WORLD RECORD Lion/Dragon Dance Youngest Lion Dance Performer
Sheamus Tham was only eight when he started lion dancing with the Yun Yang Dragon and Lion Dance Association in 2004. He was then in Primary Two at Admiralty Primary School.
Performance Largest Dragon Dance
The Taman Jurong CCC set a world record on 5 Mar 2005, by organising a dragon dance fea- turing 40 dragons each operated by 10 dancers during the Chingay Parade at Jurong.
AMAZING FEATS SINGAPORE BOOK OF RECORDS
Most Number Of Lions’ Eyes Dotted At The Same Time
108 lions were awakened at the same time on 20 Dec 2009 when their eyes were painted on. The dancing lions from Soon Lee Tung Association debut at Pasir Ris Elias CC.
Longest Dancing Dragon
In Aug 1988, Singapore broke the world record for the longest dancing dragon. It took 30 people almost a month to complete the 136.84m dragon, and 49 people to bring it to life in a dance at Raffl es City. 3,000 tinkling bells and over 20,000 silver scales were sewn on its body, giving the dragon a shimmer- ing appearance.
Largest Dancing Phoenix
Teng Wei Athletic Sports Association did a dance performance with the largest phoenix measuring 22 ft by 20 ft and 7 ft high at Temasek Polytechnic on 24 Apr 2009.
Largest Lion Dance Display
At the offi cial light-up of Chinatown’s Lunar New Year celebrations on 19 Jan 2008, Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng CCC organised the largest gath- ering of lion dance troupes. 353 lions pranced together in front of People’s Park Complex in a bid to set a new world record.
Tallest Column Of Lion Dance Performers
In 1951, six men from the Kong Chow Lion Dance Troupe formed the tallest human column in a lion dance performance. Their combined height was approximately 33 ft above the ground. Except for the one at the top, each man stood on the shoulders of the person below to form a column, supported by a pole at the bottom. The feat was part of a lion dance routine, known as Gao Jing (Plucking the Greens From a Height).
Longest Lantern Dragon
In a joint eff ort by Nam Sieng Dragon & Lion Dance Activity Centre and Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng CCC, the longest lantern dragon measuring 168 ft was displayed at the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations on 19 Sep 2009.
Largest Dancing Lion
Nam Sieng Dragon & Lion Dance Activity Centre created the largest lion in Singapore for its May Day anniversary dinner performance on 1 May 2006. The lion, with a head measur- ing 1.68m in width and 6.8m in length, had to be performed with six people. Four carried the head while two carried the body.
First Acrobatic Cycling Troupe
The fi rst acrobatic cycling troupe was the Kong Chow Lion Dance Troupe, established in 1951. Combining acrobatic stunts with cycling, it performed in several National Day Parades in the 1960s and 1970s.
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