Tag Archives: International Festival

Great Day at the Bowie International Festival

October 9, 2012 – 3:53 pm

I want to thank the au pairs who gave their time on Saturday, October 5 to provide children’s activities at the Bowie International Festival. Here are some photos.

City of Bowie International Festival is Tomorrow, 10/6

October 5, 2012 – 12:46 am

For the past several years our cluster has participated in the City of Bowie International Festival. It is a wonderful event that brings thousands of people from all over the area who want to sample a variety of cultures from around the globe. We provide free children’s activities. Some years our we have had over 700 children visit our booth!!!

It looks like we will have a nice fall day tomorrow and let’s hope the rain stays away.

Depending on when you stop by, you might join us to do one of the following:

writing your name in Thai
learning the colors in various languages
map games
flag games
temporary tattoos
getting your hand painted with the flag of Mexico, Italy, Peru, Colombia or Germany

The City of Bowie International Festival will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2012, 11 am-5pm at Allen Pond Park, Northview Drive, Bowie, MD 20716.

This event is FREE, Family-Friendly and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

Pictures from Bowie International Festival

October 5, 2011 – 2:29 pm

We had a cold, rainy day at the Bowie International Festival this year. Even in those less than perfect conditions, all of my fabulous ladies who volunteered to help showed up.

Click on the pictures to see them at full size.

International Festival Was Wonderful!

October 4, 2009 – 3:15 pm

We had a wonderful time at the 2009 City of Bowie International Festival. We were in our usual location right on the water and despite the forecast calling for rain, it turned out to be a perfect day for an outdoor festival. This is our 4th year signing on to provide free children’s activities. The initial estimates were that we had 800-900 children participating this year!

I think the festival gets better and better every year. We were fortunate to be near enough to the stage to see and hear some of the performances. They were amazing.

This year we had au pairs participating representing, Costa Rica, China, Germany, South Africa and Thailand.

Here are some photos…

Kattia from Costa Rica & Lizzie from Germany taking a break to pose for a photo

Little from Thailand showing the children how to write their name in Thai.

Ayanda from South Africa playing a map and geography game with a child.

Kattia from Costa Rica helping the children color some mariposas (butterflies)

Kattia & Lizzie having fun with with the children.

Lily from China and Laya from Thailand

Lebo from South Africa helping the children color butterflies & Lizzie from Germany playing a map and flag game.

Here are all of my International Festival Super Stars who gave their time on a Saturday afternoon to share their culture with children and help us fulfill our motto, “We Bring the World Together.”