A BIG Thank You to Bona Park for chairing this year’s Festival of Cultures! Thank you for the dedication, time and effort you put into this event. Your attention to every detail made for a wonderful, fun-filled event for our community.

A heartfelt thank you to all of our gracious and magnificent host families, who created a truly amazing evening of color, cuisine and culture!

Australia – Melanie Carbon

Canada - Betty Sur

China – Zhaoan Liu, Aiwen Guo, Liang Tang, Yingtao Wang, Jiayin Yu, Helen Fan, Renee Xie, Lei Zhang, Lei Tian, Sien Zhou, Yun Li, Zheng Chen

Colombia – Ana Malloy

Egypt - Samah Desouky

England – Mark Scurrell, Carolyn Scurrell

Finland - Alyssa Miikki

France – Alexandrine Lagrave

Germany – Christie Jucht, Carolyn Santos

Honduras – Nancy Colindres

India – Swarna Chilakala, Ramya Krishna, Shalini Sivakumar, Sujatha Ilavelan, Sravani Cheeti, Savitha Janardhan, Suvarna Darapu, Namrata Shrivastava

Israel – Shirly Shemesh

Japan – Carrie Lam, Erich Smick

Mexico – Maria Rodriguez

The Netherlands – Michelle Lyman

Scotland – Deirdre Sherwood

South Korea – Yeun Choi, Dana Kim, Susie Park, Hyesang Yoon

Spain – Peggy Sicilia

Swaziland – Kristi Lincicome

U SA - Ann Brooks, Helen DiMeco, Stefanie Magnuson and Khristie Tobler

A special thank you to our wonderful performers and sponsors for their generous support and commitment to our community: Agave, Albertsons, Bolly Steps Dance Academy, Chan's Place, Fred Meyer, Hwang's Tae Kwon Do, Northwest Kung Fu and Fitness – Lion Dance, The Ram, Rick Fogel – Whamdiddle, Safeway, Thai Ginger, Trader Joe's, Tutta Bella, QFC, Zeeks Pizza

Thank you to our incredible set up/clean up and sound crew who worked quickly behind the scenes so that we could all enjoy the evening: Erinn Chapman, Mr. Dunham, Jaime Foreman, Jakob Kubicki, Juli Kubicki, Angie Lukens, Kody Lukens, Diana Pugh, Nichole Wengert, BLMS middle School volunteers

What would we have done without our special MC for the evening, Mrs. Fowler. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support throughout the planning and evening.

A very big thank you to our fabulous Cascade Ridge Staff, PTSA Board, parent volunteers, and student volunteers for all their support and hard work to make this event a success.

Thank you all for coming!