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- Super moon cakes made for Mid-Autumn Festival
- Asian arts festival opens in China
- Golden sounds at Monterey Jazz Festival: Music giants young performer…
- David Sylvian Royal Festival Hall London
- Festival and pardon to celebrate the late Man in Black
- Volunteer parents orphanage children celebrate Moon Festival

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Free with registration – Newsweek International – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 24, 2007
(24-SEP-07) Newsweek International. Erotic cinema fans rejoice. High in the mountains of sou… “It’s put Aurillac on the map” says festival director Jean-Marie Songy. “We’re a place that people visit as opposed to simply passing by. ” And as countless festival organizers and chambers of commerce have realized the longer. CPYRIGHT 2007 Newsweek Inc. All rights reserved.

Super moon cakes made for Mid-Autumn Festival
æ°åç’ – Sep 24, 2007
24 — Citizens in a dozen of Chinese cities had opportunities to taste super moon cakes while the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching. In Lanzhou capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province hundreds of people ate up a 40-kilogram moon cake within one hour on Wednesday. Among those tasting the pastry were athletes construction workers farmers and citizens living near the Lanzhou Sports Park. It took the chefs nearly six hours to make the cake which is 2. 8 meters in diameter.

Asian arts festival opens in China
央è§åé – Sep 24, 2007
com 09-24-2007 08:49An annual festival featuring the arts of Asia has come to the eastern Chinese city of Nantong in Jiangsu Province. This year’s focus is on the cultural exchanges between China Japan and South Korea. No one’s sleeping tonight in Nantong artists from China Japan and South Korea are gathering in the city for the opening of the 9th Asian Arts Festival. During the five day festival ten troupes from these three countries will bring nearly 30 performances to Nantong each with their own colorful cultures. This annual event co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the China Performing Arts Agency was first held in 1998.

Golden sounds at Monterey Jazz Festival: Music giants young performer…
Free with registration – San Jose Mercury News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 24, 2007
(24-SEP-07) San Jose Mercury News (San Jose CA). 24–What a thrill the Monterey Jazz Festival. At noon on Sunday away from the crowds there was rnette Coleman on the stairs leading to the back of the Arena stage.

David Sylvian Royal Festival Hall London
Independent – Sep 24, 2007
When Sylvian and his quintet of musicians emerged discreetly on to the stage he was greeted by a packed hall as warmly as Brian Wilson had been the previous week. Different artist different music same sense of adulation. When Sylvian and his quintet of musicians emerged discreetly on to the stage he was greeted by a packed hall as warmly as Brian Wilson had been the previous week.

Festival and pardon to celebrate the late Man in Black
The Age – Sep 24, 2007
Photo: Peter MorrisMRE than 40 years after the late singer Johnny Cash wasarrested in Starkville residents of the east Mississippi town plana festival in his honour that will include a ceremonial pardoningfor the “Man in Black. The Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival is set for November 2-4said Robbie Ward executive director of the festival. Ward a research writer at Mississippi State University startedtalking to residents two years ago about a festival – and a pardonfor Cash. He gathered 500 signatures on a petition and headed acommittee of 25 residents including a local pastor alderman and abar owner. “A lot of people would laugh at me and act like I was kind ofcrazy” Ward said.

Volunteer parents orphanage children celebrate Moon Festival
央è§åé – Sep 24, 2007
ver 100 parents in Guangzhou visited an orphanage on Sunday to share the event with the children. The children and volunteer parents had never met before. But after a few games and conversations they were as close as real family. An orphan said "I’m so happy because so many uncles and aunties play with us and we also get a treat of mooncakes!".

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