Seattle Iranian Festival: June 19th 2010

Scheduled Programs

12:00pm
Opening Ceremony by Daf and Children’s Parade
Opening words from Ali Ghambari Festival Producer
‘Ey Iran’ by Roxanna Mousavi and Payam Khastkhodaei

12:20pm
Golha Dance Company
Dance Performance by Emiko Noor
Poetry by Mojgan Jahandari Peyvand Khademi nad Daf-Navazi by Hamin Honari

12:55pm
Dance Performance by Heather Rastovac
Iranian Festival Poster: Misha Zadeh Graham
Persian Folk Music by Honari Family Ensemble

2:00pm
Helene Eriksen and ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theatre
Musical Performance by Roxanna Mousavi and Payam Khastkhodaei
Emiko Noor and Youth Art Dance International

2:45pm
Live Music by Yousef Nourouzee, Behnam Khoshkhoo and Yousef Yousefizadeh
Helene Eriksen and ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theatre
Emiko Noor and Youth Art Dance International

3:30pm
Live Music by Sahar Ghaffari, Erfan Mehdibeik and Hossein Ghaffari
Delshodeh Dance Ensemble: Dance traditions of the Persian-speaking world
Karavans Dance Troupe: Exotic folk and tribal dances from Iran

4:15pm
Persian Folk Music by Honari Family Ensemble
Dance Performance by Elham Lawson
Poetry and Music by Parveneh Daneshvar, Tooraj Javadi, Ali Khaghani and Behrooz Alavi

6:00pm
Karavans Dance Troupe: Exotic folk and tribal dances from Iran
Live Music by Milad Zendehnam
Delshodeh Dance Ensemble

Upstairs Children Activities:

2:30pm Children’s Play: Shangool, Mangool and Habbeh Angor in Farsi
3:00pm Children’s Play: Shangool, Mangool and Habbeh Angor in English
3:30pm Story Time: (Grandma’s story time) with Miss Guiti and Mrs. Delirian

7:15pm – 9:00pm
Film Screening of Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva
Location: Charlotte Martin Theatre