Hi Avishay!

Happy Early Gong Hay Fat Choy to you too! Yes we have awsome pics
taken by our resident Team photographer and band member Tammy. THe
Pics are posted on our sister yahoo page BUCKS CO LIONDANCE TEAM.
ALl you have to do is go to this page's LINKS,scroll down and click,
then go to that page's PHOTOS link and click the album titled PATA
Dinner Banquet 06.

Enjoy!

Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, avishay mazor
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> Hey Mel:
> sounds realy nice. do you have any pictures of the event?
> happy new year to all. May the year of the dog be a good one.
> avishay
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> 1. TaiChi Banquet and LionDance, Sucess! Our 1st Hong Bao!
> From: "Mel"
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:37:44 -0000
> From: "Mel"
> Subject: TaiChi Banquet and LionDance, Sucess! Our 1st Hong Bao!
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> Hey Gang,
>
> Last night's dinner and Liondance performance went over BIG! The
> restaurant was packed and the audience was appreciative. We were
set
> to kick things things off at 6:30pm but was delayed to allow
guests
> to be seated. Fortunately we had no real time limits and more
freedom
> so it worked well in our favor. The mild weather was another
blessing
> considering it's still January. Well the LionDance team members
are
> getting to be "Pros" at this and the routine went off well. That is
> until we saw the Restaurant manager walk over to the middle of the
> floor with Chinese Cabbage and a red envelope! Everytime we
perform,
> a new element arises, different from the last! "Aww Snap!! It's
Hong
> Bao time! Our first! Somehow we didn't really expect it but should
> have guessed it would come up. For the uninitiated "Hong Bao" is
> the "Lucky Money" Children and unmarried young people during
Chinese
> NewYear are given, in red envleopes. It also is special to
LionDance
> performers for the "Getting/Eating the Greens" Ceremony as the
> traditional way they recieve payment and in return the restaurant
> gets it's luck in bussiness. Also the restaurant didn't make it
easy
> by simply putting the envelope in the lion's mouth but made it a
> challenge for the lion by suspending it overhead and the lions
have
> to show there skill by Stacking their bodies to get it down. The
team
> however had a tough time with this part because we spent the least
> amount of time practicing this and worried more about the overall
> dancing. It took about 4 or 5 tries but they finally got it down.
> Another "Snag" was during our own version of "Eating the Greens"
when
> our "Da Tou WaWa" Bighead, laid the greens down, the hidden
confetti
> shooter's seal was broken and made them useless, due to being
dropped
> too hard on the floor. The dancers being used to them failing did
the
> second option and threw the "Greens" instead. So it's back to the
> drawing board on those two issues. I was pleasently surprised
after
> the performance and dinner was setting up that we were approached
> with an inquiry to be hired to dance at another function sometime
in
> the next two weeks during the Newyears period. We'll see what
> happens! This time we were able to excellant video footage and
pics.
> Pics will be posted very soon!
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> Cheers!
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> Mel
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