End of the Olympics

To mark the end of the Beijing Olympics, and to pave the way for the UK's hosting of the games in 2012, Southampton had a bit of a sports and culture event at its Civic Centre. As well as some gymnasts and a team of cheerleaders, Southampton's Chinese community provided a dragon.

Here's Southampton's mayor painting in the dragon's eyes in order to "bring it to life" ...

And here's it doing the dancing around outside of the Civic Centre ...