Hey friends!
This Saturday was INTERNATIONAL FAIR!!
It's a whole day-long celebration of the different cultures and countries represented at LC! The morning brunch in the Bon has a bunch of dishes from each region and then in the afternoon there are performances in the chapel.
The morning is insane. There are over 15 booths set up between the Bon and Stamm (one of the large conference rooms). There are displays showcasing the different regions and then regions serving food.
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| Food food food food |
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| One of the tables set up |
The afternoon is about an hour and half showcase of different dances and songs from each region. This year there was a performance from Japan, the Mediterranean, South Korea, China, South East Asia, Latin America, North America, Taiwan, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
This year I performed in 2 dances, one for North America and one for South East Asia. (I performed for SE Asia and Latin America 2 years ago)
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| 2 years ago! |
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| This year! (Look ma! I made it onto LC's ig! |
International Fair is hosted by ISLC - the International Students of LC. ISLC hosts a number of events throughout the year as a way to bring together the international students, third culture kids (TCKS - students who have lived in another country for over a year) and the American students. I technically qualify as a TCK, as I wasn't born in this country, and I spent the first year of my life in China.
The day is full of fun and festivities, and there is so much work that goes into planning that day. It is entirely student run and coordinated. The dancers have been working every week of the semester for hours, the food is all prepared and cooked starting days before the event, rehearsals and tech are all coordinated by one student - who has an insanely hard job, but everything always goes off so well. If you want to check out the video from a few years back you can see how great the performances are!
If you have any questions about International Fair shoot me an email :)
ksaylor@lclark.edu
Cheers,
Kate