FVHS Make-A-Wish participates by selling hot chocolate at last year’s winter festival. Photo by Kristie Hoang
By Karen Trinh, Editor-in-Chief and Katrya Ly, News Editor
According to Josh Lamar, the Assistant Principal of Activities and Athletics, there will be no winter festival for the 2014-2015 school year. However, a culture fair will take place on campus on March 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
At an Interclub Council (ICC) meeting run by ASB club commissioners, Vananh Nguyen (‘15) and Vi Kim Pham (‘15) on Jan. 27, FVHS clubs took a vote on whether or not there should be a winter festival. Only 37 of the 60 clubs on campus were present during the meeting. Of those 37 clubs, 20 voted “yes” for the winter festival. Due to lack of interest and limited funding, the event was ultimately canceled.
“A very small majority did vote, but of the total number of clubs it was a very small percentage; it was a third of them,” said Lamar. “If we’ve got 20 out of the 60 clubs that want to do it, it’s really hard to justify something like that.”
However, although there will not be a winter festival, the annual culture fair is quickly approaching. During this event, clubs will be able to sell food and host activities around the bowl.
“In the bowl clubs will be selling food as a fundraiser, like they always do, while cultural acts perform on stage,” said Lamar.
The culture fair serves as a fundraiser for clubs as well as a way for individuals to share their culture with the rest of FVHS. During the event, students will perform dances or activities from their heritage while clubs sell ethnic foods related to their club or a world culture. Performers were chosen through an application and audition process, while the food that clubs will be selling was picked through a lottery system at an ICC meeting on Feb. 12.
Clubs have been asked to reduce their electricity usage during the event, due to limited access to electrical outlets. In addition, they must also have a teacher adviser present throughout the event. This is due to the lack of advisers at the previous events, such as last year’s winter festival, which resulted in safety problems.
However, despite possible complications with electricity and supervision, Lamar has hopes and goals for the culture fair.
“The idea is to highlight cultural things…our goal, is for kids to be able to share that but also as a fundraiser for clubs, so they can get some needed funds,” said Lamar.
guys, I think it’s the 2014-2015 school year 😮