LION DANCE WEEKEND 7-8 June 2025

We took up a team of 13 students (and a squad of coaches, manager and parents) to perform at Market City, Chinatown Sydney on 7-8 June 2025.  Saturday was the Kids Lion Dance Open Competition and Sunday was the Australian Lion Dance Exhibition. 

We entered in 3 kids teams to perform in traditional lion dance routines along with 2 kung fu forms and a drumming performance.  Our junior kids teams had to compete against older teenagers but were brave in their effort with the boys teams being 8 and 11 yo and girls being 9 and 5 yo (including our first Moonbear Cubs entrant!).  Congratulations to our teens team with Zoe Saarinen and Andy Lo in the lion who achieved 2nd place! (out of 18 entries) Thank you to Allie and Austin from Dragonstyle Kung Fu andf Fitness who helped with percussion at very short notice due to illness of two of our entrants. 

Our adults team with Rex Li and Jesse Lo in the lion performed a bench and drunken lion routine on the Sunday and put on an amazing display together with 9 other teams from Sydney and Perth.  

Thank you to all the parents who provided transport, photography and management of our kids entrants.  Everyone had a great time and made a lot of friends with other teams.