CULTURAL DIVERSITY FAIR

ON SUNDAY I WENT FROM CHURCH TO A CULTURAL DIVERSITY FAIR AT ELSIE ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT AT KJZY ON THE WEB. NOT MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED IT. THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 60 PEOPLE TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY - IT WAS A VERY PLEASANT AND WARM DAY. THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF MEXICAN DANCERS WHO WERE WEARING VIBRANT CLOTHING WITH LARGE FEATHER HEADDRESSES. THEY HAD A BAND WHO WERE PLAYING MEXICAN MUSIC AND THEY DANCED TO THE WONDERFUL TUNES OF MARIACHIS.

A HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND PLAYED AND WERE QUITE GOOD - THEY HAD CLARINETS DRUMS, A SLIDING TROMBONE, A TRUMPET, CLARINETS, A DRUM, AND GUITARS.

ANOTHER GROUP WAS A CHINESE DRUMMING GROUP WHO PLAYED TAIKO DRUMS WITH AN INTERESTING TUNE. THEY THEN ALL GOT TOGETHERFOR SOME CHINESE DANCING. FOUR OF THE GUYS THEN FORMED A 25 ' DRAGON. FOUR OF THE GUYS THEN FORMED 2 CHINESE LIONS WHO SNAPPED AT PEOPLE AS THEY DANCED AROUND THE ARENA. ANOTHER THREE CHINESE GIRLS DANCED TO SYNCOPATED RYTHM.

IT WAS INTERESTING THAT I MET A HEALER AND HERBALIST FROM UGANDA! HER INDEX FINGERS WERE JUST LIKE MINE - THEY CURVE OUTWARD. SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR SOME SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH NEEDED HEALTH AND MEDICINE AND MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE WAY WE CAN PLANT OUR FOODS. SHE SAID HER COUNTRY AND BELIEF WAS THAT WE REINCARNATE. WE DISCUSSED THAT FOR AWHILE AND WHAT HER COUNTRY WAS LIKE.