The Pui Ching Dance Team staged The Galloping Pony in the 37^th Inter-School Dance Competition held by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau and clinched the Distinction Award and Creativity Award.  The piece also won the team the Golden Eagle Award in the 3^rd Prairie Children’s Ethnic Dance Art Festival.  The Galloping Pony was the only dance piece from Macao to qualify for entry into the 2018 Children’s Spring Festival Gala.  Dance teams that entered for the audition came from 12 countries and regions including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Portugal, Australia, Japan, etc.  Among the contestants, 50 schools, non-profit organizations, commercial organizations, and individual participants from Hong Kong and Macau vied for the opportunity to perform in the Spring Festival Gala.

The Pui Ching Dance Team attended the filming for the Gala with China Central Television between December 29, 2017 and January 1, 2018.  The hard work and professionalism of the student artists received much acclaim from the director, and every member of the dance crew was conferred the Excellent Performance Award by the filming committee.  Pui Ching Middle School also received the Best Training Facility Award.  The 2018 Children’s Spring Festival Gala will be aired during the Spring Festival on the CCTV Animation Channel, Central Digital Entertainment, and China Network Television.