Please be advised the first two classes on Saturday, Jan 21st will be combined into a single class in the afternoon (3:00 – 4:30 pm) in order to accommodate a lion dance performance / field trip at a seniors’ retirement home.

Some of the students will be coming with us, it will be a big help and definitely will be appreciated by the seniors that live there! It’s a fun way for us to celebrate the Chinese New Year with them.

If you can’t make the 3pm class, don’t worry – come and talk to us about making up the class sometime over the next few weeks, or we can adjust your fees the following month. Thanks for your understanding!

Interested in helping out at one of the upcoming lion dance performances? We can always use help with transportation, music, etc. Let us know!

There are some of you that have been with us every step of the way, since those early days and even before when we were still teaching at Grandmaster Wong Ha’s school back on Jackson Street near Chinatown. We want to thank every one of you for sticking it out with us over the years.

Not to sound cheesy, but it really does only feel like a couple of years ago when we first flicked on the lights in our Richmond school and said to ourselves, “Wow, this is a really small space, but it’s ours!” Actually, it was more like “Hey, why is the toilet in that walk-in fridge?” but that’s a story for another day.

This year, we would like to celebrate with a dinner and performance night sometime in June. Unlike the annual Founder’s Day banquet in August, we’d like to see each and every one of our students do a performance. It’s a great way to build up self confidence, and show some school pride!

We’ll have more information on this over the coming weeks. If you are interested in helping out to organize the event, or have any ideas for where or how we can host this celebration night, please let us know.

Here’s what’s coming up for us:

• Wednesday, Jan 18th @ 6:00 pm in Vancouver
• Saturday, Jan 21st @ 12:30 pm in Burnaby
• Tuesday, Jan 24th – 3 performances from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm in Burnaby and North Vancouver
• Wednesday, Jan 25th @ 6:00 pm in Vancouver
• Sunday, Jan 29th @ 6:00 pm in Richmond

Our lion dance team is already preparing for these performances, but we’d like to ask if there are any other students that would like to help out as well. Please let Sifu Hali or Sifu Carmen know if you are interested in joining us at any of these performances — we can always use extra hands!

Though we really love seeing you guys Sifu Hali and I would like to take a break at the end of December, between the 24th and 31st. This way, we all have a little break to recharge our batteries, and spend some quality time with family. We hope you will be doing the same!

This means that our schedule will be as follows, for those of you that come to class once a week:

• Tues – Dec 6, 13, 20 (3 classes only)
• Thurs – Dec 8, 15, 22 (3 classes only)
• Sat – Dec 3, 10, 17 (3 classes only)

Kids, please let your parents know as the fees will be for only the three classes in December.

Of course you are welcome to do more classes by dropping in on one of the other days for an extra practice — just let Sifu Hali or Sifu Carmen know.

Tentatively, we’re thinking of doing this on December 17th (Saturday) at 6pm, likely in Richmond.

If you are interested in coming, please let Sifu Hali or Sifu Carmen know as soon as possible, and we will give you more details over the next few classes.

Please contact us if you have any questions about schedule.

Afterwards, we will be performing in Chinatown for the annual celebration for China (Chinese national holiday) on Oct 1st. Our lion dancers will be busy!