2012... Year of the Dragon!

 Chinese New Year is still going here in Shanghai.  Lots of restaurants and market stalls still closed, and the local children have been out of school for weeks.  Still some fireworks to be heard every night, although the all night bashes have ended.  

 Madelyn and Gwen both had the opportunity to perform in Concordia'a all-school Chinese New Year assembly.  Madelyn's PE class performed a very cool fan dance, where they snapped their big fans open on cue in quite a dramatic way!  I am trying to load a little video clip of that, but Seth isn't home and I need his help to get it to work.  Gwenny was in an after school program for several months where they learned two different Chinese dances.  I helped her group with hair and make-up before the performance.  

Waiting in the hallway outside the gym for their turn to perform.

Dragons abound... here is the display of stuffed dragons at Carrefour.

This cool guy at an outdoor mall is created out of CDs.

Not sure about this one, he seems to be created out of rocket ship parts!  Not really.  :-)

A little more holiday hoop-la at Carrefour.

Tower of dragons!

I thought this CNY decoration with the dragon cut out of layers of a Chinese traditional dress was interesting.

Again with the same idea, but in a vase shape.

Gwenny and friends at her classroom CNY party!