Reston Multicultural Festival

Reston
Multicultural Festival
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September 26
11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
NEW THIS YEAR: We Make Reston community exhibit, part of the global initiative
INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project.
Reston Multicultural Festival Mission
The Reston Multicultural Festival is a celebration of the diversity and community spirit that is found in
Reston. This annual event brings together the people of Reston to celebrate our rich medley of cultures.
Family, friends and neighbors are treated to the music, entertainment, dress, food, and cultural treasures
from all over the world that are all right here. This signature Reston event honors the diversity that is one
of our greatest assets. Everyone is encouraged to dress in attire from their own cultural roots and share
the stories that we gather on the pathways of our lives.
Festival Welcome
Naturalization Ceremony
11:00 a.m. • World Stage
Sarah Taylor, Washington District Director,
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Welcome
Presentation of Colors
Beverly A. Cosham
Chair, RCC Board of Governors
South Lakes High School JROTC
Star Spangled Banner
Lindsay Irwin, South Lakes High School Chorus
Ellen Graves
President, Reston Association
Catherine M. Hudgins
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
The Honorable Janet Howell
Senate of Virginia
The Honorable Gerry Connolly
United States House of Representatives
Presentation of Candidates
Hans Siebert, Section Chief, Washington Field Office, USCIS
Oath of Allegiance
Sarah Taylor, Washington District Director, USCIS
Pledge of Allegiance
Ellen Graves, Reston Association
Keynote Address
Presentation of Certificates
Hans Siebert, Section Chief, Washington Field Office, USCIS
God Bless America
Beverly A. Cosham
Release of Doves
Cornucopia Farms
Closing Remarks
Sarah Taylor, Washington District Director, USCIS
Processional from World Stage to Global Stage
Taiko Drums
Global Café
Lake Anne Plaza Market: Mexican/Salvadorean
TACOS, TAMALES, QUESADILLAS
I Love Thai
GRILLED BASIL CHILI CHICKEN, VEGETABLE PAD THAI, VEGETABLE FRIED RICE,
VEGETABLE DRUNKEN NOODLES, VEGETABLE SPRING ROLL,
SHRIMP IN THE BLANKET, THAI ICED TEA
A Southern Fish Fry
FRIED FISH, FRIED SHRIMP, FRENCH FRIES, NORTH CAROLINA BARBECUE RIBS
Sid’s Kitchen: Bangladeshi
SAMOSAS, BUTTER CHICKEN WITH NAAN AND CHICK PEAS, LAMB BIRYANI
Reston Association
HOT DOGS, COTTON CANDY, POPCORN, CHIPS
Nitro Creamery: Vietnamese/Asian American
HANDCRAFTED LIQUID NITROGEN ICE CREAM, HOMEMADE THAI ICE CREAM,
HOMEMADE VIETNAMESE ICED COFFEE
True Help VA: Indian/Pakistani
SAMOSAS, SALTANIA
Del Sur Baked Goods: Peruvian
EMPANADAS
Global Market
Babylon Jewelry
Kayvee International
Handmade original designs from an
Iraqi artist.
Ethnic Indian dresses, shawls, pashminas
and accessories.
Craft Indulgence
Lapis Jewelry and Gifts
Handcrafted, fair trade clothes and
accessories made by artisans of India. Tunics,
dresses, skirts, scarves, home linens, home
décor, bags.
Handmade Afghani jewelry, leather, inox,
lapis, and gemstones.
E3Kids International
Fair-trade and Kenyan-made products
that benefit a school for impoverished
students in Kenya. Wood carvings, bowls,
salad spoons, drums, fabric wraps, purses,
bags, cosmetic cases, jewelry made out
of paper beads, glass, horn, coconut, and
bone. Painted leather wallets, change
purses, bookmarks. Artwork made from
banana leaves.
Inca Sun Import and Export
Bolivian, Ecuadorian and Columbian leather
and textile bags, purses, backpacks and
bracelets, as well as taqua natural
seed jewelry.
ODE
Ghanaian and African bracelets, necklaces,
baskets, straw hats, fans, purses, wood
bowls, and spoons.
Peruvian Trend Co.
Fine and unique crafts and clothing
accessories handmade by women artisans of
Peru and around the globe.
Spice Island
Sterling silver jewelry handmade in
Indonesia, Thailand, and India. Costume
jewelry from Bolivia, Ethiopia, Turkey, Tibet,
and China. Purses and batik beach sarongs.
Tareebo
Bolivian-style jewelry and knits as well as
artist-designed clothes, hair clips,
and accessories.
Family Arts and Crafts Activities
SUSHI PLATES • FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS • HENNA INSPIRED MAGNETS
EGYPTIAN NECKLACES • PEACE SYMBOL DECORATED WITH BUTTERFLIES
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
World Stage
11:00 a.m.
Global Stage
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
Gallery Stage
Art Room
All-Day
11:00 a.m. Festival Welcome
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
Naturalization Ceremony
12:00 p.m.
Processional from World Stage
to Global Stage
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
SEE PAGE 2-3 FOR DETAILS
JAPANESE DRUMMING
12:45 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Wayne Henderson
National Heritage Fellow, and
the Virginia Luthiers
BLUEGRASS
1:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Rahim AlHaj
NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOW
VIRTUOSO OUD PLAYER
2:45 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
TAHITIAN DANCE AND MUSIC
MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE
4:45 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
Mosaic Harmony
GOSPEL CHOIR
2:15 p.m.
Washington Sound Museum
Chrystylez and Cissa Paz
1:45 p.m.
Khinezin Win MYANMAR (BURMESE) DANCE
HIP HOP MEETS THE MUSIC OF BRAZIL
3:15 p.m.
Alma Boliviana
3:15 p.m.
Bharatha Malika
BOLIVIAN DANCE
INDIAN CULTURAL DANCE
4:15 p.m.
Furia Flamenca FLAMENCO DANCE
4:15 p.m.
Perspectiva RUSSIAN DANCE
4:50 p.m. Nomad Dancers
5:00 p.m.
Cheick Hamala Diabate
KING OF THE WEST AFRICAN N'GONI
5:15 p.m.
Kalavaridhi
INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE
Please see the Festival
Map on the back
of this booklet
for all-day activity
locations.
Book Fair
2:30 p.m.
Shaolin Temple CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS
DANCE FROM ANCIENT PERSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
12:15 p.m.
Chinese Brush Painting
Arts and Crafts
2:15 p.m.
Wayne Henderson and
the Virginia Luthiers
LUTHIER DEMONSTRATION
Global Café
Food Vendors
Global Market
Vendors
Community
Organizations
3:45 p.m.
Angel Belly Dancer and Friends
4:30 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
Traveling Players
The Learned Ladies by Molière
3:00 p.m.
Ta’ta Roiroi
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
12:15 p.m.
Taiko Drums
4:00 p.m.
Paper Prayer Flags
We Make Reston:
An INSIDE OUT Project
What does your face stand for? We Make
Reston features large-scale photographic
portraits that showcase our community’s
greatest strength – the multitude of
perspectives and histories people bring to
Reston. We Make Reston was created by the
people of Reston and coordinated by Reston
Community Center and the Initiative for Public Art – Reston. This multi-location exhibit is
presented as part of the INSIDE OUT movement – a participatory art project that transforms
messages of personal identity into giant black and white portraits displayed at various
locations. Everyone is challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover,
reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world. These digitally
uploaded images are made into posters and sent back to the projects’ group leaders, for
them to exhibit in their own communities. Exhibitions are documented, archived and made
available online at www.insideoutproject.net.
We Make Reston is now on display at the below locations. More than 300 completed
entries were received. One hundred sixty-nine images were selected to appear in the large
black-and-white format throughout Reston. The outside photos will be on display for up to
four weeks depending on weather.
Exhibit Locations:
Discussion of We Make Reston Campaign
Community Conversation on Diversity
Jo Anne Rose Gallery:
Sunday, September 27 • 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
All are invited to join Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt in a lively discussion of how diversity contributes to
a vibrant, successful and just community.
3D Exhibit
Arts Mirrors Culture
3D Gallery:
September 3 - November 21
During this three-month exhibit, area artists
are exhibiting 3D pieces in a variety of media,
including ceramics, sculpture, mosaics, stained
glass and wood work, to celebrate the many facets of culture. Artists answered the following
question “How does art mirror culture in your work?” Their answers are revealed alongside
their artwork.
• The Lake Anne Sea Wall (across from Heron House)
• Jo Ann Rose Gallery at RCC Lake Anne
(Indoor exhibit, on display through October 2)
• Comstock Properties at Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station
Multicultural Book Fair
• South Lakes High School
Jo Ann Rose Gallery
Treat your children (or your inner child) to a selection
of delightful and beautiful books. The Fair will feature
award-winning titles that vividly tell the stories that
shape the world’s cultures.
National Heritage Awards Fellow
Thank You
Rahim AlHaj
Community Organizations
Special Thanks
Virtuoso oud musician and composer Rahim
AlHaj was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began
playing the oud (the grandfather of all stringed
instruments) at age nine. Mr. AlHaj won various
awards at the Conservatory and graduated in
1990 with a diploma in composition. He holds
a degree in Arabic Literature from Mustunsariya
University in Baghdad. In 1991, after the first
Gulf War, Mr. AlHaj was forced to leave Iraq
due to his activism against the Saddam Hussein
regime and began his ex-patriot life in Jordan
and Syria. He moved to the US in 2000 as a
political refugee and has resided in Albuquerque,
NM ever since. Rahim became a US citizen on
August 15, 2008.
• Amnesty International
• Northern Virginia Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers
• Empowered Women International
• Cornerstones
• League of Women Voters
• AARP
• Office of the Hunter Mill District
Supervisor
• Fairfax County Human Rights and Equity
Programs
• Fairfax County Communications Policy
and Regulation Division
• Fairfax County Area Agency on Aging
• Fairfax County Department of
Transportation
• Al Fatih Academy
• Fuerza Contra Alzheimer’s
• School for Tomorrow
• Japanese Conversation and Culture Club
• Reston Lion’s Club
• Fairfax County Office of Elections
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Wayne Henderson and the
Virginia Luthiers
Master luthier and an accomplished guitarist,
Wayne Henderson has won more than 300
ribbons at fiddlers’ conventions. He was featured
as part of the “Masters of the Steel String
Guitar” tour and has traveled internationally
under the auspices of the United States
Information Agency. He has performed at
Carnegie Hall and the Smithsonian Institution
and for “America’s Reunion” during the 1992
presidential inauguration. Most often though, he
prefers to stay home, where he plays at his guitar
shop and for local events.
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Caren Anton
Andrew Byrd
Kenny Burrowes
Ellen Graves
Terlene Terry-Todd
Ling Zhao
Festival Volunteers
Friends of Lake Anne
Catherine M. Hudgins
Hunter Mill District Supervisor
Initiative for Public Art – Reston (IPAR)
Lake Anne Farmers Market
Reston District Police Station
MAJ Joseph V. Schuler,
South Lakes High School JROTC Director
• Rita Gigliotti,
South Lakes High School Chorus Director
• Washington Plaza Baptist Church
Festival Committee Members
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Eileen Boone
Ha Brock
Mark Brutsché
Beverly Cosham
Cheri Danaher
Kevin Danaher
Anne Delaney
Linda Ifert
Paul Douglas Michnewicz
Gloria Morrow
Anne Nagy
BeBe Nguyen
Bill Parker
Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt
Ashleigh Soloff
Miles Stiebel
Eve Thompson
Vicky Wingert
Lake Anne
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WORLD
STAGE
Lake Anne Restaurants
Washington Plaza
Baptist Church
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Bazaar Market
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Art Room
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GALLERY
STAGE
RCC Lake Anne
Book Fair
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Key:
Vendors
1 Community Organizations
2 Arts and Crafts
3 ATM
GLOBAL
STAGE
4 Volunteer Check-in
5 Bathrooms
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Global Café
Global Market
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The Reston Multicultural Festival is presented by Reston Community Center, hosted by Lake Anne Plaza and
co-sponsored by Reston Association, with partners from a variety of Reston-based organizations and
businesses. Reston Lifestyle is the official media sponsor for this year’s festival.