Jing Ying

Cape Saint Claire
Strawberry Festival & Parade

This is an annual events for Jing Ying Institute and a lot of fun for our students! The parade starts at the Cape Saint Claire Firehouse and ends at the beach. There are lots of vendors, bands and all kinds of fun for the whole family. For the parade, we march, carry our banner, perform Lion Dance, pull the drums, play the drums, cymbals and gong, perform with weapons and perform empty hand techniques. It's hot, hard work, but everyone helps out. At the end, we do a final demonstration for the crowd, then have fun eating, playing in the water and visiting the various vendors.

Here are a few pictures from the event:

Before the parade starts, a couple of the kids figure the best
way to help handing out water is to ride in the water wagon!

 

After the parade, the Jing Ying drum is readied for the demo

 

Our self-defense class shows how its done!

 

Dragons show kung fu is for kids to!

 

Next, some of our instructors.

 

Time to bow out, then . . .

 

 

. . . hit the water!