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University Lally Kansan Tuesday, March 9, 1965
Groups Beginning Plans For International Festival
By Lacy Banks
The organization wheel for the 12th Annual International Festival is already well greased and ready for rolling according to Prakash Nagori, India sophomore and publicity chairman for the event.
The festival will be at 8 p.m.
April 17 in Hoch Auditorium.
"We have decided that we are going to have a much better program this year," Nagori said. "There will be no fashion show or exhibits; we will concentrate more on stage programs like skits and song fests."
THE PROGRAM WAS started by the office of foreign students advisors and is still financed by them, Clarke Coan, assistant dean of men and foreign student advisor, said.
"The initial purpose has not changed," Dean Coan continued. "It is to provide Americans with an idea of different cultural activities around the world—their songs and their dances."
In the past it has had exhibits and fashion shows along with the evening performances, he said, but it was a lot of extra work and this year the students may do without them.
"We ARE GOING to drop the exhibits and fashion show," Nagori said. "We are going to have only stage programs. The large groups that are able will present skits lasting about 15 minutes. Small countries that are unable to stage a full scale skit will present a short in-between-acts skit or musical number."
There will be four rehearsals this year, Nagori said. The first tryout will be March 21, Groups wishing to participate are encouraged to come to this initial tryout session and present their skits for acceptance.
About out of town guests, Nagori said American families, living in nearby towns, who are hosting foreign students will receive special invitations. The admission is free.
"ONE THING that we are lacking." Nagori continued, "is the presentation of an American skit. We would feel that our program would be rather incomplete without one so we are making an appeal for any American group desiring to prepare a skit and to present it at our first tryout meeting."
The festival usually draws about from 100 to 1,200 people, Dean Coan said. Last year 1,400 were present, to watch the 75 to 100 foreign students perform their skits. American students in the People-to-People and the International clubs usually participate in the planning.
"I'm really searching for as many new ideas as possible." Nagori said.
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"I THINK THAT this festival is not only a good way of showing American students elements of our culture, but an opportunity for foreign students to share with foreign students also," Jose O. Campo, Filipino graduate student, said.
"It is also a good way of unifying foreign students at KU because we work together as a group and we don't care about where each other came from," he continued.
"Last year we won first prize for our booth and the African Club won first place for all skits," he continued. "This year we are going to concentrate all our energy on our skit. We are going to have guitar solos, dances and vocal music with about 20 people, including nurses from the medical school in Kansas City."
Josiah Brown, Liberia senior and president of the African Club, said the club would decide to do something concerned with singing traditional tribal songs in general but what I won't know until our next meeting this weekend.
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