The Universiti Malaya Lion Dance Team once again successfully carried off the UM Lion Dance Night, the third such event to be held since 2007. This year's event is more of a follow up of what they had started in the 2nd UM Lion Dance Night, which is the Lion Dance Drama.
Recaps of the past two events can be found here: 2007, 2008
NOTE: A sincere apology to all those who attended the event because I had earlier reported that there will be performances by both Kun Seng Keng and Kwong Ngai. I wasn't informed about the change until I was there at the event myself... Apparently, due to unforseen errors, the two teams had to pull out from this event.
As they had done in the previous UM Lion Dance Night, the eventful night was kicked off with a Drum Performance. This year's performance was similar to last year's, comprising a huge band of multiple drums, cymbals and gongs.
The only visiting team to this year's event, the Yahya Awal Dragon Dance Troupe took to the stage with their first performance of the night, a Day Light Dragon Dance performance.
This was then followed on by the Eye Dotting ceremony, which was once again carried out by Master Lim Meng Kok. Among the VVIPs this time was the ex-Chief Minister of Penang, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon.
The night then proceeded with Yahya Awal's second performance of the night, Luminous Dragon Dance Performance. This was a fantastic display of speed and agility, and it isn't a wonder that the team has a few national and international titles under their belt.
The event concluded with the much talked about Lion Dance Drama, similar to what has been done last year. Adding more twists and excitement to the story this time, 2 lions performed to get the message of kindness and appreciation to the audience. The drama has been split to 6 parts due to Youtube's 10 minute per video restriction.
