Return of the Lion Kings - the Second Manitoba World International Lion Dance Festival

Thursday, the Lions arrived at the Legislature - with a 16,000 firecracker salute. It was very colourful - and with the firecrackers - very noisy.

It was the introduction to the Second Manitoba World International Lion Dance Festival - with the competition to be held Saturday at the University of Manitoba.

The top photo shows the lions at the legislature. The second photo shows members of all the teams together with the Lieutenant Governor, John Harvard.

In the bottom photo, I am with members of the Canadian team - a team from Winnipeg.