Lion Dance Events

Current/Upcoming/Ongoing

Beyond the PrIde Lion Dance Exhibition
Date: November 7, 2009
Location: University of California, Irvine
Bren Events Center
Irvine, California
The Beyond the Pride Exhibition (BPX) will be a fun-filled event open to spectators of all ages as we bring together Lion Dance teams from far and wide, as well as other area performance teams for a day of entertainment unseen before in Southern California.
Click here to see the promo video.

Canadian Lion Dance Festival
A 10-day annual event in Toronto and Ottowa

San Francisco
Chinese New Year parade

The biggest outside of China

Past

Hawaii World Invitational Lion Dance Championship
Date: May 14-16, 2004
A jong competition held at the Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
Includes a seminar on the 14th by Master Siow.
Hosted by Gee Yung International Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Dance Association

World Lion Dance Championships
Date: July 9-11, 2004
Held every 2 years at the Genting Highlands Resort in Malaysia.

Hawaii World Invitational Lion Kings Competition
Date: August 29, 2004
Annual event including both traditional and jong competition held at the Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
Includes a seminar on dragon dancing by Ri Hing.
Contact: Jeff Lam 808-521-6888
For more info see this website for now.

National Freestyle Lion Dance Championship
Date: August or September 2004
An annual event held at:
USF's War Memorial Gymnasium
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Contact: Wayne Chan or Dave Fong
National Free Style Lion Dance Championship (NFLDC)
PO Box 2785
Santa Clara, CA 95055

International Lion Dance & Dragon Dance Competition
Date: 26-28th Dec, 2002
Bukit Jalil Stadium in Shah Alam(near Kuala Lumpur) Malaysia
Contact: George Chan or Master Siow on his hand phone: +60-12-3346458
Closing date for applying is Oct 30, 2002
organised by the IDLDA

Yin Yang Chinese Martial Arts Championship
Date: October 12, 2002
Columbia Maryland
Contact: Tim Dahle
6352 Morning Time Lane Columbia, MD. 21044
410-988-9700

Oriental City Lion Dance Cup (British Nationals)
Date: 24 June 2001
Venue: Oriental City, Edgware road, Colindale, London NW9, UK.
Organised: British Council for Chinese Martial Arts
Chief Judge: Yiu Tai Tung vice-chairman Hong kong Chinese Martial Arts Assoc

U.K. National Lion Dance Judges Course
Sunday 17th June 2001 to be held at
The Rising Crane Centre 51,
Stuart Road Kempston Bedford MK42 8HS
Course Instructor: Yiu Tai Tong (Vice-Chairman Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Association). Cost £35 (leads to BCCMA Certifaction)
Contact David Rogers: 01234 855527 Email: david@rising/crane.org.uk

4th International Lion Dance Judges Course
16-18 April 2001
Venue: Wentworth Hotel, Jin Yew, Pudu, Kualu Lumpur, Malaysia
Organised by International dragon & lion dance Assoc
Co-organised by Federation of selangor & federal territory lion dance assoc, Malaysia
Contact Mr lee: 00 6 03 241 8625
Fax: 00 6 03 241 0208

Hong Kong Martial Arts Assn.
World Lion Dance Championship Invitational
January 6-7, 2001

HK Open Dragon & Lion Dance Competition 2000
November 19-26, 2000
Kowloon Park indoor Game Hall, Hong Kong

World Lion Dance Championship
July 7-9, 2000
Genting Highlands Resort, Malaysia

Santa Barbara Chinese Festival
July 1, 2000

Around the World in 80 Masks
A theatrical production with a surprise ending, all over Spain

International Lion Dancers Conference
March 20-21 and 27-28, 1999

Second Chinese Festival
Antwerp, Belgium

October 5, 1996

Wing Lam Lion Dance Training Seminar with Sifu Gobert Yeung
July 13-14, 1996

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