It was a cold, wet February and
we decided to distract ourselves from the day-to-day life with an afternoon out
in Brum. We went online to discover that there would be a stage rather than a
parade around the city, mainly because of the football fixtures. We caught the
train into town and found a spot ten deep from the stage. We were given a warm
welcome by the Mayoress of Birmingham followed by a speech from the visiting
British ambassador. Then an explosion of Chinese fireworks could be heard
followed by what we were all waiting for; the awakening of the dancing dragons
(It’d be interesting to see how they do this the following year with pigs). I
got a great view of people taking pictures with their cameras and mobile
phones. The dragon dance was followed by presentations and a performance by a
martial arts school. The dragon dance would be performed hourly so we turned our
attention to the markets and stalls.
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