Chinese New Year Parade 2013
As opposed to the London New Year's Day Parade, we appeared in our Industrial Revolution outfits, as we were joined by the Working Men and Women, one of whom assumed the Brunel role, from the Pandemonium segment of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
While we made our way to Chinatown, the Working Men and Women performed parts of their original choreography to our rhythms.
To complete the Olympic theme, several Games Makers accompanied us, parading our banner.
We were impressed by the reaction on Twitter, which demonstrates that people love to be reminded of Danny Boyle's wonderful ceremony.
The industrial revolution drummers from the Olympics opening ceremony just showed up in the Chinese New Year parade twitter.com/simonw/status/…
— Simon Willison (@simonw) February 10, 2013
Still, there were also some of the drummers from the Olympic opening ceremony. Naturally, I started crying.
— Sam Binnie (@pantherbinn) February 10, 2013
Two of our emerging house photographers covered the event with fantastic photos:
Photo Credit: Vilma Laryea