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MIDDFEST WEEK ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
Exhibit Opening &
Reception
On Donham Plaza and in the
Middletown City Building
At the Middfest Site in
Downtown Middletown, Ohio
2:30 – 4:30 PM
Monday,
September 26 – Friday September 30, 2011
Peru Performers/Storytellers
Visit Schools, Universities, Libraries and other Venues.
Students Tour Exhibits
Thursday,
September 29, 2011
Miami University Middletown
Campus Celebration of Peru
Friday, September 30, 2011
Middfest International Peru
Ambassador Lunch
Wingate Meridian Conference
Center
7500 Tylers Place Blvd, West
Chester, Ohio 45069
2011
MIDDFEST SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, TO OCTOBER 2, 2011
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
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PERFORMING ARTS Performances on two outdoor
Stages and The Music Center in the City Bldg |
IN THE CITY BUILDING Archaeology, Culture,
History, Demonstrations, Films, Conversations, Music Center |
AROUND THE PLAZA Youth Park,
Religion/Pilgrimage, Literature & Language,
Science, Animals, World Bazaar, Wine
Garden, Food Court, Culinary
Demonstrations |
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OON |
AMBASSADOR’S
LUNCH: Luis Chang Boldrini |
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6:00 pm |
OPENING CEREMONY GREETINGS: Luis Chang Boldrini, Minister, Counselor, Head Public Diplomacy Embassy of Peru and Isabella Falco, Director of Country Image Peru. INTRODUCTIONS: All Peruvian Guests with short performances by Christian Navarro, Edward Perez African Peruvian Jazz Ensemble, Plaza Stage |
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7:00 pm |
Jim McCutcheon, Broad Street Stage |
ARCHAEOLOGY: The History of the World Heritage List
& the Inscription of Peruvian Sites, Douglas Comer, City Bldg, 3rd
Fl East (7:00-8:00) FILM
CENTER: MadeinUSA 2nd
Fl East, Conf Rm 2C (7:00-9:00) |
Holly Konkus, Balloons and
Face Painting, Youth Park Shimmy Cats, Wine
Garden |
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7:30 pm |
Southwestern
Ohio Symphonic Band, Plaza Stage |
CONVERSATIONS: Luis Chang Boldrini, Minister, Counselor,
Head Public Diplomacy, Embassy of Peru, City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf.
Room CULTURE: Demonstration Peruvian Artisan, City Bldg 4th
Fl (7:30-9:00) |
David Cook, Youth Park Holly Konkus, Balloons and
Face Painting, Youth Park LITERATURE/LANGUAGE: Poetry Readings in
Spanish & English, Fmr Sr.Citizens Bldg. |
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8:00 pm |
Los Embajadores Peruanos, Broad Street Stage |
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Holly Konkus, Balloons and Face Painting, Youth Park |
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8:30 pm |
Holy
Cross Marimba, Plaza Stage |
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Holly Konkus, Balloons and Face Painting, Youth Park |
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9:00 pm |
Will Fluke, Broad Street Stage |
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SATURDAY
OCTOBER 1, 2011
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PERFORMING ARTS Performances on two outdoor stages and The Music Center in the City Building |
IN THE CITY BUILDING Archaeology, Culture, History, Demonstrations, Films, Conversations, Music Center |
AROUND THE PLAZA Youth Park,
Religion/Pilgrimage, Literature & Language,
Science, Animals, World Bazaar, Wine
Garden, Food Court, Culinary Demonstrations |
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9:00 am |
Super Saturday Registration |
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ANIMAL
CENTER: Contestant Registration “Cute
as a Button Guinea Pig Pageant” |
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9:30 – Noon |
SUPER SATURDAY Oxford Gourd and Drum
Ensemble, Inca Son, Animal Center |
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SUPER SATURDAY Youth Park
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11:00 |
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ANIMAL
EXHIBIT: “Cute as a Button” Guinea Pig Pageant”, (11:00-3:00) |
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11:30 |
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12:00 p.m. |
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
Meet the Speakers, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (Noon-12: 30) FILM
CENTER: Blood & Treasure in Peru, 2nd
Fl East, Conf Rm 2C (12:00-1:00) |
CULINARY: Demonstration
(ongoing), Plaza |
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12:30 |
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
Rise of Civilizations in Ancient Peru, Luis Jaime Castillo de Butters,
City Bldg 3rd Fl East (12:30-1:30) |
Holly
Konkus, Balloons and Face Painting, Youth Park |
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1:00 |
Mecca Bodega, Plaza
Stage Los Embajadores, Broad
Street Stage |
DEMONSTRATION: Gourd Carving, Larry
Sherman, City Bldg, 4th
Fl FILM
CENTER: Golden Coach, 2nd Fl East, Conf
Rm 2C (1:00-3:00) |
Soccer (Football)
Competition Time & Place To Be
Announced |
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1:30 |
Art of Dance Academy, Plaza
Stage Christian Navarro, Broad
Street Stage Chas
Lauterback, Music Center |
CONVERSATIONS: Growing
Up in Peru, Panel Coordinator. Carmen Ullmer, City Bldg 2nd
Fl Conf. Room ARCHAEOLOGY:
South Coast Chiefdoms: Paracas, Nasca & the Mystery of the Nasca Lines,
Helaine Silverman City Bldg 3rd Fl East (1:30-2:30) |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Poetry Readings in Spanish & English, Fmr Sr Citizens Bldg. |
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2:00 |
Thai Cultural & Fine
Arts Performers, Plaza Stage Edward Perez
African-Peruvian Jazz Ensemble, Broad Street Stage |
CULTURE: Demonstration
Peruvian Artisan, City Bldg 4th Fl (2:00-4:00) |
CULINARY: Demonstration
(ongoing), Plaza RELIGION/PILGRIMAGE, Soy Andina, (Film), Q&A
with Film Director Mitchell
Teplitsky (2:00-4:30) Mound |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 (Continued)
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2:30 |
Holy Cross Marimba, Plaza
Stage Jim
McCutcheon, Music Center |
CONVERSATIONS: Women’s
Coop: Improving the Quality of Life for Families, Speaker: Sr. Mary
Barbara Philippart, Sisters of Charity, City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf. Room ARCHAEOLOGY:
Roundtable Discussion:
World Heritage Sites in Peru: Defining & Managing the Patrimonio
Nacional, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (2:30-3:30) |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Francisco Pizarro: Conquest from
Spain’s Perspective, Hank Fincken, Fmr
Sr Citizen Bldg |
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3:00 |
Indonesian Dancers, Plaza
Stage |
FILM
CENTER: Altiplano, 2nd Fl East,
Conf Rm 2C (3:00-5:00) |
ANIMAL
EXHIBIT: Winners Announced: “Cute as a
Button” Guinea Pig Contest David
Cook, Youth Park |
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3:30 |
Inca Son, Plaza Stage Art of Dance Academy, Broad
Street Stage Holy
Cross Marimba, Music Center |
CONVERSATIONS:
Luis Chang Boldrini, Minister, Counselor, Head Public Diplomacy, Embassy
of Peru City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf. Room |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Don Quixote: the Surprising Peruvian
Connection, Thom & Sharon
Williamson, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg |
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4:00 |
OGADA, Broad Street
Stage |
ARCHAEOLOGY:
Kingdoms & States on the North Coast: Mochica & Chimu, Luis
Jaime Castillo de Butters, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (4:00-5:00) DEMONSTRATION: Gourd
Carving, Larry Sherman, City Bldg, 4th Fl |
Jim McCutcheon, Youth
Park CULINARY: Demonstration
(ongoing), Plaza |
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4:30 |
Christian Navarro, Plaza
Stage Thai Cultural & Fine
Arts Performers, Broad Street Stage |
CONVERSATIONS: Peruvians
through the eyes of an American, Tim DeHart, City Bldg 2nd
Fl Conf.
Room |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Poetry Readings in Spanish &
English, Fmr SrCitizen Bldg |
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5:00 |
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
The Inca Model of Empire: Of One Law & One Birth, Susan Elizabeth
Ramirez, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (5:00-6:00) CULTURE: Demonstration
Peruvian Artisan, Cty Bldg 4th Fl (5:00-7:00) FILM
CENTER: MadeinUSA, 2nd Fl East,
Conf Rm 2C (5:00-7:00) |
RELIGION/PILGRIMAGE, "El Senor de los
Milagros" Procession, Starts at Mound, ends on Plaza (5:00-5:30) Inca Son, Youth Park |
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5:30 |
OGADE,
Music Center LL Los Embajadores Peruanos,
Broad Street Stage |
CONVERSATIONS: What
makes Peru unique, Isabella Falco, Director of Country Image Promotion, City Bldg 2nd
Fl Conf. Room |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Don Quixote: the
Surprising Peruvian Connection,
Thom & Sharon Williamson, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg |
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6:00 |
Art of Dance Academy, Plaza
Stage Indonesian Dancers,
Broad Street Stage |
ARCHAEOLOGY:
Building an Empire: Inca Wars, Inca Performances, Larry Coben, City
Bldg 3rd Fl East (6:00-7:00) |
CULINARY: Demonstration
(ongoing), Plaza |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 (Continued)
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6:30 |
Inca
Son, Music Center |
CONVERSATIONS: The Trilingual
School: Chinese struggle for educational opportunities in Peru, Sr. Mary
Barbara Philippart, Sisters of Charity, City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf. |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Francisco Pizarro:
Conquest from Spain’s Perspective,
Hank Fincken, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg Shimmy Cats, Wine Garden |
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7:00 |
Holy Cross Marimba, Plaza
Stage Thai Cultural & Fine
Arts Performers, Broad Street Stage |
DEMONSTRATION: Gourd
Carving, Larry Sherman, Cty Building 4th Fl (7:00-8:00) FILM
CENTER: Aguirre-Wrath of God, 2nd
Fl East, Conf Rm 2C (7:00-9:00) |
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7:30 |
Edward Perez
African-Peruvian Jazz Ensemble, Plaza Stage |
CONVERSATIONS: Destination
Peru, Ylan Chrem, City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf. Room |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Don Quixote: the
Surprising Peruvian Connection,
Thom & Sharon Williamson, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg |
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8:00 |
Mecca Bodega, Plaza
Stage (8:00-9:00) |
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Shimmy Cats, Wine Garden |
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8:30 |
Protocol
Band
Broad Street
Stage
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9:00 |
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SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 2, 2011
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PERFORMING ARTS Performances on two outdoor stages and The Music Center in the City Building |
IN THE CITY BUILDING Archaeology, Culture,
History, Demonstrations, Films, Conversations, Music Center |
AROUND THE PLAZA Youth Park,
Religion/Pilgrimage, Literature & Language,
Science, Animals, World Bazaar, Wine
Garden, Food Court, Culinary Demonstrations |
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ARCHAEOLOGY: Meet the Speakers, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (Noon-12: 30) |
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12:30 PM |
Indonesian Dancers, Plaza
Stage |
ARCHAEOLOGY: Neo-Incanism:
Appropriating the Past, Helaine Silverman, City Bldg 3rd Fl
East (12:30-1:30) |
Jim McCutcheon, Youth
Park LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Don Quixote: the Surprising Peruvian Connection, Thom & Sharon Williamson, Fmr Sr
Citizen Bldg |
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1:00 |
Edward Perez
African-Peruvian Jazz Ensemble Plaza Stage Thai Cultural & Fine Arts Performers, Broad Street Stage |
CULTURE:
Demonstration Peruvian Artisan, Cty
Bldg 4th Fl (7:30-9:00) (1:00-3:00) FILM
CENTER: Blood & Treasure in Peru, 2nd
Fl East, Conf Rm 2C (1:00-2:00) |
CULINARY: Demonstration (ongoing), Plaza |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011 (Continued)
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1:30 |
Holy
Cross Marimba, Plaza Stage Art of Dance Academy, Broad
Street Stage Jim
McCutcheon, Music Center |
CONVERSATIONS: Growing
Up in Peru, Panel Coordinator Carmen Ullmer, City Bldg 2nd
Fl Conf. Room ARCHAEOLOGY:
Roundtable Discussion: A History of Archaeology in Peru & Its Future,
City Bldg 3rd Fl East (1:30-2:30) |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Francisco Pizarro: Conquest from Spain’s Perspective, Hank Fincken, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg RELIGION/PILGRIMAGE, Soy Andina, (Film), Q&A
with Film Director Mitchell
Teplitsky (1:30-4:00) Mound Holly Konkus, Balloons and Face Painting, Youth Park |
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2:00 |
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FILM CENTER: Golden Coach, 2nd Fl East, Conf Rm 2C (2:00-4:00) |
David
Cook, Youth Park LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Quechua & Andean Indigenous Languages, Lauren Whitmer, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg, (2:00-3:00) |
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2:30 |
Academy
of Dance (former Deweese), Plaza Stage Indonesian
Dancers, Broad Street Stage Charles
Lauterback, Music Center |
CONVERSATIONS: What
makes Peru Unique, Isabella Falco, Director of Country Image Promotion, City Bldg 2nd
Fl Conf. Room ARCHAEOLOGY: Sustainable Development in Peru: Creating Jobs, Protecting Sites, Larry Coben, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (2:30-3:30) |
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3:00 |
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CULINARY: Demonstration
(ongoing), Plaza LITERATURE/LANGUAGE:
Deep Rivers & Peruvian Literature Discussion, Lauren Whitmer, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg, (3:00-4:00) |
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3:30 |
Ark
Band, Plaza Stage (3:30-4:30) Inca
Son, Music Center Los
Embajadores, Broad Street Stage |
CONVERSATIONS:
Luis Chang Boldrini, Minister, Counselor, Head Public Diplomacy, Embassy
of Peru, City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf. Room ARCHAEOLOGY:
Toponyms: How Place Names Recover Native History in Peru, Susan
Ramirez, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (3:30-4:30)) |
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4:00 |
Christian Navarro, Broad Street Stage |
CULTURE:
Demonstration Peruvian Artisan, Cty
Bldg 4th Fl (4:00-6:00) FILM CENTER: Altiplano, 2nd Fl East, Conf Rm 2C (4:00-6:00) |
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4:30 |
Art
of Dance Academy, Plaza Stage |
CONVERSATIONS: The
Trilingual School: Chinese Struggle for Educational Opportunities in Peru,
Dr. Mary Barbara, Sisters of Charity, City Bldg 2nd Fl Conf. Room ARCHAEOLOGY: FILM/DISCUSSION: Secret of the Incas, City Bldg 3rd Fl East (4:30-5:00) |
LITERATURE/LANGUAGE: Francisco Pizarro: Conquest from Spain’s Perspective, Hank Fincken, Fmr Sr Citizen Bldg |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011 (Continued)
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5:00 |
Los
Embajadores Peruanos, Broad
Street Stage Mecca
Bodega, Plaza Stage |
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5:30 |
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RELIGION/PILGRIMAGE, "El Senor de los
Milagros" Procession, Starts at Mound, ends on Plaza (5:30-6:00) |
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6:00-8:00 |
EXHIBITS CLOSE FOR THE FINALE Inca
Son, Hank Fincken, Christian Navarro, Edward Perez African/Peruvian Jazz
Ensemble Los Embajadores Peruanos, Plaza Stage |
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On the Plaza:
Start your journey through Peru at Middfest International in the Literature/Language Center where you can get your “Travel Guide” and pilgrimage stations card to guide your trip around the plaza. Collect your stamps and at the end of your time at the Peru Celebration, return to Literature/Language Center to enter the drawing for your trip and then to the mound for your treat. See Around the Plaza for all the ongoing activities