This year we celebrated mid-autumn festival on Saturday 22 September, 2012. The celebration started with a medley of songs that everyone sang and clapped along to. There were competitions and we were entertained to dancing by a Kung Fu Fan Group and a Tambourine Group.
It was interesting to hear the sound whenever the KUNG FU dancers flipped open the fans. I remember I was chatting with a friend while the group practiced their dance. Suddenly we heard an explosion & I wondered what had blown up! Only then did I realise the 'explosive' sound that can be generated by a chorus of simple fans. It was my first exposure to such a dance.
We tapped along to the upbeat music used by the TAMBOURINE Dance group. We could see the dancers enjoying themselves and singing along to the music. Even the children were seen waving their balloons and dancing to the music.
For the 1st time, we had a MOON CAKE EATING competition! No, it's not how many moon cakes you can eat in 2 minutes. It's how much time you need to finish eating a moon cake. I can honestly say - it's not easy to gulp down a moon cake. I was so scared the contestants would choke themselves! Don't worry. Everyone was safe and sound.
We had the all time favourite competition - CUTTING A POMELO. I can say it needs strength and skill to cut open a pomelo and split the slices. I was truly amazed at how the CHAMPION completed the task with such speed and ease. Hats off to her!
The evening ended with a potpourri of scrumptious food and lighting up lanterns for the LANTERN WALK!
CLICK HERE to view some of the photos taken during the night.
If this sounds interesting to you & you wished you were here, well....watch out for 2013!
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