The Academy set itself a goal to secure some new dragons for its dragon dance troupe earlier this year, and in the spirit of working with the local community, had a great opportunity to “kill two birds with one stone.”

The Good News Lutheran Church in Tarneit was opening their new school facility and asked us to perform for their Family Fun Day celebrations held recently to help kick off the grand opening. It was a perfect chance for us to ‘wake up’ one of our new dragons.

To do so requires a special ceremony, so that the dragon will be infused with the spirit and energy of creature it embodies so that it can bring good luck and good fortune to all while chasing away any evil spirits and will bring auspiciousness to any special occasion. The ceremony requires the dragon’s eyes to be dotted, to ‘open’ them, so that the dragon will ‘awaken’ within the apparatus and be transferred to the dance performers to bring out all the benefits that its spirit will impart to any special occasion.

The Church’s minister and school principal were both given the responsibilities to perform the eye-dotting ceremony to wake our new dragon, and we brought it to life to bring good luck and good fortune to their new establishment.

Despite early dark clouds and some rain, our dragon brought sunshine and blue skies to the afternoon to make it a memorable day for all. Click here to see more.