Drag artists
Sunday was Southampton’s multi-cultural attempt at Chinese New Year. On paper it sounded great with a 120 feet long dragon and a ‘street parade’ – perfect photography material. Quite a crowd had gathered with the same idea as me equipped with digital cameras. Missed the acrobats but came in halfway to the 2 man lion prancing about. Next were some shiny yellow trousered Chinese guys showed off their kung fu skills. Then some local lads did the same in a group but weren’t quite synchronised and wore the standard chav outfit of pub shoe trainer, jogging bottoms and sweatshirt.
Finally the dragon, which was as long as advertised came to life and would have looked like a giant game of mobilephone Snake from the air. From the Civic Centre, the long dragon winded its way towards the shopping area scarring a few 3 year olds along the way picking up red money wallets from restaurants. By that time the fun of standing outside in single figure temperatures had gone and the warmth of HMV beckoned.
Finally the dragon, which was as long as advertised came to life and would have looked like a giant game of mobilephone Snake from the air. From the Civic Centre, the long dragon winded its way towards the shopping area scarring a few 3 year olds along the way picking up red money wallets from restaurants. By that time the fun of standing outside in single figure temperatures had gone and the warmth of HMV beckoned.
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