Expo Chinese Cultural Show

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I got invited to a Chinese cultural exhibition going on at Expo park this weekend. I hadn't know anything about it, but made plans to visit. They were promising Chinese acrobats and a water fountain show, so it was something I wanted to see.

First, the night started off with a water fountain show as advertised. This was just a preview for the later show. The lights and jets astounded all the children in the audience. Reminded me of laser light shows from my childhood.

Next was the ocarina soloist. Had the man played the Zelda Theme I would have gone crazy and started dancing in appreciation. Sadly, it was all traditional music done with an ocarina. I got shushed for talking during the ocarina performance. I can remember all of all the times were people would talk through an entire movie, yet I talk during a mediocre ocarina performance and get an evil look from someone in front of me.

The show really got interesting with the Chinese acrobats. The first group of women would twirl a sort of flower shaped cloth on their hands. Not content with this, one of the performers would lay down, and another would then climb on top of her legs or arms and she would also twirl more flower cloths on her arms and legs. The finale was a performer holding up two others with her legs. These two girls were balancing on one arm as the girl held them up with her feet. The girls on top twirled stuff on all available limbs, and the girl on the bottom twirled something in both of her free arms and even her mouth. It was absolutely astounding to watch.

There were a few other good performances as well. It's astounding that there could be such talent in the world capable of doing the flips, jumps, and timed falls that these people did without injury. It was really nice to watch.

The show wrapped up with another fountain show with fireworks. I brought my camera, but the pictures came out mostly blurry because it was so dark. The "Firework" setting may be useful in certain circumstances, but you still have to time the shots in anticipation and hope they come out. I would rather watch them with my own eyes than through a viewfinder anyway.

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