Events at UCF

The area’s biggest Arab Fest will be showcasing: • Delicious Arabic Food • Live Music • Merchandise Sales • Professional Services and Custom Made Goods • Non – Profit Organizations • Arts & Crafts • Kid Friendly A cultural heritage festival celebrating Arabic art, food and traditions organized by the Arab American Community Center, a 501-C3 non-profit organization. Orlando’s Arab American Cultural Festival will provide tons of delicious Arabic food, live music, art & crafts, children’s entertainment, activities and more. Watch live Arabic folk dances and Arabic pop music on stage. PERFORMERS: Fersan El 3arab Detroit Debkeh Troupe Firqet Zaatari- Tampa Local Debkeh Troupe The Central Florida Dabke Group The Central Florida Youth Dabke Group Fouseytube- Yousef Erakat Narciscyst (Yassin Aslaman) - Hip Hop Artist Yasser Darwish- Egyptian Folklore Ilham Belly Dance Academy Ahmad Kanaan- Lebanese Singer Hader Tarab- Palestinian Singer Ellie Mellou- Morrocan Singer FREE ADMISSION but we encourage all to register here http://orlandoarabfestival.eventbrite.com/ This will allow you into the event and you will be applicable to win raffle PRIZES! Our Second Annual Festival is going to be held on March 25th, 2012 at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando. While this Festival will undoubtedly be bigger and more exciting, it will also be more challenging. This year, we want to challenge our community to work together to reach out to the greater Central Florida community to bring more people and use their influence and business contacts to bring big sponsors to the festival. For our part, we are working on getting endorsements from the city, county, and local media. For More Information or if you wish to become a sponsor or a vendor, please contact us at 407-504-7333 or visit us on the web at www.arabamericanculturalfestival.org. Vendor spaces are limited We have already started making preparations for the Orlando Festival, but we need your involvement, your input, and your connections. We need you to make this next festival an even bigger success than our last! The following committees have been formed to ensure our success: Join Our Team of Volunteers! Festival Director: Neal Abid ArabfestFL@gmail.com 321-345-FEST (3378) Sponsorship & Vendor Relations: AJ Maali or David Sleiman aaccSponsor@gmail.com 321-247-VEND (8363) Volunteer Coordinator: Sameh Alkatib aaccGoVolunteer@gmail.com 407-243-8031 Marketing & Outreach: Nayef Mubarak aaccOutreach@gmail.com 407-900-9MKT (9658) Media & Public Relations: Rasha Mubarak aaccPR@gmail.com 321-23-MEDIA (63342) Cultural: Fay Jurieh aaccCulture@gmail.com 407-900-9CUL (9285) Program: DJ Khalil aaccprograms@gmail.com 786-664-PROG (7764) www.twitter.com/AACCFlorida.org www.facebook.com/AACCFlorida.org

This musical weaves together stories from early twentieth century America: a WASP family, a Harlem musician, a Jewish immigrant. Historical figures such as Harry Houdini, Booker T. Washington and Emma Goldman also appear in this saga based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow.

Concert featuring all 3 UCF Concert Bands: Wind Ensemble - Scott Tobias, Conductor Symphonic Band - Donny Allen, Conductor Concert Band - Dave Schreier, Conductor Concert will be held at the Hagerty High School Auditorium and is Free and Open to the Public!