That's great. When Singaporeans fall they quickly get up again - they never give up & will try and try again and again. That goes not only for Lion Dance but also in everything that needs to be done.
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SteelBird
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In Cambodia there are five formal Lion Dance teams from five Chinese Association namely: the 朝州 (Tea Chew)、客属 (Hakka)、福建 (Hok Kien)、海南 (Hai Nan) and 广肇 (Cantonese). Each has a public school, a temple and a Lion Dance team. The main finance source of these association are donations from local and oversea businesses. On CNY days, lion dance teams visit their donaters to 拜年 and get the red pockets. Red pockets usually vary from $10,000 to a few hundred dollar. The Tea Chew Lion Dance team is largest one with dancing on poles. Other teams just dance on the ground but Hakka team is special with Dragon Dance. Other teams that do not dare to dance on poles because they worry about the professional of the dancers that might cause severe injury if fall off.
When Lion Dance teams was first formed, they hired coaches from oversea (China and Singapore). Salaries for coaches were something like $3,000 a month as I could remember. These salaries are very high and most associations in Cambodia could not afford. So they hired the coaches for a short period, and after they mastered the basic skill, they do the practice by themselves. Lion Dances are performed only once a year for about 5 to 6 days. And they do practice a month before the performance. Unless they hire well-experienced coaches and do practice all year long, there won't be any sign of participation in international contest. The main problem here is $$$.
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This is the kind of event that Equation needs to hang out at instead of on the forum
solarz
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Well, exams don't always have to be paper based. Interviews and auditions are also forms of examination.
WTH is that? ^^^^^^^^^^
Oh well..
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