The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Chinatown Seafair Parade on July 22, a sanctioned Seafair event. The parade featured lion and dragon dances, and many more local community groups from the Greater Seattle area. PHOTOS BY GEORGE LIU
Chinatown Seafair Parade
The International District (ID) got into the Seafair spirit with the Chinatown Seafair Parade on July 24. The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce organized this annual event to highlight the diversity of the ID. The parade featured lion and dragon dances along with a 100 foot dragon, marching bands, clowns, and floats. Many local […]
PICTORIAL: Chinatown Seafair Parade engages neighborhood and visitors
By Jamie Sun Northwest Asian Weekly People from all over Seattle gathered in the International District July 20 to watch the annual Chinatown Seafair Parade. During the parade, police officers helped block the transportation routes to King Street, so audiences could enjoy and concentrate on the parade without traffic. Crowds started from the King Street […]
Sakura-Con costumed invaders land in downtown Seattle!
By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Super Mario was jumping around Seattle downtown and yes, Batman was eating at Subway among thousands of interesting and strange characters flooding last weekend.<!–more–> Sakura-Con estimates more than 20,000 people attended this year’s conference on April 18 through April 20 at the Washington State Convention Center. This is the […]
PICTORIAL: The Chinatown Seafair Parade
Photos by George Liu & Assunta Ng/NWAW
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BLOG: Disaster averted at the Chinatown Seafair Parade
By Assunta Ng Imagine the Northwest Asian Weekly’s newspaper fashion contest models soaked in rain during the Seafair Chinatown Parade, and the audience treating us like a laughing stock. It could have happened to us if it rained.
VIDEO: NWAW’s fashion contest entries shown on KING 5, results to be announced Sunday
In honor of our 30th anniversary, we decided to organize an eco-friendly fashion show this year. We wanted for our readers to make beautiful things out of our newspapers after they’ve read them, to give our newspapers a second life and to encourage others to think of out-of-the-box ways to repurpose and recycle. KING 5’s Robert […]
Chinatown Seafair parade — Dancers, princesses, and a queen
On July 24, the annual Chinatown Seafair Parade, a sanctioned Seafair event, featured lion and dragon dances, martial arts, the Seattle Chinese Girls Drill Team, and other local community groups from the Greater Seattle area.