Amesbury International Festival

Amesbury International Festival

Dear Amesbury community

Preparations are underway for the inaugural Amesbury International Festival which will take place from 26 November - 1 December (1 December is Gala Day).  We have a hard working group of parents on the International Festival committee who are busily arranging fundraising, advertising, and cultural groups to be a part of this special week.

Here’s how you can be involved:

* Gala day help - this will be a very busy day!  Any assistance you can provide with setting up, tidying up, or working on fundraising stalls, would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact either Crisanna Nel or Fiona White (Amesbury teachers) if you can assist.  crisanna.nel@amesbury.school.nz or fiona.white@amesbury.school.nz   Thank you!

* Stalls - People in our local community are welcome to host a stall on Gala day (1 December) selling items of their choice - food, art/craft things, games/activities, etc.  There will be a small fee to hold a stall, but all other profits can go directly to the stallholders.  This is a great opportunity for all those amazing bakers out there to have a stall, or our arty/crafty community members to sell their wares!  If you and/or a group of friends would like to hold a stall on Gala day, please email Crisanna or Fiona (see above).

* Fundraising - We are also hoping to have stalls fundraising for Amesbury School.  The proceeds will go towards cultural resources for 2013.  If you have any fundraising ideas or contacts, or can help with a stall, we’d love to hear from you.

* Recipes for our international cook book - the International Festival committee would like to put together a cook book that reflects the culture and ethnicities represented at Amesbury (there are over 17 countries identified on our school roll.)  Do you have a recipe that you would like to share?  If so, please email it to us.  Thank you!  

* The cultures of Amesbury  - throughout festival week, we are hoping to acknowledge all the different countries, cultures and ethnicities that are represented at our school.  The things we have in mind are cultural performances or demonstrations e.g. music, dance, cooking lessons, speakers from different cultures or countries, storytelling, legends, sharing artefacts, etc.  We would like to hold events during the day for the students, and also in the evening for the parents and local community.  We have already managed to make contact with a few people from the Amesbury community and beyond, but there are still some countries/ethnicities that we would like to connect with.   Can you help?

Countries/ethnicities we have contacts for: France, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, South Africa, New Zealand

Countries/ethnicities we still need help with: England, Russia, China, Korea, India, Philippines, Canada, U.S.A.

Thank you for your support.

The Amesbury International Festival committee