Jing Ying

Cape Saint Claire
Strawberry Festival & Parade
2008

This is an annual event for Jing Ying Institute and a lot of fun for our students! The parade starts at the Cape Saint Claire Firehouse and ends at the beach. There are lots of vendors, bands and all kinds of fun for the whole family. For the parade, we march, carry our banner, perform Lion Dance, pull the drums, play the drums, cymbals and gong, perform with weapons and perform empty hand techniques. It's hot, hard work, but everyone helps out. At the end, we do a final demonstration for the crowd, then have fun eating, playing in the water and visiting the various vendors. This year, the weather didn't look like it would cooperate, but it stayed clear for the parade and our performance. In fact, just as we did our final bow after the performance, there was "thunderous applause" from above and the deluge of rain began.

Here are a few pictures from the event:

 


Before the parade starts


On the move!


Preparing for the demo