Second annual Autumn Moon festival an ACA success
Maria Pia Negro
Issue date: 10/6/09 Section: News
Despite the wind and sporadic rain last Friday, a large number of students came to enjoy great music, games and delicious desserts at the Second Annual Autumn Moon Festival which was moved from the Quad to the 4th floor Programming Room.
The Autumn Moon Festival, hosted by the Asian Cultural Alliance (ACA), brought an array of Loyola students, faculty, administrators and families. This festival gave the members of Loyola an opportunity to explore different cultures and remember their childhood.
The event started at 5pm but many ACA members were working much earlier to set up tables and get ready to provide the students a fun time. The event was put together in collaboration with ALANA Services, SGA, the Jujitsu, Belly dancing, and Chinese clubs. SGA members came to help ACA with the games at the tables.
Olivia Nanda, '12, and member of ACA thought the event was successful. "It's great that there are bringing a lot of cultures together in the Asian continent," said Nanda. Steph LaPersonne, '12, added that this event "teaches people about different celebrations of different cultures, and it is fun to go to after having a stressful day."
ACA's President NgocLan Nguyen, '10, who provided the idea of the festival last year, commented on the changes included in this year's Autumn Festival. She concluded that this festival was just as successful but less hectic because a lot of things ran more smoothly.. "Something that was commented last year is that our volunteers didn't get a chance to see the festival, this year we had shifts and I made sure everybody switched," said Nguyen.
Zach Bruno, '12, thought that a fun festival is a way to bring a lot of people together. "A big festival is a great idea, I wish it could have been outside," he said. Bruno also noticed the improvements in this year's festival, "It was better put together [this year] and it would have been amazing outside."
Games included last year's favorites such as pin the tail on the panda, Sumo wrestling and human musical chairs. A couple of new games were added to this fun festival and almost all of them gave the students a chance to compete for the pool of tickets which were later exchange at the prize table.
The Autumn Moon Festival, hosted by the Asian Cultural Alliance (ACA), brought an array of Loyola students, faculty, administrators and families. This festival gave the members of Loyola an opportunity to explore different cultures and remember their childhood.
The event started at 5pm but many ACA members were working much earlier to set up tables and get ready to provide the students a fun time. The event was put together in collaboration with ALANA Services, SGA, the Jujitsu, Belly dancing, and Chinese clubs. SGA members came to help ACA with the games at the tables.
Olivia Nanda, '12, and member of ACA thought the event was successful. "It's great that there are bringing a lot of cultures together in the Asian continent," said Nanda. Steph LaPersonne, '12, added that this event "teaches people about different celebrations of different cultures, and it is fun to go to after having a stressful day."
ACA's President NgocLan Nguyen, '10, who provided the idea of the festival last year, commented on the changes included in this year's Autumn Festival. She concluded that this festival was just as successful but less hectic because a lot of things ran more smoothly.. "Something that was commented last year is that our volunteers didn't get a chance to see the festival, this year we had shifts and I made sure everybody switched," said Nguyen.
Zach Bruno, '12, thought that a fun festival is a way to bring a lot of people together. "A big festival is a great idea, I wish it could have been outside," he said. Bruno also noticed the improvements in this year's festival, "It was better put together [this year] and it would have been amazing outside."
Games included last year's favorites such as pin the tail on the panda, Sumo wrestling and human musical chairs. A couple of new games were added to this fun festival and almost all of them gave the students a chance to compete for the pool of tickets which were later exchange at the prize table.
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