The official Chinese New Year celebration doesn't actually happen until February 16, but our local celebration was this past Saturday.
Every year, our local FCC(Families with Children from China), have several groups of girls do traditional Chinese Folk Dances. There is a set order that the girls go through. This year, Abbey did the Flower Drum Dance.
With her illness, I wasn't sure if she would be able to do it, but she has recovered enough to participate.
She did a wonderful job and enjoyed it so much. You can see the glee on her face.
Two of her really good friends were in the dance with her, here she is with one of them, Kylie.
I was so proud of her, especially when she had a mishap. Her stick came away from the string and went flying off. She didn't miss a beat, kept right on and finished the dance with one imaginary stick.
There were several other dances, traditional instruments, dragon dances and many other performances. Nana and Grandaddy came and enjoyed seeing Abbey. ( John had to go to a meeting out of town, where he actually won an award.) For the first time in all of his 20+ years working there, he got a trophy for being "Salesman of the Year"!
I love this tradition! It's a small way to connect Abbey and Elijah to their native culture!
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