Cultural Unity Application Information & Requirements

The mission of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (CDBF) is to build bridges of awareness, knowledge and understanding between the diverse Asian Pacific American (APA) communities and the general public through cultural education, leadership development, and athletic competition.

The “Cultural Unity Stage” is a cultural education component of CDBF. Its mission is to raise awareness of Urban HipHop culture and its presence within Asian Pacific American community and to provide and entertainment through visual and/or hands-on experience of the culture.

Cultural Unity is a wildly popular part of the Festival, which attracts over 100,000 visitors each year! Hip Hop Culture has grown to be a worldwide community where the common language is communicated through elements such as dance, music, fashion and verbal aesthetics. Peace, love, unity, and havin’ fun are also fundamental principles used by Hip Hoppas the world over. The music, dance, and art are only reflections of the dynamic people who come together to celebrate life through the culture known as Hip Hop.

We invite the Asian Pacific American (APA) urban community in Colorado to participate at the Cultural Unity Tent.

Please complete the application below to ensure that the requirements of the cultural performances are met:
- Management plan: must have sound leadership to take full responsibility in managing the cultural performance and maintaining communication with Cultural Unity chair(s)
- Details of Performance: must be authentic, creative, and interactive.
- CDBF is a family-oriented event. Please tailor your performance to suit audience of all ages.

Remember to include a brief biography of your group for the emcee script, 300dpi photo (jpg or tiff) for the program book and URL for the website. We want to promote your group as accurately as possible.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15, 2012, 11:59pm. All materials must be postmarked by this date.

NOTE: All applicants must sumit an audition recording and/or link to online videos (preferred) for consideration by members of Selection Committee. Hard copies of audition recordings will not be returned unless requested with a returned stamped envelope. Applicants will NOT be considered without an audition recording.

Accepted performers will be notified by May 30, 2012. We will email all accepted groups a Letter of Agreement (LOA) and the Tech Information Sheet. Accepted performers will be required to send a representative to the Mandatory CU Performers meeting in July (TBA.) Please note: NO SALES of items permitted in Cultural Unity.

Accepted performers will be featured in the festival program book and on our website.  Performers will be paid an honorarium.

Festival Hours: - Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 10am – 6pm – Sunday, July 29, 2012 from 10am – 5pm Performers must abide by all stage rules and deadlines.  Performers will have seven (7) days from the date of the notification of acceptance to confirm or decline participation. Thank you for your interest in the CDBF!

Cultural Unity Contact Information:
Leo Tsuo, Cultural Unity Co-Chair
Joie Ha, Cultural Unity Chair Co-Chair
Email: culturalunity@cdbf.org

CDBF Office:
11049 W 44th Avenue Suite 110
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
ph.303-953-7277
fax 303-953-7278
info@cdbf.org