North Penn High School will host the 28th Annual International Spring Festival this weekend.
The festival will take place on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is the largest diversity event in the state. There are a variety of events taking place in different areas of the high school.
The main feature of the festival is the information tables about countries around the world. The tables have information and artifacts from countries to educate attendees about other cultures. Children are invited to participate in the passport program, where they go to each country and find a specific piece of information. They receive a prize once they have completed the activity.
Below is the schedule of events in each room/area:
11:30 a.m.: Parade of Nations
Planetarium:
2:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.: “Constellations of the North Sky,” half-hour
presentations narrated by James Bauman
Main Gym:
All Day: Exhibits from over 25 countries as well as corporate and craft
exhibits; 169 musical instruments to hold and play
11 a.m.: Guang Hua Chinese School of Music and Dance
11:45 a.m.: Janosik Polish Dancers
12 p.m.: Welcome, National Anthem by Dr. Elizabeth Murphy
12:30 p.m.: Phyllis Chapell (International artist fluent in 11 languages)
1:30 p.m.: Nachh
Manch
2 p.m.: Academy of International
Ballet
2:45 p.m.: Mutya Philippine Dance Company
3:15 p.m.: Sky Martial Arts
3:30 p.m.: Voloshky Ukrainian Dance
Ensemble
4 p.m.: SR Creative Arts (Bollywood)
4:10 p.m.: Voloshky Ukrainian Dance
Ensemble
4:30 p.m.: Fitzpatrick
School of Irish Dance
Audion (Small
auditorium immediately to the left of the main entrance)
11 a.m.: ArCoNet Youth and Chamber
Orchestra
12:30 p.m.: Got Strings
(Electric String Youth Orchestra)
1:30 p.m.: Yang’s Martial Arts School
2 p.m.: Marlyn Abramson New Dance
Workshop
3 p.m.: SR Creative Arts (Bollywood)
3:30 p.m.: Naatyanjali School of Dance
4 p.m.: Marlyn Abramson New Dance
Workshop
Cookie Cafeteria:
All Day: Multi-cultural art projects; take a picture of yourself riding a
camel in the desert in Egypt or the Eifel Tower in Paris
Hallways:
All Day: Party of 2, European Folk Music, Heroes United
12 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Sitarist Steve Jewett
3 p.m.-5 p.m.: Jessee Hernandez Trio (Latin)
Cafeteria:
All Day: Food from around the world available for purchase
11:30 a.m.: Grupo de Danza Nuevo Mexico
12:15 p.m.: West
Philadelphia Orchestra
1:15 p.m.: Korean Classical Dancers and Drums
1:45 p.m.: The Barn Studio of Dance
2:30 p.m.: Troupe Dada (African)
3:30 p.m.: Red Hill Jazz Band
4:30 p.m.: Belly Dance
Senior Cafeteria:
All Day: Photo booth; professional face painting for kids; costumes from
around the world to try on; foods and juices from around the world; instruments
from around the world; coins and stamps from around the world; henna painting;
photo booth with props
12 p.m.: Cherokee performer: Arrow, serving first peoples in the United States
1:10 p.m.-1:30: Harmony Theater, “101 Dalmatians”
2 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Rozhen (Bulgarian folk dance group)
2:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.: Dock Mennonite
Academy Chamber Choir
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Lenny and the Soul Senders
Art Pod
All day: North Penn Art Alliance Art Show and Music
Auxiliary Gym: Family
Health and Wellness Fair
11:30 a.m.: Rapping about prevention
12 p.m.: North Penn YMCA
12:30 p.m.: Rapping about prevention
12:55 p.m.: Door prize raffle
1 p.m.: North Penn YMCA
1:30 p.m.: Rapping about prevention
2 p.m.: Montgomery County Health Alliance Anti-Vaping Poster Contest Award
Ceremony
2:30 p.m.: North Penn YMCA
3 p.m.: Rapping about prevention
3:20 p.m.: Door prize raffle
3:30 p.m.: North Penn YMCA
4 p.m.: Door prize raffle
Classroom A033
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Black History Oratorical Competition
Main Lobby Stage
11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.: Rachel Noh (winner of NPSD talent show
1:25 p.m.: Mary-Catharine Le and Maysen Paul
1:50 p.m.: Katie Early (singing and playing ukulele)
3 p.m.-5 p.m.: Jeff Lohan
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