Multi Cultural Festival
News from the organisers of Folkestone Multi-Cultural
Festival 08
Folkestone lines up family-fun festival
Following the success of last year's Folkestone Multi-Cultural Festival which
attracted thousands of visitors and residents to join in celebrations of the
town's many different cultures, a bigger event is planned for 2008 - and the
organisers are inviting participation from ethnic and other groups and also from
schools which would like to their pupils to be involved.
Already lined up for the four-day festival, June 12 - 15, are Ghurka, South
African, Nepali and native American performers as well as local Morris dancers
and a troupe from Boulogne. Cultures and customs from many places are expected
to be represented in a programme of family-fun events, which include street
theatre, parades, workshops, demonstrations of arts and crafts, film shows, a
Time Line Tapestry produced by local schools and an It's a Knock Out
competition.
Restaurants are being asked to feature ethnic menus, and it is hoped that bars,
clubs
and shops will also join in the celebrations. Festival organiser Barbara Witham
said that the festival's aim was to raise awareness of the many different and
exciting cultures which
contribute to the life and times of Folkestone - and at the same time provide
entertainment and educational experiences for visitors and residents of all ages
and interests.
Last year's event - a first for Folkestone - was a tremendous success. Building
on that, this year's programme is planned to be even more attractive and
interesting - with plenty of opportunities for audience participation at venues
in and around the town centre.
"We would like to hear from local groups with experience in the performing arts
- singers, dancers, poets, story-tellers, etc. - who would like to participate
in some way. A number of schools are already involved, but more would be
welcome".
For information about how to take part in the festival, please call 01303
850522.
Media information: Barbara Witham - 01303 850522
Ted Kirkham - 01303 230688
17 Turnpike Hill, Hythe CT21 4SE. E-mail: eurotourism@teamkirkham.co.uk
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Robin Ashby
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Article from Go Folkestone Newsletter March 2008
