"Americans
Celebrating Their Heritage"
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21st annual International Spring FestivalNorth Penn High SchoolSaturday April 21th, 2012: 11.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m1340 Valley Forge Road, Lansdale, PA 19446 |
PROGRAM SCHEDULE - 2012
PARADE OF NATIONS
10:55 AM Parade of Nations begins is cafeteria, winds through school and ends
on the main gym stage.
Led by Shupui Cheung Lion (Dragon) Dancers
MAIN GYM STAGE
All day… 165 musical instruments from around the world by Steven Gratius … hands on and play them. Passport program for children, Free balloon sculptures from maestro Joshua Steinhouse. Nationality displays and exhibits.
11:15 AM Introduction of community leaders
and short welcome
11:30 Marshall arts, and sword fighting exhibition … Shupui
12:20 PM Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble (USA entry in international
competition)
1:30 PM Korean Heritage Research Assn. USA Inc.
2:05 PM to 2:20 PM Indian dancer (to be determined)
2:30 PM Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble (extraordinary in every sense) Taras
Lewyckyi
3:35 PM Musical Ensemble Casa de Venezuela
4:15 PM to 4:55 PM
COOKIE CAFETERIA
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM…free dynamic face
painting and temporary airbrush tattooing by 3girlzcreationz.com…
All day free crafts for children and families …
guitar and singing by premier children’s programmer Ellen Price-Maloy…
tambourines and drumsticks passed out to the kids to participate.
SENIOR CAFETERIA…
all day native costumes to try on and model, free samples of world foods, stamps,
coins of the world, and see displays by the area schools on diversity. Folk
singers.
INTERIOR HALLWAYS
… performers and musicians.
Noon to 2:00 PM ‘Now and Then’ Oldies duo, wonderful harmonics.
Bob Rhodes and Joan Evans,
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Trevor Stubbs steel drum band.
2:30 PM to 4:30 PM free balloon sculptures from Master balloon sculptor Joshua
Steinhouse…
CONCOURSE
1:00 PM (to be confirmed) GTV Almrausch German
dancing show.
3:00 PM Harri Ramjit Indian music /western fusion
AUDION (small auditorium immediately
to the left as you enter the main concourse)
4:05 PM Amy Ramsay- Sabo School of Irish Dance
PLANETARIUM
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Show every 15 minutes
offered by North Penn High School
SMALL GYM (opposite the art pod)
All day… HEALTH FAIR, free health screening, glucose, cholesterol, professional
advice, etc.
Fitness programs and motivational speakers, exhibits, stage performers.
MAIN CAFETERIA STAGE
11:35 AM Renee Wilson … Country music
at its best. Renee and Rick Furtado.
12:35 PM
1:30 PM World Music with Daria ...Daria Marmaluk- Hajioannou
2:30 PM Dallas Vietty… French cabaret swing chanson (like you are in a
post WWII high end Parisian nightclub- excellent)
3:30 PM Magician Tom McDonnell, presenting a new show… Magic Around the
World
4:20 PM Belly dancing ... Meesha
ART POD ART SHOW
All Day, art displays, sale, and demonstrations, courtesy of the North Penn
Arts Alliance… proceeds help support the festival.
This schedule is subject to change and should not be considered as the final schedule for ISF.