Multicultural team members planned, organized, and participated in the evening. The team included: April Wright, Beverley Rice, Brittany Botta, Erin Boyle, Tricia Tilton, Dianne Connolly, Johnna Maraia, Cathy Bloomer, Brittni Troy, Jenny Augelli, Annette Sanchez, Linda Kaplan, Maripat Barlow-Layne, Carrie Ann Greiner, Jamie Harrington, Melissa Sobotor, Megan Howard, Laure Ragans, and Nicole Gujar.
Some highlights of the night included the students’ family projects displayed in the Hall of Heritage, a photo booth with props from various countries, two large world maps where students pinned flags on the countries where their ancestors originated from, and students loved the World-Wide Detectives Scavenger Hunt. Families whirled around the world in the cafeteria where they learned songs and dances from around the world. Our volunteer instructors were... Maxwell Kofi Donkor- African Drumming, Nancy Rosario Layne- Latin Salsa, Maria Bonaccorsi Benson-The Tarantella, Darrah Carr and daughter, Cavan Byrne- Irish Step dancing, Helen Fernandez and family-Greek Dancing, Melanie Hogan and family- Polish Polka, Ethel Hemsi- The Horah, and Alison Echevarria-American Folk Music.