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WHO: Prospective college students, current students, and community
members of all ages
WHAT: Are invited to a FREE spring festival and college open house.
GAVFEST 2006 will include three stages with entertainment, a kids
activities zone, an arts and crafts fair, a job fair, a food court, and
college and community resources. It's a wonderful way for the whole
family to spend a Saturday on the beautiful Gavilan College campus.
Potential students can also learn about courses offered, financial aid
programs, and even talk to a college counselor about getting started.
This year, community performance groups will be joining the festivities
in the Talent Showcase, and the annual Cardboard Boat Races will take a
new wild twist as contestants design and assemble their boats on site.
Visitors will also have a chance to try the new digital voting machine
with printout that Santa Clara County will be rolling out in the next
election.
WHEN and WHERE: Saturday, May 6, from 10 am to 3 pm on the Gavilan
College Gilroy campus: 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Itinerary highlights:
10:00 a.m., event kickoff with Watsonville Taiko, Arts Quad
10:00-1:00 Soccer Tournament Soccer Field
10:00-12:00 Fencing Demonstration Student Center Lawn
10:00-12:00 Teach for Tomorrow SS Lawn/Sycamore Ln
Kids activities including: Theater and Kids, RAFT, Homework Helpers
Art/Music Make and Take, Family Cooking, Giant Monopoly Game
10:30 Drumming Circle, Arts Quad
10:30 Mariachi Santa Cecilia, Main Stage
10:30 Martial Arts Demonstration, Student Center Lawn
10:45 Esperanza de Baile, Main Stage
11:00 Suzuki Violins, Ensemble Stage
11:00-3:00 Hair Styling and Nail Art, Cosmetology
11:30 Nate Pruitt singers, Ensemble Stage
11:45 Congressman Pete McCloskey , Main Stage
12:00 Gavilan Ensemble, Ensemble Stage
12-12:20 Studio Three, Art Lecture Hall
12:15PM Usual Suspects, Main Stage
12:30-12:50 Pintello's Comedy Theater, Art Lecture Hall
1-1:20 Lana's Dance Studio, Art Lecture Hall
1:15 Pearl Alley, Main Stage
1:30-1:50 Belly Dancers, Ensemble Stage
11:30 American Heart Association Jump Rope exhibition, outside Health
Occupations Building
1:30-1:50 South Valley Community Theater, Art Lecture Hall
2:00 CARDBOARD BOAT RACES, Swimming Pool
All Day Food Court
All Day Sun Prints AR 103 Jane Edberg
All Day Ceramics Open Studio AR 101 Jane Rekedal
All Day Creative Cauldron Arts Quad r2row
All Day Multisensory Magic MESA Lawn
All Day Gaviland MESA/Chem Lawn
Kids Activities: Bounce House, Reptile Zoo, Face Painting, Climbing
Wall, Storytelling
All Day Mr. Space Shuttle Lawn
All Day Children's Art and Activities Child Development Centerr
All Day Free Blood Pressure screening and Tours, Health Occupations
Building
All Day Video Game Tournament, multi-platform, Digital Media Studio
All Day Science Alive Sampler Science Quad
All Day Job Fair (near student center): including Gavilan College,
Henry Coe State Ppark, Comcast, Prepaid Legal Services
All Day Drop-in Counseling (in front of Bookstore)
All Day Alumni Welcome Tent, Student Center
All Day Arts and Crafts Fair, Arts Quad
All Day Resource Fair, Sycamore Lane
Gavilan College Information Tables on: Financial Aid, Admissions,
Assessment, TRIO, EOPS, Transfer Institute, Health Services, Community
Education, Puente, ROP, and student clubs.
Community Information Tables including: Electronic Voting Machine,
Community Solutions, Kaiser Permanente, San Benito County Prenatal
Services, First Five, United Way of Silicon Valley.
For more information go to www.gavilan.edu/gavfest or call (408)
848-4724.
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Jan Bernstein Chargin
Director, Public Information
Gavilan College
(408) 848-4724
jbchargin@gavilan.edu
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For immediate release: April 27, 2006
Media contact: Jan Bernstein Chargin, (408) 848-4724
GavFEST lineup includes mariachi, art, job fair, and cardboad boats!
WHO: Prospective college students, current students, and
community members of all ages
WHAT: Are invited to a FREE spring festival and college open house.
GAVFEST 2006 will include three stages with entertainment, a kids
activities zone, an arts and crafts fair, a job fair, a food court,
and college and community resources. It's a wonderful way for the
whole family to spend a Saturday on the beautiful Gavilan College
campus. Potential students can also learn about courses offered,
financial aid programs, and even talk to a college counselor about
getting started.
This year, community performance groups will be joining the
festivities in the Talent Showcase, and the annual Cardboard Boat
Races will take a new wild twist as contestants design and assemble
their boats on site.
Visitors will also have a chance to try the new digital voting machine
with printout that Santa Clara County will be rolling out in the next
election.
WHEN and WHERE: Saturday, May 6, from 10 am to 3 pm on the Gavilan
College Gilroy campus: 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Itinerary highlights:
10:00 a.m., event kickoff with Watsonville Taiko, Arts Quad
10:00-1:00 Soccer Tournament Soccer Field
10:00-12:00 Fencing Demonstration Student Center Lawn
10:00-12:00 Teach for Tomorrow SS Lawn/Sycamore Ln
Kids activities including: Theater and Kids, RAFT, Homework Helpers
Art/Music Make and Take, Family Cooking, Giant Monopoly Game
10:30 Drumming Circle, Arts Quad
10:30 Mariachi Santa Cecilia, Main Stage
10:30 Martial Arts Demonstration, Student Center Lawn
10:45 Esperanza de Baile, Main Stage
11:00 Suzuki Violins, Ensemble Stage
11:00-3:00 Hair Styling and Nail Art, Cosmetology
11:30 Nate Pruitt singers, Ensemble Stage
11:45 Congressman Pete McCloskey , Main Stage
12:00 Gavilan Ensemble, Ensemble Stage
12-12:20 Studio Three, Art Lecture Hall
12:15PM Usual Suspects, Main Stage
12:30-12:50 Pintello's Comedy Theater, Art Lecture Hall
1-1:20 Lana's Dance Studio, Art Lecture Hall
1:15 Pearl Alley, Main Stage
1:30-1:50 Belly Dancers, Ensemble Stage
11:30 American Heart Association Jump Rope exhibition, outside Health
Occupations Building
1:30-1:50 South Valley Community Theater, Art Lecture Hall
2:00 CARDBOARD BOAT RACES, Swimming Pool
All Day Food Court
All Day Sun Prints AR 103 Jane Edberg
All Day Ceramics Open Studio AR 101 Jane Rekedal
All Day Creative Cauldron Arts Quad r2row
All Day Multisensory Magic MESA Lawn
All Day Gaviland MESA/Chem Lawn
Kids Activities: Bounce House, Reptile Zoo, Face Painting, Climbing
Wall, Storytelling
All Day Mr. Space Shuttle Lawn
All Day Children's Art and Activities Child Development Centerr
All Day Free Blood Pressure screening and Tours, Health Occupations
Building
All Day Video Game Tournament, multi-platform, Digital Media Studio
All Day Science Alive Sampler Science Quad
All Day Job Fair (near student center): including Gavilan College,
Henry Coe State Ppark, Comcast, Prepaid Legal Services
All Day Drop-in Counseling (in front of Bookstore)
All Day Alumni Welcome Tent, Student Center
All Day Arts and Crafts Fair, Arts Quad
All Day Resource Fair, Sycamore Lane
Gavilan College Information Tables on: Financial Aid, Admissions,
Assessment, TRIO, EOPS, Transfer Institute, Health Services, Community
Education, Puente, ROP, and student clubs.
Community Information Tables including: Electronic Voting Machine,
Community Solutions, Kaiser Permanente, San Benito County Prenatal
Services, First Five, United Way of Silicon Valley.
For more information go to www.gavilan.edu/gavfest or call (408)
848-4724.
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