We need to find cause to celebrate. And we need to do this frequently. If we can’t create our own celebration, we can always find one! Amy encourages us to do just that with her challenge this week.
I’ve chosen three festivals I’ve visited during the past years. I visited the Nevada County Fair in Summer, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, 2019. It’s a small fair, but large enough for a photographer to have fun.
In December of the same year, we went to experience the Nevada City Victorian Christmas where vendors sold crafts, musicians played and attendees dressed in costume.
In 2020, there wasn’t much happening but we did find a celebration at the Asian New Year Festival in Isleton in February, just before lockdown.
Lions were dancing. Here we can see two dancers getting into their costume and dancing.
Let’s end the fun with a Taiko drumming demonstration.
Thank you Amy for helping us celebrate down memory lane with your wonderful challenge. Seeing pictures from these outings made me smile!
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Oh my goodness Anne, your colors this week are SO fantastic!!! Truly, you brought a big smile to my face with this one.
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Thanks Tina! I’m happy to have helped bring a smile to your face.
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Wow… I feel the joy and excitement through your fun and colorful photos! Love the lion dancing especially. We watched the drumming show just a week ago at our local Japanese garden.
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Thanks Amy! This was just a small town festival but a lot of fun. There were many lions interacting with the small crowd, children especially.
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Festivals are a great way to celebrate, Anne, and you have captured the mood splendidly.
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Thanks Sue!
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Your photos are so colourful, Anne!
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Thank you Aletta!
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Great job with festivals, Anne. You have shown us a wonderful and colorful collection. I loved it.
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Thank you Ana!
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I like festivals for which people dress up; you got some lovely costumes from Nevada City. The New Year’s dragon is having a lot of fun, clearly. Great photos from there. As for the drummers, I hope you had earmuffs when you went in close for the photos.
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Thanks I. J.! The drums weren’t that loud. They even had people from the crowd come up to try them. Our friend had experience with Taiko drumming and had fun.
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Great photos Anne. I love the lions, and drums are always a favorite listen.
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… and ferris wheels!
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Thank you John!
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Great street photo captures Anne!
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Thank you Marlene!
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So much colour in these images! I would love to have heard those drummers – I can tell just from the photos what a great experience that must have been 🙂
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Thanks Sarah! It was fun. I liked that it was a small festival in a small town. It was easy to get around with a camera.
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These are lovely memories and glimpses. Such warmth and much love. I’d love to join the drumming ladies the most. 🙂
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Thank you Manja! The drummers were totally into it.
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What I love about your photos is how much the performers are LOVING it! 🙂
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Thanks Patricia. The fact that the performers enjoy it so much, makes it sound that much better. It makes photography better too!
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What a great place for photos, so vibrant.
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It was fun!
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