Parkrose High School, May 20th

Thank you to all who joined us for the heritage festival - we had around 250 attendees, with over 60 cast and crew members.

The Crossing East Heritage Festival is hosted by OPB's Alison Frost and Polo Cantalani, commentator for OPB and The Asian Reporter.

Carmela Lanza-Weil was an able director of the whole production, with MediaRites board member Sahni Samuelson as stage manager.

Kalabharathi Dancers

Artists included:

• Minh Tran & Company
• Dancer/Choreographer Chisao Hata
• The Cambodian Ramskey-Kamera Band
• Sivagami Vanka & dancers from the Kalabharathi School of Dance
• Singer Jim Chan & the Yat Sing Music Club
• Osanori Korean Drumming
• Bounsou Vongdeuane and Laotian musicians

The evening also featured Northwest history and cultural heritage through audio and video clips from the Crossing East radio series.

Chisao Hata Dances

OPB - Oregon Public Broadcasting
Parkrose High School
SUN - Schools Uniting Neighborhoods Program
CACO - Cambodian American Community of Oregon

Daran Kravanh and Cheat Nouth play during a slideshow of Crossing East interviewees