Lion Dance Performances
Saturday, February 9th  - 12:00am and 1:30 pm
Sunday, February 10th - 11:45am and 1:15pm

In celebration of Chinese New Year, please join us for an exciting performance by the Young Lion Dancers.

Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year begins on Thursday, February 7th and lasts for for fifteen days until the Lantern Festival.

Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in rat years tend to be cheerful, popular and Romantic. 

Clifford Yip is the founder and coordinator of The Young Lion Dancers. He created this dynamic group during the 1994 Palo Alto Centennial celebration at the request of the Chinese Community Center of the Peninsula (CCCP). The Young Lion Dancers group began with just 8 students and today boasts 22 very talented youths, ages 5 to 14 years old.

For more information about The Young Lion Dancers, please call Clifford Yip at (650) 968-5496, or CCCP (415) 324-4786.