Chinese Lion Dance in Rockville, MD

Events and venues we perform for in Rockville

In Rockville we are booked for restaurant and retail grand openings on the Pike and in the Town Center, for Lunar New Year celebrations organized by churches, schools and Chinese community associations, for wedding banquets at hotels and larger Chinese restaurants, and for corporate events at the biotechnology and government-contracting firms clustered along I-270 and in King Farm and Fallsgrove. Rockville Town Square's plaza and the surrounding civic buildings also host public cultural events where a lion dance draws a crowd.

Neighborhoods and districts we know well: Rockville Town Square, Rockville Pike (MD-355), Twinbrook, Pike District and North Bethesda, King Farm, Fallsgrove, Wintergreen and Congressional Plaza.

Lion dance and Rockville’s community

Montgomery County has one of the highest concentrations of Chinese-American residents on the East Coast, and Rockville is its center of gravity. Lunar New Year here is celebrated at home, in restaurants and in community halls, and families who grew up with lions visiting their parents' shop now book them for their own businesses and children's schools. Our school has served this community since Grandmaster Sifu Tai Yim opened his first Hung Fut school in nearby Wheaton in 1979, and many of our performers grew up in Rockville.

Getting the lion to Rockville

Rockville is a short drive from our school via Connecticut Avenue and Veirs Mill Road or Rockville Pike (MD-355), so we can accommodate tight windows and short performances between other bookings. Strip-center openings on the Pike usually have plenty of parking; Town Center and Pike District venues may need a loading plan for the drum, which we coordinate with the host. Outdoor performances on city property may need a permit from the City of Rockville.

Occasions we serve in Rockville, MD

• Wedding Lion Dance: Traditional Chinese lion dance for weddings in Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Blessing the couple with choy cheng. Contact for a quote.
• Grand Opening Lion Dance: Lion dance blessing for restaurant and business grand openings across the DMV. Choy cheng lettuce ceremony and live drums. Based in Kensington, MD.
• Chinese New Year Lion Dance: Book a traditional Lunar New Year lion dance for your restaurant, business, school or celebration in Washington, DC, Maryland or Virginia.
• Corporate Event Lion Dance: Chinese lion dance for corporate events, office Lunar New Year celebrations and client receptions in Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
• Dragon Dance: Traditional Chinese dragon dance for Lunar New Year, festivals, parades and large events in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Contact for a quote.

Every performance, wherever it is, comes from the same team: the lion dancers of the Shaolin Hung Fut Kung Fu School in Kensington, Maryland, performing across the Washington area since the 1970s with live drum, gong and cymbals and the traditional choy cheng blessing.