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BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Spectators watch Mak Fai Washington Kung Fu Club perform a traditional lion and dragon dance at DragonFest in Seattle Saturday, July 14, 2012. DragonFest festivities were held at Hing Hay Park in the International District with a market, cultural performances, international cuisine and activities.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

"Don't think you're getting out of it," said Betty Mak, right, to lion dancer Zachary Jackson of Snohomish before performing kung fu and a traditional lion and dragon dance with Mak Fai Washington Kung Fu Club at this year's DragonFest in Seattle Saturday, July 14, 2012. The Kabuki performers on the bill before them were running late, and Jackson thought he might be able to get out of the tiring kung fu routine after carrying the 30-pound head in a strenuous dance. Mak, wife of Grandmaster Mak Hin Fai, founder of the club, told him otherwise. DragonFest festivities were held in Hing Hay Park in the International District with a market, cultural performances, international cuisine and activities.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Charlie Johnson, 25, of Tacoma, performs a Kabuki dance with Mary Ohno's Kabuki Academy at DragonFest in Seattle Saturday, July 14, 2012. DragonFest festivities were held at Hing Hay Park in the International District with a market, cultural performances, international cuisine and activities. For more photos, visit the gallery.