The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

To start the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, thousands of firewaorks were set off in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People packed the parade route for the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People packed the parade route for the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

To start the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, thousands of firewaorks were set off in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People packed the parade route for the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People packed the parade route for the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People packed the parade route for the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The Consulate General of China of The Peoples Republic of China in Chicago had a float in the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People dressed to stay warm at the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Rich South High School in Richton Park,Il was in the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 included The Shannon Rovers in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

A photographer takes a photo of a dragon before the begining of the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, ands it will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Jeffery Ng 11, Tommy Wong and Alexander Wong 12 pose before the start of the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, ands it will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

To start the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710, thousands of firewaorks were set off in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams and a mystical dragon, with the parade going north on Wentworth ave. in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

People dressed to stay warm at the 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 in Chinatown. January 29, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times