International Children's Festival
Informational Meeting Scheduled:
March 5, 2009
7:00 pm
Winchester Active Living & Recreation Center
Jim Barnett Park
1001 East Cork Street, Winchester
Winchester's International Children’s Festival was created to celebrate the area’s diverse youth population. This fun and educational festival will include a long list of cultural entertainers, exhibits representing countries from around the world, and an international food court.
Become a part of this new and unique festival. See below for more information and the many ways to show your support or to get involved.
All net proceeds
will be donated
to the
Winchester Parks Foundation.
October 10, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Jim Barnett Park
Active Living and Recreation Center
Winchester, Virginia
FREE
Represent Your Country
The Festival is looking for local organizations or groups to create an educational booth about their country of origin or favorite country. We will need several countries from each continent. For more information, please contact:
Leslie Bowery (542-0153, lbowery@ci.winchester.va.us) or
Amy Simmons (533-0603, asimmons@ci.winchester.va.us)
All countries are welcome however, we are starting with a target list:
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Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)
To make this festival an even better learning experience for area
children, the SOLs will be included in the festival. A list of
questions will be provided to participating youth. Then on the day of
the festival, students will use their festival passports to visit each
country and answer the questions for a prize. Keep checking back for
more information (i.e. participating schools, questions, instructions,
etc)!
Are you a school or home school parent and want to participate? Please contact Amy Simmons at 540-533-0603 or asimmons@ci.winchester.va.us.
Cultural Entertainment Needed
Entertainment is always an important part of any event. The Festival is looking for groups representing different cultures to entertain event goers. For example:
- Karate/martial art demonstrations
- Chinese traditional folk dancers
- Native American dancers
- Latino music
- Cloggers or Country Line dancing demonstration
- African drummers
- Hellenic dancers
- Traditional dances of India
- Jewish music
- Japanese singers
- Panamanian Folkloric Dance
- Caribbean Music and Drums
- Irish Dancing or music
- Thai Country Dancing
- Much more...
Non-profit, Business, and Civic Group Participation
Organizations and businesses, non-profit and civic groups are welcome to participate in many areas:
- Man a booth to distribute information about your organization (must be child or international related and provide a children's activity)
- Be a Volunteer
- Donate supplies
- Become an event sponsor
International Food Court
The festival will also include many different kinds of food to enjoy. Contact Charlotte Fritts at cfritts@ci.winchester.va.us or 678-3965 ext 32304 for more information .
Volunteer
There will be many opportunities for youth and adults to volunteer during the festival. Do you need community hours for school or just like to get outside and be involved? Contact Charlotte Fritts at cfritts@wps.k12.va.us or 678-3965 ext 32304 for more information.
Contact Us
Amy Simmons
Festival information, country booths, marketing, advertising and sponsorships, school involvement
Phone: 540-533-0603
Fax: 540-722-3618
Leslie Bowery
Entertainment, Country Booths
Phone: 540-662-4946
Fax: 678-8791
Charlotte Fritts (Spanish-speaking)
Non-profit/business/civic booths, food court, volunteers
Phone: 540-678-3965 ext 32304
Fax: 540-535-7825
Email the International Children's Festival at icf@ci.winchester.va.us