The Annual International Festival at Western Carolina University has long remained an day-long celebration of our diverse world from the Cullowhee perspective. Throughout the day of education and celebration, I-FEST promotes cultural awareness and appreciation, as well as understanding of the world via music and dance, entertainment, art and crafts, and, most especially, the food from a variety of countries. I-FEST is open to all WCU students, faculty, and staff as well as the surrounding communities of Western North Carolina. Come join us in celebrating 30 years of I-FEST!
FORECAST FOR FESTIVAL DAY - APRIL 1, 2009
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Schedule:
10 am – Festival Begins
International Music by DJ Art de Echo
10:30 am
Highlands Pipes & Drums – Traditional Scottish Performance
11 am
Cherokee Singing
11:30 am
"Scandinavian and New Zealand/Maori" Music by Whimzik
Noon
Welcome Address By Dr. Lois Petrovich-Mwaniki / IPS Director
Guest Speaker – WCU Provost Dr. Kyle Carter
12:30 pm
Indonesian Gamelan - Directed by Dr. Will Peebles
1 pm
Kendo Exhibition / Led by Masafumi Takeda
1:30 pm
“Salsa Sami” – Dance Performance
2:00 pm
Music by Campus Rock / International Friends
2:30 pm
International Music by DJ Art de Echo
3 pm
Soccer Shoot-Out (Tentative)
3:30 pm
Best Booth Award Announcement / Festival Ends
Career Services and
Cooperative Education
Presents:
Students Addressing "Change"
(a student multimedia presentation competition)
LOCATION: UC GRANDROOM at 3:30 pm
Participants include:
Larry Davis
Essay and reading: “If I could change the world.”
Ami Pisano
“Theater in Education: ‘For the light in their Eyes.’”
Jeremy Woolard
Essay and reading: “Change.”
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED:
1) ITALY
2) ASIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION
3) UK/WALES
4) SOUTH KOREA
5) JAPAN
6) FRANCE
7) JACKSON COUNTY
(representing baked goods from Greece, Italy and Spain)
OUTSIDE VENDORS INCLUDE:
* MCCLOUD CONCESSIONS
* CHEROKEE FRY-BREAD
* CHINA DRAGON of CULLOWHEE
INFORMATION / ARTISTRY BOOTHS:
1) XEE YANG
(HMONG ARTISTRY)
2) JAPANESE
ANIMATION SOCIETY
3) UNDERGRADUATE
ADMISSIONS OFFICE
4) WCU STUDENT GOVERNMENT
5) DI-GA-LI-I
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT ORGANIZATION
6) PHI BETA DELTA - DELTA ZETA CHAPTER
SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
7) OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
8) INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS
9) PAGAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION:
"MYSTIC FAIR"
10) JAPANESE TABLE
11) CENTER FOR SERVICE LEARNING
12) UGANDA
13) JANE NICHOLS
(TRAVEL STUDY IN INTERIOR DESIGN)
14) KENYA
ENTERTAINMENT
1) INDONESIAN GAMELAN
DIRECTED BY
WCU PROFESSOR - DR. WILL PEEBLES
2) SALSA DANCING
BY SAMI DISU and JENNY BROWDER
3) GLENN KASTRINOS
4) KENDO-CLUB
MARTIALS ARTS EXHIBITION
5) CAMPUS ROCK
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS
6) HIGHLANDS PIPES & DRUMS
(INITIAL PERFORMER)
30th ANNUAL I-FEST COORDINATORS
INCLUDE:
1) OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
2) STUDENT AFFAIRS / MULTI-CULTURAL AFFAIRS
3) WCU OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS
4) LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY
5) ARAMARK DINING SERVICES
6) WCU STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
CONTACT CHRISTOPHER PEDO
copedo@wcu.edu
or call 227-2557