DRAGON & LION DANCE COMPETITION DATES FOR 2002
2nd World Dragon & Lion Dance
Championship will be from 26-28 Dec at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The Championship
is organised by the International Dragon & Lion Dance Federation, co-organised by the Selangor & Federal Territory
Dragon & Lion Dance Assoc and sponsed by CNI Group of companies. The Championship will only be open to one
dragon & lion dance team from each country.
The Traditional Lion Dance section has been
dropped as there was too many problems at the 1st genting Freestyle Lion Dance Championships. The teams were just using they're
jong set-ups to compete and a lot of teams felt this was unfair. So the IDLDA have dropped this from the competition.
Annual General Meeting of International Dragon & Lion Dance Federation will also
be held on the 26th & 27th Dec at Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian National Lion Dance Competition
Malaysia Gui
Qing Cultural Centers Lion Dance Group is organizing a National Lion Dance Competition on 3rd Nov. 2002 from 10am-11pm
at Seremban Centre Point. There are 25 troupes from 9 states including world champion Kuan Seng Keng , whom has
wonInternational
Lion Dance competition for the last 12 years.
Such an event is the largest in Malaysia, which draws 36 replies . Unfortunately,Due to time
and financial constants, only 25 troupes are accepted. Initially it was limited to 15 troupes, due to overwhelming
replies, the organizing party has carefully selected 25 out of 36 troupes to avoid much disappointment .
In order for the event to run smoothly, Datok Sri Lim Li Sheng has kindly sponsored 15 K as
financial aid. By this , he hopes that other generous associations and donors would give their full support to help to promote
Lion Dance Culture.
Kow Ah Loy , president of Gui Qing Cultural Center pointed out that, Lion Dance is very highly
valued in Malaysia. But when talk about competitions, there arent many held in Malaysia. Nevertheless, Gui Qing will try their
best to organize this event and promote this culture in Malaysia. By having such an activity, organizing party hopes it would
increase peoples awareness toward Lion Dance. Also , encourage teenage
involvement in such an healthy activity.
(2-11-2002)
Gui Qing Cultural Centre Lion
Dance Group
Cheh Sek On (chehso@tm.net.my) Add. : Lot 55, Bt.5 !/2 Jalan Kuala Sawah, Mambau,70300 Seremban, N.S.D.K. MALAYSIA
29th April to 1st May - 1st International Judging Course for Traditional
Lion Dance Malaysia
3rd
May to 5th May - Malaysian National Traditional Lion Dance
Championship at Genting Highlands, Malaysia
12th to 14th July - 5th Genting World Lion Dance Championship, Malaysia
21st
& 22nd September - 2nd Malaysian National Dragon Dance
Championship at Genting Highlands, Malaysia
