Chan Legacy

As usual, the CNY celebrations here are quite elaborate.  It started with the usual assembly, and it proceeded with a lion dance performance.  This year, they invited the lion dance group from Nanyang Girls High.  

Toria was terrified, hiding behind and hugging other aunties’ legs cos Mummy is busy taking pictures of her!  I asked Daddy to come along, so Mummy was using the D300 and Daddy using the D3, busied ourselves with taking pictures of the 2 kids.  Had to do that cos the kids are separated by class, so had to have 2 “paparazzi” to cover the event.  We even took turns switching “targets” to capture different “interpretations”.

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After the lion dance, there was a performance which Donald was a part of.  That was recorded in the earlier post.

After that, there was a performance by the Pre nursery kids, very cute!  There was also a skit put up by the teachers on the origin of Nian.  But I didn’t take any pix of it. *sheepish*

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Then, the kids went on their “rounds” by class.  There were many stations set up, manned by parent volunteers.  There were stations making Kueh Bahulu on the spot, even love letters, pineapple tarts etc.  There was also a game station and a calligraphy station.  Here are the pix of Donald and Toria.

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Nearing the end, all the kids gathered together again for a sing-along session.  They prepared smaller versions of the lion dance for the kids to have a chance to participate.  The kids had so much fun!

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Here are some nice posed pictures too!  Took pix with the principal and the dean. (yes! they employed a Dean this year!)

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