Asia Fest

Asia Fest

Asia Fest 2008

Click here for event pictures, courtesy of Manzoorul Hassan

The Asia Festival
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Celebration and Award Ceremony

Sponsored by: City of Austin, City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department, Capital Metro, Southwestern National Bank, Fiesta Mart, Encotech Engineering, CAS Consulting & Services, Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Austin Sign Spot, Crown Trophies

DATE: Saturday, May 3, 2008
TIME: 11am to 9pm
LOCATION: The Asian American Resource Center Grounds
TICKETS: FREE and open to the public, Food and Beverage tickets: $1/each
BENEFITTING:
To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
To recognize outstanding civic contributions and educational scholarship
To raise funds for the NAAO and TBD organization(s)

THE FESTIVAL
Imagine yourself surrounded by people dressed in elaborate attire; children laughing and learning languages, literature and art; elderly practicing martial arts; friends enjoying sweet and spicy delicacies, neighbors sharing tea, individuals competing to solve sudoku puzzles; and crowds taking in traditional and contemporary music and performances. If you can picture this, then you are at The Asia Festival.

Throughout the day, various programs will be presented to highlight Asian Pacific American Heritage. These programs include: A Performance Stage with traditional and modern music, dance, theater and martial art demonstrations; a Learning Center with arts & crafts instruction, children's reading program, sudoku contest, photography studio, mini-film festival and Asian language instruction; and an Interactive Market Place with food, cooking demos, health and wellness exhibit and information booths from different organizations. The evening program will be highlighted with an awards ceremony recognizing outstanding civic contributions and educational scholarship.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

PERFORMANCE STAGE SCHEDULE

12:00 - 12:15   Parade of Asian Nations and Opening Announcements

12:20 - 12:35     Hula Halou Kaepa from Hawaii

12:40 - 12:55     Dances by the Bangladesh Association of Greater Austin

1:00 - 1:15         Dance by the Philippine Association

1:20 - 1:35         “Fighting Stunts” Demonstration Team

1:40 - 1:50         “Dholna” Bollywood dance (India)

1:55 - 2:10         Kuk Son Martial Arts Demonstration

2:15 - 2:30         Okinawan Dance (Japan)

2:35 - 2: 45        Love of China School of Dance

2:50 - 3:20         Natyalaya School of Dance (Classical Indian)

3:25 - 3:35         Bangladesh Association of Greater Austin

3:40 - 4:05         Dragon and Lion Dance

4:10 - 4:40         Austin Taiko, Japanese Drums

4:45 - 4:55         “Villages of India”by Central Tx Bengali Assoc.

5:00 - 5:15         Eisha-drum Dance, (Japan)

5:20- 5:50          "Songs andDances"Texas Bengali Cultural Alliance

5:55 -6:10          Tukong Martial Arts

6:15 -6:30          “Sa Mul No Ri” Korean Dance

6:30 - 7:00         Awards Ceremony

7:15 – 7:30        Liao’s Martial Art

7:35 - 7:50         Dances from Taiwan

7:55 – 8:10        “Go Jeon Mu Yong” Korean Dance

8:30                  Closing

LEARNING CENTER SCHEDULE

11:00 - 1:00       Origami, Face Painting, Henna

1:00 - 3:00         Children's Storytime, Asian Language Practice, Photography Studio

3:00 - 5:00         Sudoku Contest, Photography Studio

MINI FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

11:00 - 1:00       Asian American History presentation

2:00 - 3:00         AnOther by Dir. Kristal Williams-Rowley, 8min

                        Akira's Hip Hop Shop by Dir. Joe Doughrity, 21min

                        Miss Chinatown, USA by Dir. Kathy Huang, 25min

3:00 - 4:00         Light Switch by Dir. Clarissa Ysel, 12min (Austin Filmmaker)

                        Damn the Past! by Dir. Juli Kang, 29min (Texas Premiere)

4:00 - 6:00         The Killing of a Chinese Cookie by Dir. Derek Shimoda,

                      74min (PG-13) (Texas Premiere)

7:00 - 9:00         The Motel by Dir. Michael Kang, 75min (PG-13)

MARKETPLACE BOOTHS

11:00 - 7:00       Eat, Drink and Be Merry at a variety of booths

Food and Drinks by Thanh Nhi Restaurant, Austin Chapter of Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, Seoul Restaurant, A+ Buffet Restaurant, Charito Banawis, Cebuana Filipino Store

Good and Services by Girl Scouts of Central Texas, Cultural Embrace Work & Study Abroad, Kamini shall arts and craft, Nisha Agrawal Henna Arts, Laboni's Creative Arts and Crafts, Nationwide Insurance, Capital Area Asian American Democrats, The Center for Asian American Studies, Austin History Center and Texas Historical Commission, Austin Asian American Film Foundation, Austin Filipino American Association, Asian American Resource Center

The evening program will be highlighted with an awards ceremony recognizing outstanding civic contributions and educational scholarship.

ORGANIZED BY
Network of Asian American Organizations, Asian American Employee Network, Asian Construction Trades Association, Austin Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Austin Filipino American Association, Austin Taiwanese Association, Austin Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh Association of Greater Austin, Cambodian Foundation, Chinese Society of Austin, Indian American Coalition of Texas, India Community Center, Korean Community of Austin, Pakistani American Association of Greater Austin, SAHELI for Asian Families, Sri Lankan Community of Austin, UT Center for Asian American Studies and Vietnamese American Community of Austin Texas, Austin History Center

Volunteers

The Asia Festival is looking for fun and energetic individuals and groups to help make the event a success. If you would like to contribute as a volunteer, please complete the form below and one of our committee members will contact you.

We are looking for volunteers for:

General Help:
8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

Welcome and Ticket Booth:
8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm

Performance Stage Help:
11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

Food Area Help:
8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

Learning Center Help:
8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm

Marketplace Area Help:
8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm

Clean and Wrap-up:
9pm-12pm.

First name:
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Participants and Performers

The Asia Festival is looking for skilled and talented individuals and groups to help make the event a success. If you would like to participate as an activity coordinator or perform on our feature stage, please complete the form below and one of our committee members will contact you.

We are looking for activity coordinators for:
Arts & Craft area
Sudoku contest
Children's reading corner
Asian Language instruction
Photography studio
Mini-film festival
Cooking demonstrations
Health and wellness demonstrations

We are looking for performers in the area of:
Lion dancers
Traditional Asian musicians
Modern Asian musicians
Theater performers
Dance troops
Martial arts practitioners

First name:
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Vendors

The Asia Festival is looking for vendors to help make the event a success. If you would like to participate as an vendor, please complete the form below and one of our committee members will contact you.

We are looking for vendors for:

Asian Food
Arts and Crafts
Non-profits
Small Businesses
Corporations

First name:
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Sponsors

We would like to invite you and your organization to take part in this special celebration. Sponsorship gives an organization an opportunity to increase their visibility within the Asian Pacific American community and the Austin community at large. Sponsors are acknowledged throughout the publicity campaign (TV, Internet, Radio and Print) and the festival. Your organization will be recognized visually and verbally at the festival through banners, posters, announcements and our souvenir brochure. We are seeking sponsors for the following categories.

Star event sponsors:
____ Gold Sponsor ($10,000)
-(100) Vendor tickets to the event
-Acknowledgment in all event publicity (if submitted by deadline)
-Acknowledgment in event invitation
-Acknowledgment in printed program
-Full-page ad in printed program
-Acknowledgment in on-site media (posters or slide projection)
-Link from NAAO website to your organization's website

____ Silver Sponsor ($7,500)
-(75) Vendor tickets to the event
-Acknowledgment in all event publicity (if submitted by deadline)
-Acknowledgment in printed program
-Half-page ad in printed program
-Acknowledgment in on-site media (posters or slide projection)
-Link from NAAO website to your organization's website

____ Bronze Sponsor ($5,000)
-(50) Vendor tickets to the event
-Acknowledgment in printed program
-Quarter-page ad in printed program
-Acknowledgment in on-site media (posters or slide projection)
-Link from NAAO website to your organization's website

____ Supporting Sponsor ($1000)
-(10) Vendor tickets to the event

____ Program Advertisement ___Full Page $300 ___ Half Page $175 ___ Quarter Page $100

____ Cash donation of $_____________________________________

Special Event Sponsorship Opportunities:
( ) = number of sponsorships available

$10,000 Performance stage and performers (1)
$5,000 Learning center (1)
$5,000 Interactive market (1)
$2,500 Art and Craft area (1)
$2,500 Sudoku contest (1)
$2,500 Mini-film festival (1)
$2,500 VIP room (1)
$2,500 Raffle (1)
$2,500 Fashion show (1)
$1,000 Children's Reading corner (1)
$1,000 Asian Language Instruction booth (1)
$1,000 Fashion Photo booth (1)
$1,000 Cooking demonstration (1)
$1,000 Academic Scholarship (3)

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