At about this time each year a flyer makes its way into my pigeonhole at work announcing 'Harmony Day', and could each class please make a poster to commemorate it.
How on earth is one to make our students even more 'multicultural' than they already are! Such is the challenge of (yet another) council run multicultural festival.
This year, a much bigger affair had been planned by Hornsby Council and instead of having to drag our students out to the Pennant Hills community hall or down to the Hornsby shopping mall, Council brought the festival to us: closing off the Pacific Highway directly in front of TAFE and commandeering the scenic park next door.
My students do in fact love this sort of thing. The poster was a failure, but the festival was a huge success and I spotted several of my students there. Many came and said hello.
We took the family and enjoyed a Turkish gosleme and an Indian dosa from our favourite Dosa lady and watched several interesting multicultural acts, including a giant red Chinese opera singer and her green Chinese choir.
It was indeed a harmonious evening and we're looking forward to the next one.
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