{"id":1045,"date":"2011-09-10T19:48:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T02:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2019-05-30T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:02:54","slug":"international-heritage-festival-is-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/09\/10\/international-heritage-festival-is-a-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"International Heritage Festival is a hit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1046\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_0040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1046\" title=\"Halau Hula O Kanoelani\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_0040.jpg\" alt=\"Halau Hula O Kanoelani\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_0040.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_0040-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halau Hula O Kanoelani shares the spirit of Aloha at the International Heritage Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Heavy showers did little to dampen the spirits of those who came out to celebrate cultural awareness in the Antelope Valley Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is a spectacular event,\u201d said Rosa Fuller of Palmdale. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of talent out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuller, her husband, and son, joined more than 150 revelers at Poncitlan Square Saturday for an afternoon of dance, music, and entertainment featuring cultures from around the world. The 17<sup>th<\/sup> Annual International Heritage Festival kicked off with the Parade of Nations, where festival goers circled the park marching to the sounds of \u201cIt\u2019s A Small World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then entertainers representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds dazzled the audience. The Polynesian Dance Troupe, Halau Hula O Kanoelani, shared the spirit of Aloha through a mesmerizing dance set that included performers of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur youngest dancer is five and our oldest dancer is 66,\u201d said Director Lia Kamminga. \u201cWe are a very patriotic group as you can tell by our red, white and blue dresses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other crowd favorites included the Hithe Performing Arts Group, past AV Idol winner Nelson Jimenez, Mexican singer Luz Del Valle, the Amazing Grace Dance Ministries from Living Stone Cathedral, and the Folklorico Divas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the Folklorico dancers because it\u2019s a part of my culture,\u201d said Cindy Terriquez, attending the event with her sister Kristine. \u201cI like to see the other cultures too; I just like to see how everyone comes together as one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting when you can learn about the different cultures and try their foods,\u201d said Kristine Terriquez.<\/p>\n<p>Area restaurants were on hand to offer festival goers a sampling of ethnic foods.<\/p>\n<p>The event also featured about 50 different businesses and organizations who hosted informational booths to display their services.<\/p>\n<p>Midway through the event, pouring rains sent many event goers scrambling for cover on the stage underneath the bandstand. But organizers say this only made the event all the more memorable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all together as diverse people from the Antelope Valley, different cultures, different heritages, all on this stage together,\u201d said Elena Montgomery, Vice Chair of the Festival. \u201cOur goal was to promote unity, and we were successful in that because we are all together on this stage\u2026 we did exactly what we set out to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Heavy showers did little to dampen the spirits of those who came out to celebrate cultural awareness in the Antelope Valley Saturday. \u201cI think this is a spectacular event,\u201d said Rosa Fuller of Palmdale. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of talent out here.\u201d Fuller, her husband, and son, joined more than 150 revelers at Poncitlan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}