Firstnight 2011 - Chinese Lion Dance - Fu Hok

First Night - Springfield, Missouri

Countdown Fireworks and Chinese Lion Dance performed by Fu Hok Studios

The Lion Dance is an ancient Chinese folk dance that symbolizes happiness and good luck. The performers from Fu Hok studio will help us ring in 2011 with this unique cultural celebration and dance.

Firstnight 2011 is a New Year's Eve celebration of the arts with live music, theater, and fireworks finale. 11 downtown locations and performances including Arzo Tureaud, Berch, Chris Sligh, Fu Hok Studios - Chinese Lion Dance, Grupo Latinoamericano, Hing Wah Hatch, Japan America Friendship Group, Kellswater, Lowdown Fancy, New Monster's Collective, Retrognomes, Skinny Improv, Y.E.S. Troupe, Some Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin, SuperCharge, and Voices of Deliverance

First Night Springfield! is sponsored by the Springfield Regional Arts Council http://springfieldarts.org and managed by the Urban Districts Alliance http://www.itsalldowntown.com

Video thanks to Russ RuBert for SpringfieldArts.com

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[GamingIlluminated]

I am irked by the dumb kid in that background that keeps screaming "DRAGON!!"

[AineYukihiko]

I was really impressed with the amount of expression they were able to convey with the lion. I'll have to try to attend one of these sometime.