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For Immediate Release
March 26, 2010

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Nicholas Mascari
(585) 395-2754
nmascari@brockport.edu

International Students Bring the World to Brockport

8th Annual International Festival Spotlights Students

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Students enact Kubuki play Geppo and His Daughter Tsuji.

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Music by senior Aaron Murante welcomed guests.

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Ly Nguyen, president of the International Student Organization

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Colorful and tasty spring rolls introduced the international menu

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MC George Buchukuri (l) and Alex Alexandrov, broadcast operations, discuss introductions. Alex performed a Bulgarian folk dance suite on the accordion.

The Seymour Union Ballroom could have been mistaken for the lobby of the United Nations on Thursday (March 25) as the 8th annual International Festival spotlighted Brockport�s international students along with their cultures and cuisines.

The audience of several hundred were welcomed by international student MCs Aysha Harrop and George Buchukuri, along with the International Student Organization president Ly Nguyen, and Leah Barrett, assistant vice president of enrollment management and student affairs.

Entertainment included Kabuki theater, Indian and Mexican dance, Bulgarian folk tunes, Vietnamese music; and a dance choreographed by student Jason Arych, performed by international dance majors and dedicated to the victim of the recent earthquake in Haiti. (in addition, proceeds from the event�s silent auction also went to Haitian earthquake relief.)

The International Festival was sponsored by Brockport�s International Student Organization, the College-Wide Diversity Committee, the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, and the Office of Leadership and Community Development.

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