The dragon, lions, and martial artists on Solano
Albany had its own Chinese New Year parade and stage performance on Solano Avenue Saturday. Although it didn’t have splendid floats like the ones in San Francisco, local residents, including dozens of school children, put on a rich combination of Chinese arts and dances at the celebration. The gorgeous dragon that waved down Solano was hand-made by resident Zion Lee, out of recycled material.
Click here to review some beautiful moments at Albany’s Lunar New Year Celebration a year ago.
Thank you for posting these beautiful pictures of the Lunar New Year Event.
This is the 3rd year the City of Albany had this event, which has grown bigger each year, and is shaping up as the second largest crowd-drawing event (afte Solano Stroll) in Albany. For a little city like Albany to put together such an elaborate event, the Solano Merchants’ Association and its corps of volunteers deserve to be very proud and thanked. When we paraded down Solano Ave on Saturday morning, we could see how the outdoor cafe tables were well occupied, and the patrons appreciating the parade, I knew that the event had been good to downtown business.
Still, I heard some passers-by say, “I didn’t know we had such a thing in Albany!”
Thank you for publicising the event on your website, and I think we can all make this even bettter and bigger next year if we all help “spread the word’ in each our neiborhood about this culturally-rich and community-building event.