[International] International Festival @ Overture Center This Sunday

["Brian R. Mylrea" <mylreab@uwosh.edu>]

Dear International Listserv Members:

Free International Festival at the Overture Center in Madison this
Sunday!

Go ethnic at Overture

By Jacob Stockinger

February 10, 2006

Pick your ethnic group, art, activity or food -- from Chinese, Japanese,
Hmong, Thai and Indian to Polish, Palestinian, Lithuanian, Italian,
German, Spanish, Scottish, Swiss and Jewish and Jamaican -- and the odds
are pretty good you will find it represented at this Sunday's free
International Festival at the Overture Center.

"It doesn't get much press, but it's one of my favorite
events," says Mary Lou Krase, the director of volunteer services for
Overture.

She's not alone.

According to Krase, more than 7,000 people are expected to attend the
25th annual free event to be held throughout the Overture Center this
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than two dozen free performances will
be given, and a huge number of artisans and crafters as well as vendors
of ethnic food will be found in the International Crafts Bazaar and the
International Cafe.

Krase says she expects a record attendance this year in part because
there is more space than ever before to use, now that the Capitol Theater
is open.

"The participants love it," says Krase. "We have amateur
performers who prepare all year long for this event. Otherwise they
wouldn't have a chance to perform."

Krase also notes that many of the performers and food providers have been
with the festival for its entire existence.

"The vendors love it. No one drops out unless they move out of the
area," she says. "Plus, we get a lot of people from out of town
who come for all the diversity."

And diversity is key.

New this year is a Russian accordion player. Also new is using the
Wisconsin Studio for interactive workshops where people can learn to
dance like a Scot or tango like an Argentinean.

Here is a schedule of performances listed by place and time:

? Overture Lobby

11 a.m.: Swiss Alphorns

11:15 a.m.: Cajun Strangers

12:20 p.m.: West Wind

1:20 p.m.: Madison Maennerchor

2 p.m.: Yid Vicious

3:05 p.m.: Cris & Ann Plata

4:10 p.m.: Atimevu Drum and Dance

? Rotunda Stage

11:30 a.m.: Bits-of-Africa

12:35 p.m.: Trova Viva

1:40 p.m.: Sergei Belkin

2:20 p.m.: Navan

3:25 p.m.: The Currach

? Capitol Theater

11:45 a.m.: Zaibas Lithuanian Dancers

12:30 p.m.: Madison Chinese Cultural Association

1:15 p.m.: Heather Highland Dancers

2 p.m.: Narodno! International Dancers

2:45 p.m.: Tabernacle Community Baptist Church Youth Choir

3:35 p.m.: Handphibians

? Promenade Hall

Noon: Next of Kin

12:45 p.m.: Tania Tandias

1:30 p.m.: Sadira & Riad Dance Company

2:10 p.m.: Mesoghios

2:55 p.m.: Kripa Baskaran & Natyarpana Dance Company

3:40 p.m.: Tri Bratovchedki Singers

? Wisconsin Studio

Interactive workshops

12:30 p.m.: Madison Scottish Country Dancers

1:45 p.m.: Madison Tango Society

2:50 p.m.: Last Gaspe

For information, visit
www.overturecenter.com.

E-mail:
jstockinger@madison.com
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