Kaleidoscope Multicultural Club presents “Weaving the Silk Road,” an Asian Heritage Celebration

Release Date: 04/01/10
The College of St. Scholastica's Kaleidoscope Multicultural Club (KMC) presents "Weaving the Silk Road," an Asian Heritage Celebration on Thursday, April 15, in Tower Hall on the St. Scholastica campus.

Performances begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Performers include: The Funk Soul Patrol, a hip-hop dance group from Duluth; The Red Hot Peppers, a group of girls from the Twin Cities who will perform Asian dance; Nandini Bhowmich, a graduate student from the University of Minnesota-Duluth who will perform authentic Indian dance; Inner Strength, a martial arts group from Superior; and a local group of Bollywood dancers. Bollywood dancing is a new type of modern Indian dance.

Asian food will be provided after the event.

"We want people to be exposed to something new," said Wing Chan, president of KMC. "We want it to be interesting for everyone."

For more information contact Wing Chan at (218) 343-7805 or wchan@css.edu.

The College of St. Scholastica is regularly recognized as one of the finest colleges in the Midwest. The 2010 "America's Best Colleges" survey by U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks St. Scholastica in the top tier of Midwestern universities. The Washington Post has rated St. Scholastica as one of the nation's 100 "hidden gems" among U.S. colleges and universities.