Free event draws crowd in dowtown Sacramento.
Over 1,000 people attended the World Music and Dance Festival in Old Town Sacramento.
The event was part of a two-day celebration that began the previous night at the Memorial Auditorium.
The open-air event in Old Town Sacramento featured two dancing stages that allowed spectators to enjoy the diversity of live music and dancing from local performers.
Over 27 cultures were represented at the festival through information booths, singing, dancing, music, and custumes. From saris to kilts, spectators arrived wearing their own family's traditional costumes.
Sacramento is home to a very diverse population, and the festival allowed people to immerse themselves in other cultures.
The booths invited curious people in by offering quizes and hands-on projects, while other areas allowed people to get more physical. The second dancing stage offered an intimate experiece where cultural dancers would teach steps to dances and get the audience to join in and dance around the stage.
The Global Village was he first event put on by the World Music and Dance Festival. This event was the first annual cooperative festival involving so many cultural performance groups from the Sacramento area.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Low funds raised for volunteers
A three week long fundraiser is underway at the Yuba-Sutter youth soccer games, to raise mooney for new refferee uniforms.
Now in its second week of play, the youth leauge has been collecting funds as is cutomary each year.Parents and spectator will be charged $2 parking admission or donations of higer amount.
The games take place at the Feather River River Bottoms Fields, and at various schools in the Marysville, Yuba City, and Olivehurst.
Organizer where disapointed after the first game of the season showed a low parent turn out. The second game promised to be worse , only one of two lots had filled and there was nothing to indicate more cars would come.
High temperatures are preventing spectators from coming out to the games. This in turn affects the progress of the fundraising.
The proceeds from parking and admission are used to purchase uniforms for the volunteer referees of the league, and to pay for league cost .
Many parents blame the low turn out on the heat.
Parent, Cristina Arana, hopes that the last week of the fundraiser will benefit from a larger turnout. “The fundraiser is important to the league…and the low attendance and heat are negatively effecting the kids' desire to play in the league.”
Now in its second week of play, the youth leauge has been collecting funds as is cutomary each year.Parents and spectator will be charged $2 parking admission or donations of higer amount.
The games take place at the Feather River River Bottoms Fields, and at various schools in the Marysville, Yuba City, and Olivehurst.
Organizer where disapointed after the first game of the season showed a low parent turn out. The second game promised to be worse , only one of two lots had filled and there was nothing to indicate more cars would come.
High temperatures are preventing spectators from coming out to the games. This in turn affects the progress of the fundraising.
The proceeds from parking and admission are used to purchase uniforms for the volunteer referees of the league, and to pay for league cost .
Many parents blame the low turn out on the heat.
Parent, Cristina Arana, hopes that the last week of the fundraiser will benefit from a larger turnout. “The fundraiser is important to the league…and the low attendance and heat are negatively effecting the kids' desire to play in the league.”
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Students must balance school and work
CSUS students have to make choices when it comes to balancing work and school. CSUS student Raul Mejia, 24, is looking for a new part-time job. He had to quit his full-time summer job because it interfered with his class schedule. His employer could not cater to his scheduling needs, so Mejia made a choice that many students have to make every semester.
The majority of classes offered at CSUS fall between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and many classes only offer one section a semester. Many employers in the sacramento only offer positions from the typical 9:00-5:00 business hours.
The conflict between the hours available to students for both work and school leave them with choices that they have to make.
Students like Jose Villalobos, CSUS graduate student, have had to quit their jobs because they cannot work and attend classes at the same time. Villalobos is "living off of student loans right now" because it is "too hard to fit both in and still get A's."
Other students choose to work odd hours just to be able to attend school.
The majority of classes offered at CSUS fall between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and many classes only offer one section a semester. Many employers in the sacramento only offer positions from the typical 9:00-5:00 business hours.
The conflict between the hours available to students for both work and school leave them with choices that they have to make.
Students like Jose Villalobos, CSUS graduate student, have had to quit their jobs because they cannot work and attend classes at the same time. Villalobos is "living off of student loans right now" because it is "too hard to fit both in and still get A's."
Other students choose to work odd hours just to be able to attend school.
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