Lord Mayor Show

Eddie Chu and Bo Sun, of China, members of the Shaolin dragon dancing team lead by Hoffen He, of China, dance by the Royal Court of Justice at the end of the morning half of the Lord Mayor’s Show parade on Saturday, Nov. 12. Crowds line up to watch the parade and wait to see this year's Lord Mayor, David Brewer, in his golden coach stop at the Royal Courts of Justice to pledge allegiance to the Crown. The Shaolin dragon dancing team was part of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council group, which also had a float, dancers and fish banners.

This years Lord Mayor Show parade was a huge affair with 133 floats, thousands of participants and specitators and followed the route and tradition that began in 1215 when King John granted London's citizents the right to elect their own Mayor under the condition that they swear fealty tot he Crown. The parade follows the route the newly elected Mayor had to travel from the City to Westminster inorder to pledge allegiance to the Crown. In the intervening 783 or so years the Lord Mayor has made this yearly journey despite war and natural disasters and the procession eventually became so ostentatious that it became known as the Lord Mayor's Show.

All information on the Lord Mayor's Show was taken from http://www.lordmayorsshow.org


Matthew Ahmet, 17, tries to keep his fish off the ground and out of the crowd at the Lord Mayor’s Show parade on Saturday, Nov. 12. Matthew was a participant with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council group, which also had a float, dancers and a Shao Lin dragon dancing team. Matthew became involved with the group through the study of Kung Fu.


Daniel Evans, 19, a trooper in the Household Calvary holds the horses after the first half the Lord mayor’s show parade. “I’ve got a rather difficult horse so it was fun and challenging at the same time,” Evans said of his experience in the parade.