Bon Odori New Paltz Dance Festival

4th Annual
BON ODORI NEW PALTZ DANCE FESTIVAL
Step Toward a Nuclear Free Future
Sunday, August 3rd 2014, 11 AM-7 PM
Hasbrouck Park, New Paltz, NY
Admission Free ~ Rain or Shine

Dance, Music, Drumming, Japanese Martial Arts, Food, Local Businesses & Exhibitions

Tradition, Fun and Community Awareness

The Bon-Odori Dance Festival of New Paltz is a non-profit organization whose soul purpose is to spread the message of green-living community in a nuke free world. The Bon-Odori Dance Festival is a Japanese Buddhist tradition held in August to observe ‘Obon’, the ritual of remembering our ancestors and reconnecting with family and friends. The New Paltz Bon-Odori Dance Festival is the only one of it’s kind in the Hudson Valley and Upstate New York areas. In New Paltz we’ve expanded this exciting summer event to celebrate community, culture and the spirit of green living!

Volunteers Needed!

We love our volunteers, and there is always a need for more. Some of the work we do that could use more help includes community outreach, ad sales, coordinator of volunteers, public relations coordinator, and festival setup & breakdown crew. If you have some energy to spare for this terrific Festival, please email us at bonodorimail@gmail.com or call Youko Yamamoto at (845) 255-8811 or Lou Aubain at bonodorimail@gmail.com.

Tasks:
Bon-Odori New Paltz Dance Festival – present to 7/25/14
Volunteers needed as sales people for festival program advertising, vendor/exhibitor booths, sponsorships and donations, age 18+ who are personable, energetic and persistent, have own transportation, will train

On the day of the festival,
Bon-Odori New Paltz Dance Festival Sunday 8/3/14
Volunteers needed to setup (8-11AM)and breakdown (7-9PM) folding chairs and tables, tents and a small stage. Ages 16+.
Volunteers needed to operate an information booth to distribute programs and sell T-shirts and raffle tickets. Three shifts (11-2, 2-4, 4-7), age 18+

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There will be a great selection of world class dance & musical performances, Taiko drummings, Japanese martial arts demonstrations, food vendors, games, Japanese cultural presentations, and exhibitions for green living. Take a look at the complete schedule of events below.

The organizers are proud to take the opportunity at the Festival to promote the cause of reducing the use of nuclear power. Over the years, the world has faced the horrors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl and most recently the continuing nightmare of Fukushima. In the U.S., the 3 Mile Island mess was a wake-up call, but people quickly forget the basics. Nuclear power plants are incredibly expensive to build, regularly emit low level radiation, have unworkable evacuation plans, and have no viable solution for storing spent fuel rods. It could be argued that it is particularly bad when a structure that suffers damage from some unforeseen natural or man-made disaster is a nuclear power plant. Living in the shadow of Indian Point makes it hard to ignore the potential for catastrophe. It’s time to Rethink Energy for Greener Solutions.

For whatever you can do to support the Bon-Odori Festival we say aligato gozaimasu, which means ‘Thank you very much!’

More info:
http://www.bonodori.org/