2011 Marketplace Exhibitors

 
Shopping in the CDBF Marketplace every year is like shopping at a dream bazaar with merchants from every corner of Asia and the Pacific (and beyond). You’ll always find a fascinating array of gifts, art, home decorating items, jewelry, fashion and fun toys for kids of all ages, all with the ethnic emphasis that makes CDBF unique among summertime festivals.

So take the time to browse our annual bazaar, and support the non-profit organizations that want to share their information with you.

Here’s a list of the 2011 Marketplace Exhibitors:

EXHIBITORS

An Asian Feel

Pan-Asian | Gifts, furniture, cards, shoji screens | www.anasianfeel.com
We are proud to be a part of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival for the past nine years. We enjoy the people, the races and the Asian Pacific community. We have always been treated well and hope to enjoy our tenth year with you. We have a number items from samurai swords to shoji screens and everything in between. It will be a pleasure to provide a great market experience for everyone.

Asian Trade Winds

Indonesian | Sarongs, wood carvings, jewelry, chopsticks, clothing
Asian Trade Winds is looking forward to our 7th year with the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival. We are a small family company that offers a beautiful and unique assortment of hand picked goods from Thailand and Indonesia. Our products include sarongs, wood carvings from fourth generation carvers, jewelry, incense, clothing, hair accessories and artwork.

Boulder and Beyond

Clothing and jewelry
I have my own business that started seven years ago designing and sewing woman’s and children’s clothing. I worked out of my house making my products and selling them at craft shows and festivals. For the past four years I have had a store in Boulder. In addition to the clothes that I design, I now sell various products from India, Nepal, and Tibet.

Bushido Designs

Japanese | Japanese design T-shirts, samurai posters | www.bushidodesigns.com
T-shirt designs are taken from actual antique (1850s) Japanese woodblock prints. Most are samurai prints originally drawn by Kuniyoshi and Yopshitoshi. The swords I bring include children’s toy swords, wooden practice swords, inexpensive metal display swords, and authentic antique samurai swords.

Chinese Folk Art Studio

Chinese | Chinese folk art; painting name on picture
We have been part of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival for many years, and everyone likes to get our items. We are very happy to service everyone.

Classic Hawaiian Designs

Polynesian | Traditional Hawaiian Heirloom jewelry, personalized jewelry | www. ClassicHawaiianDesigns.com
Classic Hawaiian Designs was created 24 years ago in 1987 after we moved from Hawaii to California. With the desire to share the tradition of creating Hawaiian heirloom jewelry in the Mainland, we began our business. We now have eight factories in the islands creating our custom designs in 14kt, 18kt yellow, white and rose gold, platinum and sterling silver. We will create a remembrance of YOU or your loved one. We specialize in making custom wedding rings, a symbol of commitment and unity. E Komo Mai … we welcome the opportunity to share the aloha and the tradition of Hawaiian heirloom jewelry.

Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chinese | School of Chinese medicine including acupuncture | www.cstcm.edu
The Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CSTCM) is dedicated to being one of the leaders in high-quality Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) education by presenting both traditional and modern styles with an emphasis on clinical ability. The Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado is devoted to high quality education for massage therapy. We teach the fundamentals that provide the base for developing advanced skills.

Dahn Yoga & Tai Chi

Korean | Shoulder massage, aura photography, energy consultations | www.dahnyoga.com
Dahn Yoga is a mind-body practice that combines the ancient wisdom of Ki energy training with modern techniques of yoga, tai chi, meditation, and martial arts to maximize the body and brain’s functioning. Through diligent practice, Dahn Yoga practitioners can create a healthy body, clear mind, and bright spiritual nature. A Dahn Yoga class is invigorating, fun, and accessible. Classes can help you feel energy, improve a variety of health conditions, and enhance your well-being.

Diebold Acupuncture

Acupuncture information
Acupuncture is a 5,000 year old Chinese system of natural healing ( no drugs… no surgery), which is concerned with restoring proper energy flow to various organs, glands, and tissues of the body on the premise that most diseases are the result of malfunction due to disrupted energies.

Dragon Sauces

Hot sauces and condiments
We are a hot sauce and condiment co. We pride ourselves in fresh sauces that are made in Colorado. We have 12 sauces that are bottled through FDA regulations and we think these would tie in to the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival perfectly!!

Fanciful Faces

Face painting, glitter tattoos and airbrush tattoos | www.fancifulfacesboulder.com
Fanciful Faces by Eydie and Amber is one of the premiere face painting companies in the Denver Metro area. We have been bringing joy to all ages through our amazing face painting for over five years. Bring your imagination into our booth and we will transform you into your favorite animal or character.

Far East Gifts

Pan-Asian | Asian hats, fans, gifts, plants, jewelry, accessories, perfume
Stop by Far East Gifts for unique Asian gifts, including hats, fans, jewelry, purses, hair accessories, cosmetics, and perfume.

Inada Massage Chairs

Japanese | Inada Sogno DreamWave Massage Chairs | www.InadaUSA.com
Founded in 1962, Japan-based Inada is the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of luxury, shiatsu massage chairs. Since its inception, the company has designed and built therapeutic massage devices for home and business use, with distribution outlets in more than 60 countries and annual sales revenue of nearly $300 million. Inada commits more resources to massage chair R&D than any other massage chair company in the world. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Inada USA is the exclusive U.S. distributor for Inada massage chairs.

Indah

Balinese | Balinese sterling silver jewelry featuring red coral, abalone, mother of pearl and lava
Indah Jewelry offers exotic Balinese jewelry at reasonable prices. You will find a wide variety of pieces to choose from. Colorful batiks and fabrics are available to decorate your home with or make clothing out of. Beautiful, hand carved teak accessories to fill your home are also for sale.

Mirna Fashion

Southeast Asia | Clothing, handbags, jewelry from Laos, Thailand, China and Cambodia
We sell fashion clothing and accessories including dresses, handbags and jewelry from Asian markets in Laos, Thailand, China and Cambodia.

Oriental Gifts

Pan-Asian | Gifts and personal items
Great Gifts for friends and family members. Don’t need to make a trip to Asia to get the unique gifts. You will love them!

Partners in Chiropractic

Chiropractic | www.drjumper.com
The mission of our Clinic is to provide quality health care services, promote wellness, relieve suffering, and restore health as quickly, safely, and compassionately as possible. We have been in business over 14 years.

Sumofish

Japanese American | Independent Japanese-American T-shirt brand | www.big-sumo.com
Sumofish is an independent brand of unique t-shirt designs inspired by the culture and food of Japan, and Japanese-American pop culture. Based in San Francisco, Sumofish sells mainly online and at festivals and fairs around the West Coast. The designs are created by designer/illustrator Brandt Fuse, who grew up in Hawaii and now resides in Northern California.

Jade Touch Co.

Pan-Asian | Hand-made charms, fans, umbrellas, dolls; cashmere and silk scarves; silk gift and hand bags
The Jade Touch Co. has been selling Asian hand made crafts, jade stone jewelry, fashion jewelry, silk bags, Asian outfits, cashmere and silk scarves for eight years in Colorado. Some of our products imported from far east countries such as China, Japan, Korea and Tibet, and some jewelry products are hand made by the owner. Providing high quality products and wonderful services are our business aim and goal.

Tropical Items

Madagascan | Hand-made Raffia hats – women’s, men’s and children’s styles. Fair Trade products | www. tropicalitems.com
Tropical Items has been part of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival for the last five years. We sell colorful hand-crocheted and hand woven raffia hats in different sizes. A portion of our sales proceeds is donated to Hope For Madagascar, a non profit organization building schools in Madagascar.

Truong An Gifts

Pan-Asian | Asian gifts: Clothing, tea, teasets, handbags and wallets, feng shui gifts, origami, books | www.Truongangifts.com
Our store is locally owned, right in the heart of Denver’s China Town. Our store opened in 1980, and was the first Asian gift shop in Colorado. Our family immigrated to Colorado from Vietnam, and in doing so we wanted to bring some of our Eastern culture and share it in the United States. We decided that the best way to do this was to start a small retail store. From this store, we felt we were able to give the people of Colorado a taste and feel of our culture without ever having to visit or travel to Asia. We are now able to showcase merchandise from our homeland and share it with our customers. This is the basic concept of how Truong An Gifts sprouted from a simple wish into the first Asian department store in Colorado. It was an instant success. Come to our store for a one stop shopping site for exquisite and unique merchandise. Our products come from the Far East ranging from China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and more…

T-Trove Asian

Pan-Asian | Chinese & Japanese wall art, clothing, robes, jewelry, leather boxes | www.t-trove.com
Since 2002, T-Trove has been Denver’s premiere Asian home furnishing store with thousands of quality furniture, accessories, art, gifts, garden pots, statues and fountains. Visit our showroom at 189 S Broadway, Denver.

Well Beings Chiropractic

Focus on family health and wellness specializing in chiropractic care for children, pregnant women and active adults | www.WellBeingsChiropractic.com
Well Beings is a chiropractic practice focused on family health and wellness just west of Edgewater in Lakewood. We specialize in chiropractic care for children, pregnant women and active adults.

Yuthok Tibetan Treasure

Tibetan | Unique and hand made jewelry in traditional Tibetan designs and modern styles | www.yuthoktibetantreasure.com
Our family are native Tibetans, artists and residents of Colorado. Since 2005 we have been participating in various festivals, fairs and events in Colorado. We are happy to be part of Colorado Dragon Boat Festival since 2007. We have many happy returning customers to all the events we attend.

NON-PROFITS

Acupuncture Association of Colorado

www.acucol.com
The AAC will be answering questions, providing information and free sunscreen and giving community acupuncture treatments to the public for a donation.

Angel Covers

Chinese | Chinese squeaky shoes, Chinese yo-yo’s to raise funds for orphanages in China & other countries | www.angelcovers.org
Angel Covers is a volunteer run organization dedicated to caring for orphaned and destitute children around the world. We believe that each and every child deserves access to quality medical care, education, nutrition, and housing. We believe that a holistic approach to meeting these needs will lead to long term self-sufficiency in order to break the cycle of poverty. Angel Covers has fleece blankets for sale, ranging in price from $20 to $40, Chinese squeaky shoes ($16 per pair), and Chinese yo-yo’s for sale for approximately $15-20 each. We will have yo-yo’s for the children to try and play with. Additionally, we hope to have scarves for sale for approximately $15 each. All money raised is used to support our programs for orphans and destitute children around the world.

Aurora Police Department

www.aurorapolice.com
The City of Aurora Police Department is seeking potential candidates for a future Entry Level Academy. The Aurora Police Department is an equal opportunitty employer.

Best Pets, Inc.

A non-profit organization helping to place shelter dogs and cats into permanent homes | www.bestpetscolorado.com
Best Pets is what a pet store should be. A bright, cheerful and friendly place to visit with and adopt HOMELESS dogs and cats. Best Pets is also mobile, which allows us to target high traffic, high volume areas and events. Working side by side with the animal shelters in the Denver area, we showcase and place unwanted animals into permanent homes. Our primary function is to promote the adoption of the displayed homeless animals while raising awareness of pet overpopulation. The service we provide the shelters is FREE. We are here to help the animals, period.

Chinese American Council of Colorado

Chinese (Mandarin) | Chinese culture oriented gifts, calligraphy and palm reading | http://blog.huayuworld.org/caccolorado
Chinese American Council of Colorado (CACC) is a Colorado registered non-profit organization. It was established in 1997 to promote cooperation and communication among all Asian Pacific American organizations in Colorado. It serves as an umbrella organization for Chinese American community to plan various business, professional, health, and culture events with Chinese American community organizations and other ethnic groups in Colorado.

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

An exhilarating mix of Broadway shows, professional theater, acting instruction and dazzling venues | www.denvercenter.org
As the flagship theatre of the Rocky Mountain region, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts creates and presents exceptional theatre that engages, excites, provokes and inspires both artists and audiences. We embrace the classics while also striving to create new plays and musicals that advance the American theatre. We are committed to making The Denver Center a center for lifelong learning and civic engagement.

Denver Children’s Advocacy Center

Preventing Abuse – Strengthening Families – Restoring Childhood | www.denvercac.org
Prevent Abuse, Strengthen Families and Restore Childhood. DCAC serves children ages 0-17 who have been sexually abused, neglected, or traumatized by witnessing violence. Our mission is to “restore childhood” for these young victims, and we do it through careful assessment, in-depth treatment and intensive family support. At the same time, we continue to expand our prevention programs in an effort to reach at-risk families before abuse occurs.

Global Village Academy

International | International Language Immersion Charter School offering a mask project for children. www.globalvillageacademy.org
Global Village Academy is an international language immersion charter school teaching global literacy through Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French and Russian with campuses in Aurora and Northglenn.

Namaste Arvada

Nepalese | Incense, prayer flags, singing bowls, clothing, spices, home décor, cooking spices | www.facebook.com/pages/Namaste-Arvada-LLC/239498847308
Namaste Arvada – Gifts and Fashion from the Himalayas.

Pachyderm Power! Love in Action for Elephants

Sri Lankan | Unique and beautiful paper products made from recycled elephant dung; employing 250 villagers in Sri Lanka full time! | www.PachydermPower.org
Our passion and mission is to protect the magnificent elephant from abuse in the entertainment industry, to stop poaching along with the sale of ivory, to ban the cruel Crushing Box and to preserve elephants in the wild – keeping them wild and free. We do our work from the elephants’ point of view!

Pandas International

Chinese | Pandas – plush books, toys, etc. | www.pandasinternational.org
Pandas International is a nonprofit to ensure the preservation of the Giant Panda by providing education, habitat preservation and assistance to the Chinese Centers for the Giant Panda. The deadly earthquake in 2008 buried the panda’s food source- Bamboo under tons of debris. Mud slides on the bare mountains continue to damage the Bamboo. The Giant Panda is one of the absolute most endangered species in the world. Current population estimates are approximately 1,600.

STREET PETZ

Personalized pet ID tags – personalized on site, more than 170 designs | www.streetpetz.org
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) created to help feed & vaccinate the petz of the homeless. By vaccinating these petz, we are also helping to clean up the environment of infectious disease, making it safer for everyone. We are also recruiting volunteers to reach the petz in need nationwide.

US Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental handouts | www.epa.gov/region8/ee
EPA leads the nation’s environmental science, research, education, and assessment efforts. The mission of the EPA is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.