Here is our Schedule of events:
11:00 a.m. Parade of Nations led by the City of Roanoke Color Guard
Opening Ceremony
National Anthem: Leis Wallin
Assembled Dignitaries: Roanoke Mayor David Bowers / Delegate Onzlee Ware /
Festival Emcees: WFIR's Bob Clark, "Cooking Cheap's" Larry Bly, Cox Communications, Craig Wright, Jay Saunders, and our own Pearl Fu Founder/Executive Director of Local Colors.
Announcers: Bob Henderson, Jay Saunders
11:45 a.m Virginia Gentlemen (will sing patriotic song)
11:55 Bangladesh - performing 2 dances
12:05 Lauren Waldron, Miss Smith Mountain Lake's Outstanding Teen -- sings
12:10 Korean Fashion Show (Korean Baptist Church)
12:20 Katelin Waldron, the first Miss Teen Roanoke Valley in 2006 - sings
12:25 Polynesian Dancers (Hula) - Maka
12:35 Bill Carder - sings
12:50 Greek Dancers
12:55 Burundi Singers (African Choir)
1:10 Chinese Fashion (Lijiang, Roanoke Valley Sister City)
1:15 Cooking Contest (food tasting from several restaurants)
1:25 Clogging - Catherine Turner, Miss Lynchburg's Outstanding Teen
1:30 Syrian Dancers
1:35 Broadway Medley - Students from Arnold Burton Center of Technology, C. Webster
1:50 Polynesian & Samoan Dancers & Drummers - Ilima
2:05 Gospel Singing - Chris Hairston
2:10 Brazilian Capoeria Club - martial arts, dance, & ritual (Jamiel Allen)
2:25 Filipino Singer - Annika Gepitulan
2:30 Mexican Child Dancer - Zaida Ceballos
2:35 Colombian Band - 12 O'Clock Knob
2:50 Native American Indian Musical Performance -- Red Feather Medicine Show
3:00 Filipine Dancer - Cani Ritchson
3:05 Brazilian Singers - Berg Martins & Susanne Fitzgerald
3:15 Chinese Dancers (Lijiang, Roanoke Valley Sister City)
3:20 International Band, "Looney Creek" -- Barbara Coffey
3:30 Polynesian Dance Duet - Maka & Ilima
3:40 Haitian Dance & Saxaphone -- Hector Clervoi
3:50 Myanmar (Burmese) Dancers - Bea Salinger
4:00 Arabic Musician - Simon Shaheen, international performer, courtesy of the Jefferson Center
4:20 Middle Eastern Bellydancing - Ghazala
4:30 Mexican Salsa Dancer - Edgar Ornelias
4:35 Middle Eastern Bellydancing - Ghazala (follow-up performance)
4:40 Sisters of the Circle (Hip-Hop), Wendi Wagner
4:55 American Folk Songs - Roy Bedwell & Karla Turman
5:05 Indian Jazz Dancer - Jasdeep Ghumman
5:10 Cheryl & Erin Lunsford sing
Recognition of Board & Steering Committee
Songs of Goodwill -- Audience Participation Encouraged
5:25 Savannah Shoulders, Downtown Music Lab
5:35 Groova Scape, professional rock, soul, reggae, jazz and funk band. Audience dancing is encouraged.
More than 70 countries participate in the Parade of Nations, exhibits of arts and crafts, sell of authentic food, non-stop live entertainment on the main stage, international classical music on a second stage, children's games, and more.
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