June 5: Portland Buddhist Festival @ Colonel Summers Park
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Unity and Diversity
A Buddhist Festival in the Park
June 5, 2010, 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
Colonel Summers Park
SE 17th and Taylor, Portland, Oregon
http://portlandbuddhistfestival.blogspot.com/
Schedule
- 11 am: Tabling by participating groups, food vendors, Buddhist goods vendors: available through the day
- 12 noon: Opening Ceremony
- 12:15: Community presentations (all Buddhist communities present are invited to take a few minutes to introduce themselves to the audience)
- 1:30 pm: Keynote speaker: Gyokuko Carlson, Dharma Rain Zen Center
- 2:15 pm: Unity and Diversity Candle Ceremony
- 2:45 pm: Panel Discussion: Rev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs, Oregon Buddhist Temple; Domyo Burk, Dharma Rain Zen Center; Gregory Satir, Portland Friends of the Dhamma; Dr. James Blumenthal, Maitripa College.
- 4:00 pm: Closing Dedication
- Free prize drawing
- Japanese Fan Dance to Ifu Dodo: Youth Division, with youth band and jazz band from SGI Portland
Children's Pavilion Schedule
- 12:15 pm: Storytime with Craft by Cynthia Pietrak Wong
- 1:15 pm: Scavenger Hunt and Cooperative Games
- 2:15 pm: Unity and Diversity Candle Ceremony
- 3:15 pm: Storytime with Craft by Heidi Enji Hoogstra
- 4:00 pm: Closing
