International Festival at Soka (FREE)

*** This event is no host, but will be attended by members. Meet at the entrance gate between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and then explore this fun festival as a group!***

Soka University will celebrate the 12th Annual International Festival from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday, May 4, 2013. Enjoy an expected 900 musicians and dancers performing on three stages and over 250 non-profit, craft and business exhibitors. The 2013 International Festival will again be part of the Orange County's Imagination Celebration (http://sparkoc.org/), presented in cooperation with Arts Orange County and the Orange County Department of Education.

Presenting Sponsor, The Orange County Register (http://www.ocregister.com/), will print the Festival Program. There will be lots of international food, exhibitors, games and activities, art exhibitions, ceramic sales and demos, a children's play area with Superslide and Bounce House, student projects --- and much more! This event is also sponsored by OC Metro (http://www.ocmetro.com/) and OC Family (http://www.ocfamily.com/), thebestofoccities.com (http://wwwthebestofoccities.com/) and Yelp.com (http://www.yelp.com/)

NEW THIS YEAR - Dozens of street painting artists from FunWithChalk Street Painting Festival will be joining us this year -- all day on Saturday and their art will also be open for viewing on Sunday, May 5th from 10:30 - 5:30 pm. (The International Festival is only open on Saturday.)

http://www.soka.edu/images/news_events/international-festival/funwchalk-knowledge.jpg

Also new -- Ritz Tours (http://www.ritztours.com/) and Air China are sponsoring a 10 Day/8 Night Discovery Trip to China for Two Raffle (http://www.soka.edu/news_events/International-Festival/10-day,-8-night-china-discovery-trip-for-two-raffle-2013.aspx) to benefit Soka University's Scholarship Endowment! Tickets are $5, 6 for $25, or 30 for $100. The drawing will take place at 2:30 pm on May 4th and winner need not be present.
Official Rules (http://www.soka.edu/files/documents/news-events/2013-china-discovery-trip-official-rules.pdf) Entry Form (http://www.soka.edu/files/documents/news-events/2013-china-discovery-trip-entry-form.pdf)

Admission is FREE for everyone! Parking is $10 on campus and they ask that you carpool and have exact cash available for parking fees to speed up the lines -- they do not take credit cards. They will have about 900 new parking spaces on campus so parking should be much easier this Festival compared to past years.

http://www.soka.edu/images/news_events/international-festival/if-ghunghroo-shivi-chaudry.jpg

Volunteers are also needed to help keep the festival running smoothly. Volunteers working at least a two hour shift receive free parking and a festival t-shirt. You can volunteer by emailing your contact information and preferred shift time to info@soka.edu .

Directions (http://www.soka.edu/about_soka/directions.aspx) to SUA

Here's last year's program cover and back (2012 (http://www.soka.edu/files/documents/news-events/program-for-2012-international-festival.pdf)) and here's the program inside (http://www.soka.edu/files/documents/news-events/program-inside-2012-festival.pdf) to give you a feel for what to expect! The 2013 program will be posted in mid-April 2013.

Entertainment Schedule 2012 (http://www.soka.edu/news_events/International-Festival/Entertainers.aspx) (2013 Schedule will be posted in April 2013)

Roberto