Originally Posted by
TenTigers
It went fine! The owner pre-cut the skin! Problem solved! LOL.
But-this guy is very traditional. He wants alot of luck on New Year's, so he had changs EVERYWHERE! There were at least nine hanging all over the restaurant, in addition to two pomelos..
Then, when we do "Fighting Lions" at the end prior to our close, he wanted and extended version, so the Lions were "playing" for about ten minutes!
The whole show was probably a half hour-fourty five minutes,with just two guys per lion (two lions) doing our typical "Iron Man" Lion Dance. Then, we had another show at a different restaurant right after.
At that one, the owner puts the lai-see in the ceiling-15 ft up. So, we stack chair, then table with a chair, so the Lion has to climb up a mountain to get the lai-see.
He puts three, in different parts of the restaurant.
We make it like a little skit-the Dai Tau Faht-buddha brings the Lion over to it, the Lion looks up, and then shakes his head. Then the buddha brings over a chair. The Lion looks at the chair, then the lai-see, then the buddha, and shakes his head. The buddha then brings over the table. Again the lion says, "NO!" Then exasperated, the buddha builds the mountain for the lion, and beckons to the Lion. The Lion looks over the obstacle, and finally nods his head, much to the delight of the Buddha and the crowd.
If we had higher ceilings in our Mo-Kwoon, we would practice towers, but sice we do not, we have to be creative. That, and the entertainment factor for the crowd is important, and many choi chang, for the average audience, it is a slow, ponderous, and very boring production. So we add some flair to it.
At these shows, it is part blessing on the restaurant, part entertainment for the people paying big bucks for a Chinese Banquet and Kung-Fu show.