Get ready for a great time and a day filled with one event after another.
The City of Henderson will celebrate their heritage as they have since 1950 with their signature parade.
This years parade theme is "Around the World."
The day will begin with the
Mayor's Breakfast from 8:00am to 9:00am on the Convention Center Lawn. The breakfast is free. We welcome donations with proceeds to benefit HopeLink.
The Heritage Parade beginning at 10:00am will be the highlight of the day, and will travel from Ocean Avenue to Victory Road down Water Street. Following the parade will be the Parade Awards Ceremony.
The Classic Car Show starts at 12:00pm until 5:00pm ending with The Classic Car Award Ceremony. It will be located along Water Street from Basic Road to Atlantic Avenue.
During and after all this excitement the Festival, produced by International Food & Folklife, will be taking place.
Plan on spending the entire day, there will be fun and entertainment for the whole family.
Enjoy having a great time with your friends and neighbors while you experience the traditions as well as foods of many cultures. Included will be traditional folk arts and folkways such as music, dance, crafts as well as the food of different nations. There will be food vendors representing Korea, Mexico, Phillipines, India, China, Italy, Germany, Malaysia, Peru, Japan, Hawaii, Romania, Irish and Scottish.
The Convention Center will be open and full of interesting crafts and demonstrations. Some of the demonstrators will be the following.
Cultural Craft & Demonstrating Artist Booths:
*Gerry Hackney - Asian inspired jewelry
*Ivy Mak - Chinese paper cutting, calligraphy, tea sets & beading
*Rucky Moten - Temporary Henna tattoos
*Joyce Kasedy - Ukrainian Easter Eggs (a 3,000 yr. old art)
*Genara Perez - Tapestry, hats, bags, hand made sweaters
*Supatra Chemprachum - 32 Barbie & friends in Thai costume
*Alyson Godfrey & Carolyn Shiroma - Handmade jewelry
*Charles Herring - Hawaiian T-leaf, featherwork & lei making
*Jean Perry - Colonial Handmade soaps
*Irma Delgado - Columbian jewelry
Amphitheater Performances:
12:30 - 12:50 p.m. - Native American -Horse Creek Intertribal Dancers
1:00 - 1:20 p.m. - India Dance Demo
1:30 - 1:50 p.m. -Kerala Assoc. of LV (India)
2:00 - 2:20 p.m. - Peru Dance Demo
2:30 - 2:50 p.m. - Hawaiian
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. - China Dance Demo
3:30 - 3:50 p.m. - Mexico Vivo Dance Company
4:00 - 4:20 p.m. - Mexico Dance Demo
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Scholar & raffle winners
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Wild Celts
Plaza Performances:
Noon - 12:20 p.m. - Lion Dancers
12:50 - 1:10 p.m. - Western African Dancer Antonette Stanton
1:20 - 1:40 p.m. - Chinese egg roll Food Demo
1:50 - 2:10 p.m. - German/American Social Club Dancers
2:20 - 2:40 p.m. - Mexico Food Demo
2:50 - 3:10 p.m. - Karma (Latin)
3:20 - 3:40 p.m. - Italy Kanoli Food Demo
3:50 - 4:10 p.m. - Egyptian Belly Dancers
4:20 - 4:40 p.m. - Thai Fruit Carving Food Demo
4:50 - 5:10 p.m. - Japanese Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko
