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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 07:26 PM
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San Francisco Chineses New Year Parade! Always Unique!
Edited on Mon Feb-15-10 07:27 PM by AsahinaKimi

The 2010 Chinese New year Festival and Parade is on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5:15 pm.2010 Shanxi Dancers
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! The Luliang Folk Arts Performing Group from Shanxi Province, China will be performing in San Francisco for the very first time.



http://www.chineseparade.com/

Over 100 units will participate in the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade. A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the many hundreds of thousands of people that come to watch it on the street or tune in to watch it on television on KTVU Fox 2 or KTSF Channel 26, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, exploding firecrackers , and of course the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court. A crowd favorite is the spectacular 201' Golden Dragon ("Gum Lung") It takes a team of over 100 men and women from the martial arts group, White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco.

This year's Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade promises to warm your heart and electrify your senses, come rain or shine.

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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 08:21 PM
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1. I love that parade. I remember seeing it a couple times when I was a kid.
Loved it -- very exciting. The drums get your blood pumping.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 08:27 PM
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2. The parade always seemed to be held in the rain...
Edited on Mon Feb-15-10 08:27 PM by AsahinaKimi
I can't recall going without taking an umbrella.
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