Music, Food, Dance at GCC International Festival
March 17, 2009
Media Contacts:
Suzanne Higgins
suzanne.higgins@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3808
Patricia Rhodes Vogel
pr.vogel@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3014
Event Contact:
Ken Bus
ken.bus@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3136
Music, dance and the flavors of many world cultures will come alive at the annual Glendale Community College International Festival during two days of entertainment, food and fun. The festival, sponsored by the International Education Program at GCC, will be celebrated from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 1-2.
Music, food booths, gift bazaars, dancing and other live entertainment on the main stage will be found under large tents on the Central Mall of the campus at 59th and Olive Avenues in Glendale. Entertainment will feature performances of music and dance from Latin America, Vietnam, Mexico, Japan, China, Russia, Persia, Spain and Ireland.
For more information call 623.845.3135 or 623.845.3136.
For information about GCC's International Education Program that currently hosts 140 students from 40 foreign countries, visit the web site at http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/isp/.
Or, contact Ken Bus, Director of International Education at GCC at ken.bus@gcmail.maricopa.edu or 623.845.3136.
Parking, entry to the event and all entertainment is free and open to the public.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, April 1
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Celtic Music by "Oceans Apart"
10:25 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Fushiko Daiko Japanese Drums and Music by
Ken Koshio and Esther Vandecar
11:20 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
"Mariachi Corazón de Phoenix"
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Chinese Cultural Performance and
Traditions by Meikuei Chan
1:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Vietnamese Dance and Music
Thursday, April 2
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Old World Russian and Yiddish Folk Songs
and Stories by "Loca Rosa"
10:25 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Latin Traditional Music by "Nosotrosound"
11:20 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Persian Classical Music by Saman Mahmoudi
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Modern Latin Fusion Music by "Jaleo" with
Afro-Cuban Puerto Rican and Colombian influences
1:10p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Flamenco Dance and Music by Linda Machado and
"Un Corazón Flamenco"
