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MARCH 18, 2010 ISSUE

ASU Diversity Celebration March 23

Story by Anna Oakes

Grandfather Mountain Highlanders Pipe Band

Want To Go?

Date: Tuesday, March 23
Time: 3:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Plemmons Student Union, ASU
Cost: Free

Nii Tettey Tetteh and the Kusun Ensemble

Feel the power of a Native American drumbeat, take a salsa lesson, learn how to play Mahjong and sample sweet potato latkes from Israel—all in a single evening—at the 9th annual Diversity Celebration at ASU.
The entire High Country community is invited to the multicultural festival that features performing arts, craft workshops, educational exhibits and ethnic foods by local and regional presenters and artisans. This year’s event takes place on Tuesday, March 23, from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union, and all activities are free.
Music and dance performances include bluegrass, clogging, gospel, Native American drumming and dance, hip hop, spiritual movement, blues, North Indian classical music, a bagpipe band, bellydancing, folk music, mariachi, minstrel banjo and West African traditional and fusion music.
Other performances and exhibitions will feature acrobatic yoga, puppetry, storytelling and educational presentations.
The Diversity Celebration also includes the 14th annual Unity Festival—a community event that has taken place since 1992. Unity Festival activities consist of aboriginal face painting, Appalachian butter making, foreign language activities, Mehendi hand painting, mountain toy making, spinning, using chopsticks, trying on Indian clothing, unity weave and words of peace.
Try something new at lessons and workshops for aikido, Capoeira, clogging, krumping (a version of break dancing), flatfooting, stepping and West African dance. Taste foods of the world such as Brazilian empanadas, Palak paneer from Pakistan, sushi from Japan, African “pop” and Kazakh Salad from Kazakhstan.
Children and adults can take part in the People of the Planet Soccer Tournament, a Diversity Celebration event on Sunday, April 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
School and youth groups are welcomed at the Diversity Celebration. Community members who utilize the Rivers Street deck can request a free parking pass for the Diversity Celebration. Other free parking is available in the Rivers Street bike lanes and in the Belk Library parking deck after 3:00 p.m. and elsewhere on campus after 5:00 p.m.
For more information and a performance schedule, click to www.celebration.appstate.edu or call 828-262-2144.

Diversity Celebration Performance Schedule

For more information about the Diversity Celebration, click to www.celebration.appstate.edu or call 828-262-2144.

Cascades Cafe
4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Dollar Brothers Band
5:00 to 5:45 p.m. Mariachi Mexico 2000
6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Cuban Classical and Folk Piano
6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Lisa Baldwin and Dave Haney, Baldwin Haney Folk Music
7:30 to 7:45 p.m. H2O Hip Hop Oasis
7:45 to 8:15 p.m. Appalachian African Community Clothing Exhibit

Crossroads Coffee House
3:30 to 4:00 p.m. Jack Tales with Orville Hicks
4:30 to 5:00 p.m. Moonwater
5:45 to 6:15 p.m. Minstrel Banjo Tunes from with Lucas Bowman
6:30 to 7:00 p.m. North Indian Classical Music with Akal Dev Sharonne & Rob Falvo
7:30 to 8:15 p.m. Amantha Mill Bluegrass

Grandfather Ballroom
3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Foods of the World

Multicultural Center
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. Jack Tales with Orville Hicks
4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Underground Railroad with Audrey Tate and Rev. Morris Hatton
5:15 to 8:45 p.m. Society and Technology

Roan Mountain Room
3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Treehouse Puppet Theatre
4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Dances of Universal Peace
5:45 to 6:30 p.m. Pop Ferguson and the Blues Revue
7:00 to 7:45 p.m. Dulcimer Playing Workshop with Susan Pepper
8:00 to 8:45 p.m. Shakunta Yogis

Summit Trail Solarium
3:00 to 3:45 p.m. Dry Creek Medicine Drum
4:00 to 4:45 p.m. Grandfather Mountain Highlanders Pipe Band
5:00 to 5:45 p.m. Nii Tettey Tetteh and the Kusun Ensemble
6:00 to 6:45 p.m. Three Graces Entertainment World Dances
7:00 to 7:45 p.m. Lost Jewels of the Ghawazee Belly Dance and Middle Eastern Dance
8:15 to 9:00 p.m. ASU Gospel Choir

Blue Ridge Ballroom
3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Unity Festival

Linville Falls Room
3:00 to 3:45 p.m. Colombian cumbia
4:00 to 4:45 p.m. Brasilian martial art
5:00 to 5:45 p.m. West African dance and drumming
6:00 to 6:45 p.m. Krumping: an American extension of break dancing
7:00 to 7:45 p.m. Stepping
8:00 to 8:45 p.m. Latin American salsa

TBA Arthur Grimes: traditional Appalachian clogging and flatfooting