Apaha Festival 2010 May 22, 2010
Houston, Texas 77010
The APAHA festival is located in Discovery Green Park (near Downtown Houston and George R. Brown Convention Center, Minute Maid Park and Toyota Center).
The Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association (http://www.apaha.org) was formed in 1992 to "promote awareness and increase understanding of the Asian/Pacific American culture and its diversity through education and celebration, focusing on May, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), and continuing throughout the year."
This year, APAHA celebrates the theme "One World, May Cultures".
The festival is FREE to the public and there will be various food and beverages for purchase available at booths located at the festival.
In addition to performances at the main event area - the Anheuser-Busch Stage and the Fondren Foundation Performance Space, there will be a variety of food vendors, non-profit organizations, and an exciting children's area provided for attendees to visit, speak with, and enjoy at this spectacular festival. So far included in the festival's performance headliners are: amazing acrobatic stunts performed by the Soaring Phoenix Lion Dragon Dance Association, Chinese cultural dances, Hailing from Hawaii ,an exhibition of Pacific Islander culture and music will be showcased by the Makaha Sons.
Updated: Performance Schedule
11:30 PM Color Guard/Pledge of Allegiance/Star Spangled Banner
12:00 PM Dragon/Lion Dance - China
Amazing acrobatic stunts and visually stunning costumes and movement, the Soaring Phoenix Lion Dragon Dance Association is considered one of the top three lion/dragon dance associations in Houston.
12:30 PM Thai Boxing
1:45 PM Afternoon Headliner: Da-Guan Dance Group - Taiwan
From National Taiwan University of Arts - The Department of Dance
http://www.ntua.edu.tw/~dance/
Chinese cultural dances developed through thousands of years of practice and refinement, The Da- Guan Dance Troupe consisting of around 20+ performers will dazzle with their performance and native dresses.
2:45 PM Dhol Beat - Indian Drums
3:00 PM Da-Guan Dance Group - Taiwan
4:00 PM Manutahi - Tahiti
4:30 PM Tropical Rhythms - Philippines
5:00 PM Aloha Pele - Polynesia
5:30 PM Anjali Dance - India
5:45 PM Indonesian Dance
6:00 PM Taekwondo - Korea
6:30 PM Anjali Dance Company - India
6:45 PM Indonesian Dance
7:00 PM Evening Headliner: Makaha Sons
Hailing all the way from Hawaii ,exclusively for the APAHA Festival, an exhibition of Pacific Islander culture and music will be showcased by the Makaha Sons (www.makahasons.com).
Added by kim t on May 9, 2010
Comments
Jill M
Terrible and disorganized. This wasn't much of a festival. Maybe I got there too early but there was nobody walkign around. The event starts at noon but you can;t tell with the low audience. It was a beautiful saturday but too hot to walk so far to the food booths. Why'd they spread the vendors so far away from the stage?? I rather jsut enjoy a burger from the lakehouse. I left early and drove back to see if the festival finally started (around 5-6pm) but many of the vendors were packing up and leaving. There was a row that was completely empty! Not much of an event. Poorly planned. I willnot like go to another Apaha festival. The lunar festivals were better.