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Chinese Lion Dance Brings Good Fortune

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Lower Schoolers experienced good fortune when the Jow Ga Shaolin Institute visited St. Albans, just before the Chinese New Year, to perform the ancient Lion Dance. According to traditional Chinese beliefs, the Lion Dance chases away evil spirits and ghosts. Dancers dress in lion costumes to signify the creature’s courage, stability, and superiority; the movements of the head and mouth are mimicked to bring longevity and vitality as the tail sweeps away bad fortune and unpleasantness from the past year. Students had the chance to bring additional good luck by “feeding” the lion with red envelopes of lucky money.

Thanks to the Lower School Diversity Committee and NCS Chinese teacher, Rae Weeks, for making this cultural experience possible.
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Located in Washington D.C.,  St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.