Chinese New Year parade (Pt. 1 of 3) 2010 San Francisco.

Named one of the world's top ten parades, Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Over 100 units will participate in the parade, many of the floats and specialty units will feature the theme of this year's Chinese zodiac sign. Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, and exploding firecrackers. Some of the parade highlights include elaborately decorated floats, school marching bands, martial arts group, stilt walkers, lion dancers, Chinese acrobatics, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA and the Golden Dragon. The Golden Dragon is over 201 feet long and is always featured at the end of the parade as the grand finale and will be accompanied by over 600,000 firecrackers! The Golden Dragon was made in Foshan, a small town in China. The Foshan dragonmasters formerly made all the costumes for the Cantonese opera, and the Golden Dragon bears many operatic touches, such as the rainbow colored pompoms on its 6 foot-long head. It is festooned from nose to tail with colored lights, decorated with silver rivets on both scaly sides and trimmed in white rabbit fur. The dragon, made on a skeleton of bamboo and rattan, is in 29 segments. It takes a team of 100 men and women to carry the Golden Dragon. This is also considered an honor to be chosen for the grand finale. Rain or shine
Info web site
http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/events/chinesenewyearparade.html

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• China
• New Year parade
• San Francisco
• China Town
• Chinese zodiac sign

[blondiebabs]

hi sweety boo ,,,,,,well im so glad to hear from you,,,happy chinese new year from babsie baby in cambridge,,,miss boo lo ve you xxxxxxxxxxoh boo i dont like bangs either !!!!!!!!but i realy love you xxxyer send the your daddy hes groovyand sweet xxxhuggy mrs goddes babsie lolxxx

[123MrsBoo]

Hi my good Goddess friend Basie Babe.

Be very careful, the Chinese people say this year the Tigers will be out.

But I (Mrs. Boo) will protect you from the big mean Pussy Cats.

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Kisses from

Dog Goddess of all San Francisco

(Mrs. Boo)

[dublinbetch]

great video...!! i really enjoyed it...!! Happy Chinese New Year...!!

[123MrsBoo]

Thanks my friend.

Mrs. Boo and I are glad you like our Parade video

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Your Friends

Michael and

Mrs. Boo

[perryinsanfrancisco]

Kearny street, my goold old neighborhood :-) Thanks for showing this.

[123MrsBoo]

Hi Perry.

Yes your neighborhood was over run with people and Tigers on this particular night.

Next (Big) Parade day will be June 27th

YEAR OF THE RAINBOW !!! ];-)

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Your friend

Michael

[himesworld]

very cute !! ★★★★★5 !!

[kannon9]

I loved it Michael great vid wish I could have been there! I just talked to my friend in China she says they celebrate for 8 days. I can understand MissBoo's dislike of loud noises my Listo & Xena don't like it either. But we humans love celebrations our ears aren't as sensitive! Cinco Estrallas*****

[celinha1953]

great video!5*

[harrisonfanalways]

Hey Boo... Sorry you don't like the popping noises at the perade... Looks like it was a lot of fun...

[perryinsanfrancisco]

@123MrsBoo I'm not gonna miss that for sure. I'll be right by your side. This year we have to film the event together! :-)

[123MrsBoo]

Thanks my good friend Maria.

Glad you like my parade video.

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Kisses from

Dog Goddess of all San Francisco

(Mrs. Boo)

[123MrsBoo]

Hi my Good friend Paolo.

To me (Mrs. Boo) it does not look so fun.

It was over run by the big Tiger Pussy cats.

Almost as if thay think its there year or something.

We all know its year of the DOG (Every Year)

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Kisses from

Dog Goddess of all San Francisco

(Mrs. Boo)