Shrewsbury Big Read Project Participation by NGF
NGF volunteers
participated in the BIG READ cultural festival, organized by the Shrewsbury's
Public Library in the month of April. This project honored the immigrant
experience in readings, dramatic performances, book and film discussions,
workshops in genealogy research, memoir writing and storytelling. The
Shrewsbury Public Librarywas awarded a grant to conduct a community-wide
reading project this coming spring. The grant was awarded to the Library
in conjunction with the Shrewsbury School Department, Council on Aging,
Parks and Recreation Department, the Friends of the Shrewsbury Library
and the Shrewsbury Library’s Adult Services Advisory Committee.
The project, based on a national model called The Big Read, was funded
by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with the
Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts
Midwest.
NGF put up an information booth and also participated in various activities
such as Language program, martial arts presentation and a solo dance performance.
Peo Nathan, President of NGF USA, brought his Taekwondo School (Jeong's USTC) demo team for a stunning performance of Korean martial art Taekwondo demonstrating various defending techniques and breaking boards.
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Christina Nirmala Nathan participated in the Language presentation program. She presented her mother tongue Tamil, and taught the audience how to say Library and Book in Tamil. Here is what she has to say about this festival: "The Cultural Festival held in conjunction with the Big Read Project by the Shrewsbury Public Library was a depiction of the various cultures that make up the new American Culture. It was a beautiful portrayal of the more recent immigrant population, their own version of the "American Apple Pie" and the metamorphosis of their culture as they settled here in the States. It was a wonderful, informative program." |
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We have sold earrings hand made by Lori Berkey to benefit Next Generation Foundation. |
We also had a wonderful Bharatanatyam performance Savithri by Amudha Pazhanisamy, one of Ms.Ranjini Saigal'sstudents, from her Eastern Rhythms dance school. |
