

 

 

 

 

Applause. Author! Author!

 

 

 

 

At first I thought the bare feet to be bizarre.

 

 

 

 

 

Until suddenly the spitting began.

 

 

 

 

 

Then they turned to shower the audience. Fortunately they used mouthwash first! I ran for cover and started a panic. Sorry. Forgot to take picture of panic.

 

 

 

 

More Joy Luck Club Dancers: this time doing the twist.

 

 

 

 

Getting red bags of money at the end.

 

 

 

 

 

And more red bags.

 

 

 

 

Yes! It is so happy to get a red bag!

 

 

 

 

And drawing a lucky ticket is very happy too!

 

 

 

 

And being Peter Pan is Soooo Happpy! Check out Steve’s blue socks.

 

 

 

 

 

Special thanks to our women and men in black: Eric and Melissa.

 

 

 

 

 

Whooops! I almost forgot the magic act.

 

 

 

 

See you next year! Don’t miss Year of the what? Oink, Oink for now!

 

 

 

Tom Lacey 2-11-07

 

(Chinese New Year is February 18, so if you missed this party, be sure to go to the SACA celebration in Tampa. I am going to Atlanta, for the celebration Chamblee so I won’t be here. But you can see the Joy Luck Club Dancers and our Chinese School performers in Tampa on the 18^th of February.  Call Anna or Enga for tickets and directions.)

 

Photographic Credits: Me and my little Sony DSC-W50. Pictures of me by my Art Students.

 

 

 

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