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Chinese < Bv DEBORAH JONES Gamecock Staff Writer , The Business Administration Plaza, usually desolate on weekends, Saturday became an outdoor stage jammed with spectators watching the antics of a 750-pound, 100-foot-long dragon. The festivities were part of the Chinese New Year's celebration sponsored by the Chinese Student Association. The green, yellow and pinksequined serpent was roused out of its tight coil by a student teasing it with a stick. The dragon then led the procession to Capstone for the seventh annual banquet celebrating, in 1978, the beginning of the Year of the Horse. ONCE INSIDE, the diners feasted on shrimp chips, egg roll, barbequed pork, cabbage with sweet and sour sauce and Chinese fried rice. Because of the large turnout, they were not served individually as in the past. Instead, platters of food were passed from one end of the table to the other, where each would be shared by four persons. When the clink of silverware had subsided somewhat , Peter and Stella Chow, a brother and sister I FREED FREE BO' | All the Beer, Boog you v 1/ BEER, / BOOGIE / ANE BOW I Thursday, Feb. 1 6 1\ Tickets $4.0( \ STARS \ BOW Assembly IBfll \ H ?elebrati emcee team, began the after dinner entertainment. Three students performed the lion dance, which the Chinese say wards off misfortune in the coming year. One performer wearing a grinning mask swished a tasseled baton tauntingly in the lion's face, as the performers in the lion costume jumped high above the stage. When the conquered beast rolled over with precision, the audience applauded. THE "FORTUNE GOD," a mandarin with a stringy black yam beard, minced about the stage with a handful of red packets containing good luck pennies to throw out to the audience. He teased a man and a small boy near the stage by holding one just out of each one's reach. He finally relented and, still smirking, began throwing the packets to the audience. 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