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Events at Saturday's International Night included a bazaar, food courts from Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, folk dances from Croatia, Bavaria and the Dominican Republic, and a performance by "Puerto Ricans on the Loose."
Pictured are dancers with the "Ziva Grana Hrvatske" (Living Branch of Croatia). People sang German Songs, toured the Netherlands, watched Thai dancing, tasted crepes, spoke foreign languages, made German pretzels and schnitzel, and Honduran tajadas fritas, travelled to Ireland, the Netherlands, China, Spain, Finland, Sweden.
Many from the community volunteered to take part in the annual event, including Dawson
Raymo, Dan and Kathy Bement, Bonnie Decker and Dick Boerman (pictured).
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International Night
The Puerto Rican dancers are Gricelidad and Lourdes
Rojas, Shaila Christian, Jahaira and Milagros Velazquez, and Audrey Buckland. The school
vocal jazz choir sang, and music was provided by Nate Thomas, Brady Lee and Sean Bailey.
In colonial America, people learned to
spin flax into linen; Glenn Call played a German alphorn; people made Honduran pinatas and
Puerto Rican beaded flags; others listened to music in the Russian Tea Room.
International Club members include: Martine Derks, Ben
Van Dijk, Paul Garland, Santos Gonzales, Jackie Hernandez, Johanna Krapichler, Myrnalis
Lopez, Olga Matveeva, Britta Nicksch, Lucianne Rosario, Victoria Rosario, Eva Slebel,
Hector Ubiles, Yesenia Ubiles.