Parade to offer all singing, all dancing hello to Year of the Snake
Artists from 14 countries to join parade to usherin Lunar New Year
American cheerleaders, Japanese folk dancers, and Korean all-women percussion groups, as well as lion and dragon dancers will help revellers usher in the Year of the Snake next weekend.
Thirty-six floats and performing groups from 14 countries will take part in the Chinese New Year Night Parade in Tsim Sha Tsui next Sunday.
Cathay Pacific and the Jockey Club will use LED and LCD displays on their floats. The airline's will beam greetings from people the world over, and the club's will feature the contributions it has made to the city, with scenes from its riding schools and community facilities.
The club has hired dancers from the Academy for Performing Arts, which it helped set up in 1984, to perform.
"We've been practising for a week non-stop," said Yu An-ke, at 18 the youngest performer of the 30-member troupe.
A club spokeswoman said using dancers in the parade was a great opportunity to show Hong Kong there was "real local talent".