A Celebration of our Community’s Cultural Riches

The Ethnic Heritage Council and Crossroads Shopping Center will present the Seventeenth Annual Cultural Crossroads Festival, November 3-4, at Crossroads Bellevue, located at NE 8th Street and 156th Avenue N.E. in Bellevue.  The festival will feature some of the area’s best ethnic entertainment on two stages, an international bazaar, and exhibits.  Admission is free. See the list of participating organizations' booths.

Festival hours:

• Saturday, November 3:  10am – 10pm
• Sunday, November 4:  11am – 6pm

Schedule subject to change

Saturday, November 3rd

Market Music Stage

11:00-12:00  Quichua Mashis – Music of the Andes
12:15-1:00  Urvasi Dance Company – Classical Odissi Dance from India
1:10-2:00  Rumba Kings – Music with Latin America, Caribbean & Spanish Reflections
2:15-3:15  Ocheami – Traditional Ghanaian Dance & Music
3:30-4:15  Wild Serenity Dance Tribe – Tribal Style Belly Dance Troupe
4:30-5:15  James Whetzel – Indian Fusion Music
5:30-6:45  Eduardo Mendonça & Show Brazil – Brazilian Music & Dance
7:30-10:00  Balkan Cabaret – Nostalgic Café Songs of the Balkans

Dance Stage

11:00-11:30 Zaphara’s Middle Eastern Dancers – Egyptian Cabaret Bellydance
11:45-12:15 United Studios of Self Defense – Demonstrations performed to Music
12:30-1:00  Baile Glas Irish Dancers – Traditional Irish Step Dance, Reels, Jigs & Hornpipes
1:15-1:45  Enzian Schuhplattler – German Bavarian & Austrian Folkdance and Schuhplattler
2:00-2:30  Asia Pacific Language School – APLS students sing Chinese & Japanese songs
2:45-3:30  Kabuki Academy – Traditional Japanese Kabuki Style Dance & Shamisen Music
3:45-4:15  Gavaghan Irish Dancers – Traditional Irish Solo and Figure Dances
4:30-5:15 Filipiniana – Traditional Folk Dances of the Philippines
5:30-6:00  Comerford School of Irish Dance – Traditional Irish Step Dancing
6:15-6:45  Main Street Cloggers – Traditional Appalachian Clogging
7:00-7:30  Jacquelina’s “Dances of Spain”

Sunday, November 4th

Market Music Stage

11:00-11:45  Quichua Mashis – Music of the Andes
12:00-12:50  Maggie Bennett - “Lore Legends, and Lyrics of Irish”
1:00-1:30  Varanam – Bharata Natyam Indian Classical Dance
1:40-2:15 Karavans Dance Troupe – Folk and Tribal Dances
from North Africa, Mid-East and Persia
2:30-3:30  Ruže Dalmatinke Orchestra – Music of Croatia and Bosnia
4:00-6:00   The Rouge & Noir Tango Orchestra with Tango Performance and Instruction
by Patty Leverett and Tango Fusion Dance Co.

Dance Stage

11:30-12:00 Daughters of the Wind – Middle Eastern Dance
12:15-12:45  Yang ChengFu Tai Chi Chuan Center – Performance of traditional movements
12:50-1:20  Shahrazad Middle Eastern Ensemble –
Dance From Egypt, Lavant, and Arabian Gulf States
1:30-2:15  Mexican American Association of Baile Folklorico – Mexican Folkloric Dance
2:30-3:15  Melody Institute – Chinese Ethnic, Traditional, Folk & Modern Dance
3:30-4:15  Kisbetyárok – Hungarian Family Dance Group
4:30-5:15  Radost Folk Ensemble – Adults & Children Perform Songs &
Dances of the Balkans
5:30-6:00 Bokréta Hungarian Dance Ensemble – Hungarian Folk Dance