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Tomorrow, Chinatown turns festive to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, year 4706, Year of the Rat. The Rat is the first year in the Chinese calendar cycle and Rat people are “charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking.” For the year’s predictions, you can check out Feng Shui master Raymond Lo’s predictions on Yahoo!.
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, an umbrella organization representing thirty Chinese-American organizations throughout the Greater Washington Metropolitan area, is hosting the annual Sunday celebration and it includes folk dances, musical bands from various genres and local high schools, a cultural exhibition and a parade. The popular lion and dragon dances, as well as a five-story high firecracker that will be lit at 3:45 p.m., will also be featured in the program.
2 pm to 5 pm – Overall hours of event
3 pm to 5 pm – Chinese cultural booths open at Wah Luck House, 800 6th Street (use H Street entrance)
3:45 pm to 4:15 pm – Lighting of five story high firecracker
Parade – The parade starts at approximately 2 pm in front of 510 I Street and winds its way through the area [PDF] ending on H Street between 6th and 7th Streets. A number of streets in the blocks surrounding the core of Chinatown will be closed as listed here on the DC government’s website. H Street between 6th and 7th is closed from 9 am to 5 pm.
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I was hopeing for more from the parade. Although it was great to see the dragons, the crowd control was not well done with people constantly in the street and standing in front of those of us who arrived in time to get a spot to stand behind the Police tape. But it was a fun 30 min.
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The Verizon Center is hosting a hockey game at 1pm. It should be interesting when all of those sports fans find out that they can’t park in the Gallery Place garage.