Tucson+Family+Arts+Festival

Every January, the city of Tucson in southern Arizona holds a very special festival. It's called the Family Arts Festival, because there are activites for people of all ages. There are art projects for small kids, and art and performance events for older people. One of the exciting things people do in Tucson is form groups of people who learn and perform music from different cultures. They learn how to do this well by studying with people from that cullture, and the results are exciting. For instance, the Japanese Drumming group has some people who are Japanese, but a lot of them are regular Americans, but they have all learned to really do a great job with this type of drumming. Below are several links to picture pages of performance groups and other events that give an idea of the variety of the events. I have been to two of these Festivals, and I loved it both times!

Belly Dancing Flamenco Dancing Indian Dancing Russian Dancing Japanese Calligraphy Japanese Drumming Oriental Martial Arts Mexican Dolls Braille Doggy Chalk Art Art Cards Mideast Girl