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MARCH 2008
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Seattle Maritime Festival
Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Childen's Festival
Cirque du Soleil
Mayflower Park Hotel
Anchors Away at the Seattle Maritime Festival
Given the amount of water in and around Seattle, it's natural that the city's maritime heritage be celebrated annually. The 2008 Seattle Maritime Festival will be held May 8-10 on the Seattle waterfront. The festival boasts the nation's largest tugboat races, with 40 boats expected to race in three heats, beginning at 2 p.m. on "Family Fun Day," May 10. Other festival activities include three free Argosy harbor cruises, free children's admission to the newly renovated Seattle Aquarium (when accompanied by a paying adult) and a U.S. Coast Guard Sea-Air Rescue demonstration. For more information, visit www.seattlepropellerclub.org or call (206) 728-3163.
Summertime in Seattle Kicks Off at the Annual Northwest Folklife Festival
The Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates its 37th year as Seattle's unofficial kick-off to summer on Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2008. The Northwest Folklife Festival is the largest folk, ethnic and traditional arts event in North America, drawing in excess of 250,000 attendees and more than 1,000 musicians, dancers, tradition bears and visual artists. Each year a fraction of the festival's programming focuses on a different community within the Pacific Northwest. This year, "Urban Indians" are the featured community. Festival visitors will have the opportunity to learn whom and what urban Indians are and what traditions they celebrate. Admission to the Northwest Folklife Festival is free, although a donation of $10 per person per day or $20 per family per day is welcome. For more information, visit www.nwfolklife.org
Lights, Camera, Action at the Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is back for its 34th year, May 22-June 15, 2008. Spanning 25 days, the festival features 550 screenings, including 270 feature length films and 140 short films. The films at the SIFF compete for cash prizes and awards in several categories, including a documentary competition, a short film competition, a new directors competition and a new American cinema competition. In addition to these juried competitions, Golden Space Needle Audience Awards are given for best feature, best documentary, best actor, best actress, best director and best short film. The full festival schedule will be available May 8, with sales to the general public beginning May 11. For more information, visit www.siff.net
Seattle International Childen's Festival Honors Women at 2008 Festival
The 2008 Seattle International Children's Festival brings a world celebration to the Seattle Center on May 12-17, 2008. This annual multicultural festival is designed to educate and entertain school groups, teachers, families and adults through music, theater, puppetry, dance and multimedia shows. The festival features performers from throughout the United States, as well as an extensive international showing from countries such as Benin, Palestine, Eritrea, Germany and the Republic of Guinea. The 2008 festival will focus on women, with performances by artists such as Amazones-Women Master Drummers of Guinea; Seattle flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes; and Palestinian composer and singer Reem Kalani. For more information and performance details, visit www.seattleinternational.org.
Cirque du Soleil's Grand Chapiteau Will Rise in the Seattle Area Again
Cirque du Soleil returns to the Seattle area April 28, 2008, after a two-year absence with a new show, Corteo. Corteo, which means cortege (a funeral procession) in Italian, is about a clown who pictures his own funeral taking place in a carnival atmosphere. Performances will take place under the Grand Chapiteau (Big Top), in Redmond, Washington's Marymoor Park, located 14 miles from Seattle. Performances run through May 25, 2008. For additional show information and tickets, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com
Gas It Up at Mayflower Park Hotel
The Mayflower Park Hotel has created a Guests Gas It Up Package for guests who have traveled the distance to stay at the historic hotel. The package offers a classic or deluxe guestroom at the Mayflower Park Hotel, complimentary valet parking and a $20 Shell gift card for each night of stay. Package prices start at $195 plus tax for a classic guestroom and $215 plus tax for a deluxe guestroom. The Guests Gas It Up Package is good from April 1 - June 30, 2008 and is based on a space available basis. For more information, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com .
Journalists are encouraged to contact the following SCVB public relations staff for answers to questions or for more information:
David Blandford, (206) 461-5806
dblandford@visitseattle.org
Heather Bryant, (206) 461-5805
hbryant@visitseattle.org
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