I was going down to the Strip to work on an ongoing photography project I started.
Seemed like a good day to go as I was in town, no school on Sunday and the weather was perfect.
As soon as I neared the Strip, I saw an incredible amount of traffic backed up and some tent tops. Parked immediately instead of trying to get closer and walked the rest of the way. Here’s what I saw
Strip District World Festival- A Community Event
Food-
I ate a delicious Baklava from Taverna 19, a new place with Greek food and dancing at night. (Right across from Primanti’s) I had already eaten lunch at home. Who knew?
Manuela the Caricaturist
Dance to the Music
Steel Dragon Kung Fu members dance the Lion Dance
This note from Chris at Steel Dragon the dance is actually a LION DANCE
I would like to mention that actually we did a lion dance today. The MC confused the name of what we were doing. Our name (as you know) is Steel Dragon (or Gong Lung in Chinese). What we did was a lion dance. The actual name of the one we did today is “Eight Immortals Carry the Mountain to Fill the Eastern Sea”, which is a story from a classic novel called the Eight Immortals Cross the Sea.
Incidentally, Dragons have many more people than lions (7-100 people vs 2 in a lion) and when you see the head, you can tell their different. If you want, you can check out the video we just posted which has clips from lion and dragons dances on it (plus I just edited so I love when people look at it 🙂 ) The link is on our website under videos. (see link)
Look behind you!
Alex and Ben were the Lion with Steeler Colors
Two Pound Pepperoni Roll and Mr. Sunseri
Schorin’s has everything
Mr. Bennett Price
Looks like quite a spectacle, Ruth, with lots of delicious food too. 🙂
Yes, too bad I had already eaten lunch. I had no idea it was happening! Thanks for all your good words on the blog.
Looks like loads of fun. Love your photos.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks Francine. I didn’t know it was going on so that was fun.
Hmmm – I told Hesh we should go. But it was such a beautiful day we went hiking instead. Sorry I missed it.
Wow! What a find! Great photos. Looks like lots of fun!
What a nice surprise to walk into such an event! Made for better photo ops & a better day I’m sure 🙂
such great fun Ruth, and many tasty treats, I do love baclava, but the Lion Dance looks fantastic … good timing!
Now this is what I call good luck, Ruth, and a whole lot of fun. It looks like there was a little something for everyone.
Is the bread vendor smoking a cigar? Or chomping on a big beef stick? Either way, classy. 😉
Fantastic food and entertainment, Pittsburgh always looks like a great city.