Education and Outreach
APPLY FOR EXPLORE ASIA & GATEWAY TO ASIA 2008
In 2007, we introduced a new and exciting feature of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival -- Explore Asia. In Explore Asia, you can visit Asian communities and learn about their culture, without ever taking a flight over the Pacific. Last year, we featured exhibits, the chance to meet community members, and performances on an 
intimate stage.
Gateway to Asia, one of the most popular areas of each year's Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, is a key educational component of the event. It's where audiences can share with and learn about Asian Pacific American culture close-up and personal, through entertaining performances and demonstrations.
We're now seeking proposals from Asian community organizations who want to share their culture in Explore Asia, and groups that want to perform in Gateway to Asia during the 2008 festival, July 26-27. The Gateway theme for this year is the rich variety of cultural ceremonies in APA traditions -- weddings, courtships, funerals and holidays. Note: ethnic organizations could be either in Gateway or Explore Asia, but not both. We need to have as many opportunities as possible to showcase different ethnic representations.
Click here to download and print out the Explore Asia Request for Proposal and Application form.
Click here to download and print out the Gateway to Asia Request for Proposal and Application form. (You may need to download Adobe's free PDF Reader.) Hurry -- applications must be postmarked by April 25, 2008.