My weekend was devoted to my other specialty -- lion dancing.
On Saturday my troupe, Gund Kwok Asian Women's Lion & Dragon Dance Troupe, performed at the Peabody Essex Museum for their re-scheduled Lunar New Year festivities. The very next day was spent sloshing in the snow and cold in Boston for the Chinatown New Year Festival...for 6 hours.
Oh boy, I woke up that Sunday morning at 7AM and looked out the window to see snow whipping around and down. Would the event be cancelled? You'd think it would be, but no. The show was most definitely on. The stage performance was nixed by the organizers, but lion dancing at all the shops was not.
I can now say that I have lion danced in the snow. Toward the end, I was pretty miserable -- my boots were not as water-proof as I'd thought. I seriously thought my toes were frostbitten. But, once we were finally done and I could put on a pair or dry socks and shoes AND we were feasting on our multi-course dinner, I was happy as a clam again...albeit, utterly exhausted.
Much thanks to my teammates and lion dance sisters, ALL the volunteers who actually came out and soldiered on with us, and to Mr. Lee. :)
And with that, a new comic is on the way for tomorrow!
Wow...I was hoping to take my kids down to see new year's this year, but figured it'd all be cancelled because of the storm. Congrats on toughing it out...hopefully we'll catch you guys performing for August moon.
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