Amesbury International Festival

Amesbury International Festival

It’s now just 6 weeks until the inaugural Amesbury International Festival begins!  The festival committee are furiously organising exciting cultural experiences for the week of 26-30 November, culminating in our International Festival Gala Day on Saturday 1 December.  Here are some snippets to whet your appetite:

Events for the kids during festival week (in school time): Japanese origami workshops, Greek myths and legends talk

Events for adults during festival week (in the evening): French movie night, Japanese Tea Ceremony, Indian cooking masterclass

Gala Day (1 December 2:00pm): Ethnic food stalls, cake stalls,  Kidzone, (games and activities), art /craft stall, toys/games/puzzles stall, plus lots more.

All details of event times, cost, ticket sales, etc, will be given over the upcoming weeks.  So keep these dates free because it’s going to be great!

So, how can you get involved?  Read on!

* Gala day help - this will be a very busy day! Any assistance you can provide with setting up, tidying up, or working on 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!

* Hold a stall - 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.  If you and/or a group of friends would like to hold a stall on Gala day, please email Crisanna or Fiona (see above).

* Bake a cake! - We are going to have a cake and coffee stall on Gala Day, with all proceeds going directly to the school.  (The money raised will go towards cultural resources for 2013. ) We would love you to bake a cake, biscuits, or slice and drop it off to the Hall kitchen on either Friday 30 November, or Saturday morning on 1 December.  We will price everything for sale.  Thank you, in advance!

* Ethnic food stall -  Do you have a talent for cooking or making ethnic food?  E.g. sushi, curry, crepes, samosas - anything!  We are hoping to have a range of different ethnic foods for sale at this stall.   If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.  Alternatively, if you know anyone who can help we’d really appreciate you letting us know.  Thank you!

* Toys, games and puzzles -  We would love you to donate any toys, games or puzzles that your children have outgrown to our fundraising stall.   Now could be a great time for a clean out!   (We would also gratefully receive books too, but we aware that many people donated books to the school libraries in Samoa last term.)

* Christmas hamper - A Christmas hamper will be raffled on Gala Day.  Any contributions to this hamper will be hugely appreciated e.g. grocery items, health/beauty products, Christmassy things, etc.  You can bring your Christmas hamper donations to Fiona in the school library.  Thank you.

And lastly,

* Recipes for our international cook book - the International Festival committee plan to compile a cook book next year 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!

So that’s the latest update, but watch this space as there will be more to come as the term progresses.

Thanks very much for your support.

The Amesbury International Festival committee