Come get your ladybug! A ladybug---an international symbol of good luck---will be given to all visitors on Diversity Day.
Annandale is hosting a cultural tour of Asia featuring music and cultural delights from India, Korea, Afghanistan, China and Sri Lanka. This celebration of music, dance and crafts on is occuring on Saturday, April 18 at Hidden Oaks Nature Center's
fifth annual Celebrating Diversity Children's Day. The event starts at one o'clock and lasts until four in the afternoon. The cost is only $6 per person.
The event features:
- Dancers and percussionists from the
India International School in Falls Church;
- The Washington Korean Dance
Company;
- ErHu, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, music;
- Hawaiian dancers and musicians;
- Sri Lankan songs and sitar;
- Korean Sword Dancers;
- Korean Fan Dancing;
- Stories from the Hawaiian Islands
expressed in music and hula dance;
- "Bollywood" style Indian dancers performing classical, folk and cultural
pieces.
Reservations and advance payment are required. Contact Hidden Oaks Nature
Center at 7701 Royce Street in Annandale with questions or to make reservations. You can call them at 703-941-1065 for a schedule of events.