Festival of Sharing Roots 200910:19AM / Monday, August 10, 2009
 | | Dancers representing different cultures are expected to participate during a Sept. 13 "Festival of Sharing Roots" in Pittsfield. |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - The 6th annual "Festival of Sharing Roots" will be on held Sunday, September 13, 2009 from 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM. The rain date will be Sunday, September 20th. It will be held on the parish grounds at 414 North Street, Pittsfield, MA.
This event is hosted by St. Joseph Parish. It highlights the many cultures that comprise the parish community. Key to organizing the festival six years ago was to bring people together after the 9/11 tragedy in a peaceful way and recognizes the diversity of people and families working together, having fun, sharing customs, food and heritage. The event has been a huge success for the past five years and we are looking forward to another great year.
Admission is free. Entertainment begins at 12:30 PM featuring local vocalists, dancers and musicians. Continuous performances will take place on the City Stage accompanied by a professional sound system. The festival will have food concessions representing nine international cuisines each serving their favorite specialty.
Those represented are American, Brazilian, French, Irish, Italian, Latino, Lebanese, Polish, and Vietnamese. Once again there will be Kiddy Land with Mr. Bouncy Bounce, face painting and games for everyone. We are offering the traditional food basket raffle, Chinese raffle and lottery ticket raffle. A White Elephant tag sale will take place in the church driveway. To allow more crafters the opportunity to participant, the craft area is being expanded.
For additional information call St. Joseph Parish at 413 445 5789. |
