There was a dragon in Linn Park Saturday morning. The youth held the traditional dragon up with poles and paraded him undulating through the park, preceded by a baton-wielding majorette and followed by drummers and a group of small children in costume and others in jeans.
The procession made its way through Linn Park, down the sidewalk and into Boutwell Audi
torium to further perform on the stage. The gathering crowd was grateful to be inside as it was 30something outside.There were tables set up all around the room.
Some were selling lanterns, parasols, jewelry. There was also the Birmingham Asian Cultural Center & Chinese Garden Foundation, the
Chinese School, and my favorite The Birmingham Chinese Church where a gentleman, whose name I could not understand, wrote my name in Chinese.Birmingham has many faces, many cultures
. It was great to see so many of these enjoying the morning's Chinese New Year Celebration.© Perle Champion
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