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News Release</span></b> </p>
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Contact: Michael G. Gaffney, APR<br>
Vice President, Marketing<br>
Office: 330-643-5532<br>
Cell: 330-701-8080</span><p>
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Date: May 22, 2013</span></p>
<p><b><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Arial">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
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</font><font face="Arial" size="5">ETHNIC ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR
GLOBAL VILLAGE FESTIVAL </font></b>
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(AKRON, OHIO) — The Global Village Festival is seeking local
artists, musicians and musical acts with ethnic fusion to
participate at this fall’s 2nd Annual Event on Saturday,
September 14 at Lock 3 Park in Downtown Akron.<br>
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The Global Village Festival of Greater Akron is a
celebration of international and ethnic diversity in our
community. This event will highlight the dynamics of the
cultural diversity in our modern urban environment, and is
designed to enable distinctive cultural expressions –
including performances, exhibitions, international cuisine,
and much more.<br>
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Performers in a variety of categories, including music,
instrumental music, theater, dance, storytelling/puppetry,
martial arts, and more are encouraged to apply. The
application form can be found online at
<a href="http://www.akrongvf.org/participate.htm">
www.akrongvf.org/participate.htm</a>. <br>
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Performers will be selected based on the quality of their
performance and the ability to represent the ethnicity
specified on the application. Typically, each act will
perform for 20 to 30 minutes and will perform only once
unless other arrangements have been made with the Festival
Committee. Larger groups may perform up to 45 minutes if
approved by Festival Committee.<br>
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The Global Village Festival of Greater Akron is a free
community event. All performers are asked to donate their
time and talent. A sliding scale has been created to help
cover some costs that might be incurred by performers. Acts
are permitted and encouraged to have their merchandise
available for sale to festival attendees, however, they must
complete a Vendor Application prior to the event. All
performers must meet the requirements as set by the City of
Akron.<br>
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According to Global Village Festival coordinator Helena
Larios, “One of the great parts of this event is the wide
variety of entertainment that our attendees will see. All
types of artists, from traditional to modern and from music
to dance to performance art are encouraged to apply. Our
committee members are bringing some performers to our
attention, but there are certainly many that we don’t know
about and we don’t want to miss them.”<br>
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Summit County’s international and ethnic diversity is an
extremely important community asset that can enrich and
enlarge our collective world view. The Global Village
Festival is an international culture festival that will help
foster a greater awareness and appreciation for the
diversity that exists in Summit County. Those who attend
will leave the festival with knowledge, contacts, and
resources that they can develop and nurture into meaningful
connections.<br>
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The purpose of this event is to unite people from all
cultures - celebrating our commonalities and differences
through performing arts, music, dance, song, authentic
ethnic foods, visual arts, interactive & educational
exhibits and a global marketplace. </font></p></td>
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<td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Festival Committee Coordinator<br>Global Village Festival of Greater Akron<br>90 N Prospect Ave. Akron, Ohio 44304<br>234-738-4410<br><a href="http://www.akrongvf.org/" target="_blank">http://www.akrongvf.org/</a><br>
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