Chatting on the Big Brekky with Derek Guo about the beginning of the Year of the Wood Snake today, who is involved in Alice Springs’ Lion Heart Association. Their lion dance will be the exciting centrepiece at the upcoming celebrations here in Mparntwe: This evening at Watch This Space 29 Jan; on 7 Feb from 5.30pm at Uniting Church lawn. Then on Saturday 9 Feb festivities start at 10am at the Yeperenye Shopping Centre. Lion dances are performed to bring blessings for the new year.