East Rising Lion Dance Troupe

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East Rising Lion Dance Troupe

We are a non- profit lion dance troupe based in Maryland practicing Hok San style lion dancing.

Our troupe members consist mainly of college students and young professionals, our focus being to learn more about this unique Asian art and to serve the community.

05/09/2026

Thanks for having us again, Argyle Middle School! We've loved going to the Multicultural Night event these past few years. There's always so much energy and a fun crowd to work. Shout out to our new lions, cymbalist and our newest lift pair debut! Solid performances all around!

We also had the privilege of working with MCPS TV for a special AAPI month project, to showcase what lion dancing means to us and for our youngsters. Looking forward to seeing the finished project!

https://youtu.be/GsIt0YrY-bc?si=F3_zPPwjk-efijPn

02/23/2026

Happy Year of the Horse! Thank you Jue Tao Karate Center, Asian American Center of Frederick, Our Lady of China, the Rockville Lantern Festival, and Hua Fu Chinese School for inviting us to celebrate Lunar New Year. Our ladies team have really stepped it up the last couple of years. We also welcome our new student team who performed for the first time.

Our next public show is on Saturday March 7 at 11:00 at Davis Library. We will be celebrating with Kuang Chi Chinese School.

02/02/2026

East Rising will be celebrating the Year of the Horse with the debut of our brand new student team. Our ladies team will be representing as well. Annnnd a few of our geriatric lions will be making a showing too! Come celebrate with us! 🦁🐴🧧

Friday 2/13 Jue Tao Martial Arts Center Chinese New Year Celebration

Sunday 2/15 Asian American Center of Frederick Lunar New Year Celebration at Frederick High School
12:00-2:00 Visit our lions and Chinese New Year display at our table
2:00-4:00 Cultural Performances
Buy tickets here https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/lunar-new-year--2026

Sunday 2/15 Our Lady of China New Year Celebration

Saturday 2/21 Rockville Lantern Festival at the F Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
1:00-4:00 Cultural Stalls
2:00-3:30 Performances
Free event, reserve seats here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-rockville-lantern-festival-tickets-1981534330524?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sunday 2/22 Hua Fu Chinese School Chinese New Year Celebration

02/15/2025

This is our love language ❤️. Thank you Sensei and Jue Tao Martial Arts for inviting us to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year. This is the first show our junior girl lions performed all on their own. We are so proud of their efforts. 👏🦁🐍🧧

02/08/2025

Thank you to The Banner School for inviting us to be part of their International Festival. We had a great time showing everyone our lion, Chinese yo-yo, and teaching about Taiwan.

02/01/2025

We were happy to be part of Our Lady of China’s New Year celebration. Most of our original members were part of the church and grew up together. This church community was our earliest supporter and encouraged us when we first started East Rising. 24 years later now, we are so moved that they continue to invite us to be part of their festivities. And now we are bringing our own kids to perform with us! 🦁🧧🐍

01/30/2025

It’s always a fun time teaching kids about Chinese New Year. Of course the highlight of the presentation is always the lion!! The teachers and students all had a great time getting under the lion and parading around the classrooms. Well, except for the youngest pre-K class. That was pure chaos and terrified screams. 😅🧧🐍🦁

01/27/2025

We have not performed at the strip mall since pre-covid. Previously, we celebrated Lunar New Year with the store owners, their staff, and customers for many years. Some of the stores and employees have changed over the years, but the excitement and joy they express when they see us is the same. I have never seen anyone get so excited over getting hit in the face by flying lettuce. Coming here brought back many great memories, and we were able to create new ones today with the people we touched. Happy New Year! 🐍🦁🧧

01/26/2025

We’re at the Bob’s Shanghai strip mall at 305 N Washington St waiting for you! We’ll be performing from 11:45-1 and then we’ll be at Taipei Cafe down the street.

01/18/2025

The East Rising geriatric lions are coming out of our baby induced exhaustion for Lunar New Year! Come celebrate with us at these public shows. 🦁🐍🧧

On Sunday 1/26 we’ll be at the Bob’s Shanghai strip mall at 305 N Washington St in Rockville. We’ll be starting at 11:45 and will be there for around two hours. Bring red bags to feed the lions for good luck!! 🧧😉

We will also be joining our Choy Wun Lion Dance Troupe friends at Eden Center on Saturday 2/1 starting at 10am.

12/22/2024

Happy Holidays from East Rising! Everyone’s been busy and we realized we have not hung out since summertime! We are missing lots of faces, but we got to see an old member who now lives in Hawaii. We hope everyone has a great holiday season! See you in the new year!

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Rockville, MD

Website

http://www.eastrisinglion.org/

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