Last night we ventured into San Francisco for the annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade. It is the biggest Chinese New Year Parade outside of Asia, and one of the few remaining night parades in a major US city. We braved the crowds (which is a big deal for me) and really enjoyed the parade. Tom went over to the city early to get us a front row spot for our chairs. He is helpful like that.
The parade consisted of many marching bands, drum groups, dancers, gymnasts, floats and lots of traditional dragons and lions.
O really liked the dragons and lions, but was not such a fan of the firecrakers. I think it is a good thing we left before the finale, which was a 201 foot long dragon accompanied by 600,000 firecrackers!
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Overall, it was a very fun experience. We watched for a little over two hours and then we left early to avoid the crowds on the train ride home.
Happy Year of the Horse! Gong Xi Fa Chai!
2 comments:
The parade looks amazing. O will be forever grateful that you exposed him to so many cool cultural experiences. He is one lucky little boy!
Thanks, Peggy! We sure hope he remembers it all and still wants to go with us when he is twelve!
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