Birmingham Chinese New Year 2013
I just wanted to do a final post on Birmingham Chinese New Year 2013. The schedule for the event is now out, so we’re posting that here so everyone knows what’s happening on the day.
Schedule for Chinese New Year 2013 in Birmingham
Sunday 10th February 2013,
Arcadian Centre, Hurst Street, Birmingham, B5 4TD
Main Stage – Arcadian Centre
12:30 Entrance of the Dragon Dance & Firecrackers
12:40 Speeches
12:50 Welcoming the Chinese God of Wealth
(Chinese Women’s Assoc.)
13:00 Acrobatics Performance (Bai-Ling Chinese Acrobats UK)
14:00 Dragon Dancing on Poles and Kung Fu Demonstration
14:20 Children’s Dances (Overseas Chinese Association School)
14:30 Cantonese Opera Performance (Pak Ming Opera)
14:45 Children’s Dance Performance
(Birmingham Chinese School)
14:55 Acrobatics Performance (Bai-Ling Chinese Acrobats UK)
15:55 Traditional Chinese Dance
(Chinese Community Centre B’ham)
16:05 Final appearance of the Dragon Dance
16:30 Close of Chinese New Year 2013 in Birmingham
Chinese New Year Birmingham 2013 celebrations schedule for New Hurst Street Performance Space
13:30 Children’s Dances (Overseas Chinese Association School)
13:40 Traditional Chinese Dance
(Chinese Community Centre B’ham)
13:50 Children’s Dances (Birmingham Chinese School)
14:00 Cantonese Opera Performance (Pak Ming Opera)
14:15 Acrobatics Performance (Bai-Ling Chinese Acrobats UK)
14:30 Close of Birmingham Chinese New Year 2013
I also found this bit of film of the end of the Chinese New Celebrations from last year – this should give you a taste of what Chinese New Year Birmingham 2013 will be like!
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They are referred to as Dragons by westerners, but they are are actually Foo Dogs. Sometimes referred to as Lion Dogs, they are the creatures that you see statues of outside Chinese buildings. They keep bad spirits / bad luck at bay.
They’ll dance in at the start of the Birmingham Chinese New Year 2013 celebrations to frighten away bad luck and the shop keepers like to entice them with money in red envelopes to dance outside their business premises to bring good luck in the new year. They’ll also dance out again at the end so that you can travel home from the Chinese New Year Birmingham 2013 event in peace.
Tags: chinese association, chinese god of wealth, chinese school, dance performance, dragon dance, firecrackers, performance space, year 2013