We are excited to announce the next KORUS Festival will be September 14, 15, & 16, 2012, at Bull Run Park in Virginia. The planning has started, and these 3 days will be filled with cultural and entertainment activities.
The performers and events are being lined up, including kimchi-making demonstrations, music from local and international performers, and more!
The 9th annual KORUS festival ended a short time ago, after 3 days of exciting and entertaining performers, dozens of vendors offering tasty food, Korean music CD’s & posters, and more.
Clips, photos, and stories from this year’s festival will be online over the next few weeks and months. The organizers at the Korean American Association of Greater Washington thank all of the sponsors, volunteers, community members, and others who made this event possible.
Planning for the next festival has already started, along with other events in-between before next fall. See you next year!
Some of the highlights from yesterday’s KORUS festival are in the video below.
The video can also be viewed here – 9th KORUS Festival – Saturday.
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The festival’s first night was a successful blending of cultures. Walking along the street with the vendors was similar to walking in the shopping neighborhoods of Seoul.
The performers all gave their best, and the crowd seemed to clap and cheer louder as the night wend on.
The 9th KORUS Festival has started with drumming, speakers, and more. Many vendors are here selling food, and there is plenty of (free!) parking.
At times during this weekend, there will be a live video stream of the festival available here: KORUS Festival UStream. Clips will also be archived there.
Photos: opening drumming, and warmup by King of ConneXionZ (Facebook page).
Tonight there was the final planning meeting for this weekend’s 9th KORUS Festival. The meeting, held in a mix of Korean and English, was followed up by a dinner at a local restaurant.
The stage, performers, volunteers, and other details have all been set. Well, not the stage… it will be set up on Friday. But the stage schedule is packed with three nights (and two days) of performances, contests, and more.
All of the booths have been spoken for at this point – over 100! So, organizing details like parking and trash pickup are important for making the event experience a success.
Get it now on the KORUS Festival page or click the image below.
Last week some of the performers attended a planning meeting. The photo on this page is some of the people who attended. The performers are ready to entertain us next weekend!
Today there was a meeting of the volunteers that will help make the festival happen.
The meeting was part introduction, and part training. There are duties to perform, such as parking help, trash pickup, and helping organize the performers. While wearing the volunteer t-shirt (the uniform), the volunteers are “on duty” and are representing the festival. When they are off-duty, they can relax and enjoy the shows.
The photo below is of some of the volunteers and festival organizers. If you are interested, here is the page to volunteer.
