April 18, 2006
The crafts area was a great place to meet and create
You move him like this...
Precision timing
For two days, the sounds of laughter, music, and applause rang through the Spurlock Museum. WorldFest! What a wonderful time!
Visitors of all ages came to the Museum March 31st and April 1st to enjoy three great performances for the price of one:
- Franceska’s Marionettes danced their way around the world, from European folk dances to Hawaiian hula to a performance by Elvis himself!
- Dan Keding brought his audiences into the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome, telling myths of love and conflict, praise and prayer.
- JASC Tsukasa Taiko revealed the energy of taiko drumming and the beauty of lute and flute music to visitors in the Knight Auditorium.
In addition to the performances, everyone had a chance to decorate a paper Egyptian mummy mask and a paper Japanese kimono.
Click on the videos below to share a few memories from this exciting event. Then check back soon to our events calendar, for a summer, 2006, WorldFest is in the works. See you there!
The spring, 2006 WorldFest was sponsored in part by East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. We thank them for their continued support.
