Opening ceremony will feature longest dragon in region

This year's Opening Ceremony promises to be spectacular, with a unique Dragon Dance and a performance by the Montbello Drum Line.
Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu has been performing the colorful and dynamic Dragon Dance every year since CDBF began, to close out the Opening Ceremony. Last year, the group retired one dragon and brought a new one to life with a double-dragon dance, a first. This year, there'll be one dragon again, but it's been extended, so that at over 80 feet, the dragon can turn on itself in more complex choreography than ever attempted before, by SHMKF or any other dragon dance group in the region.