Tickets are $10 per person and include a Wellington "passport" for each child to use as they navigate the evening. All activities and foods are included.

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Financial Assistance: If your family requires financial assistance to participate in this WPA event, please email our WPA staff liaison, Melanie Eggleton, at eggleton@wellington.org. Your name and personal information will be kept strictly confidential.

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The entire family will enjoy traveling through the Thomas Family Dining Room to each table "destination." Learn more about a specific country or culture by observing unique clothing, learning fun facts, sampling different foods, and enjoying regalia representing the destination. 

Children will gather stickers on a Wellington "passport" BINGO card as they visit each area. Enjoy fun games, contests, and other activities offered throughout the event.

Special features of the evening include a fashion show highlighting cultural attire, dance performances, henna art stations, music representative of our destinations, and a flash dance mob.

Overall Agenda:
5-5:30 - Setup
5:30 - Dining Room Doors Open
5:30-6:30 - Table Visits, Food Samples, Passport BINGO in Dining Room
5:30-7:00 - Henna Stations in Doerschlag Den
6:25 -  Crowd Transitions to Gard Gym
6:30 - Cultural Fashion Showcase in Gard Gym
6:45 - Diwali Dance Performance in Gard Gym
6:55 - Flash Mob Dance in Gard Gym
7:00-7:30 - Clean Up

Each table destination will feature one or more foods to sample. Common allergens will be marked on ingredient lists. Please check with each table host if you have any concerns about a particular offering.

Even if you don't plan to eat at this event, there will be much to see and experience beyond the cuisine. You won't be disappointed!

This event will be in the Thomas Family Dining Room. Parking is available in the front and back parking lots. 

From the front lot, enter through the Rotunda Main Entrance, and please use the regular security sign-in process until 6 p.m. From 6-7 p.m., you will proceed to the check-in outside the dining room to obtain a special ID badge for use while you are in the building.

From the back lot, enter through the East Entrance at the Thomas Family Dining Room, but please plan to check-in and obtain a special ID badge for use while you are in the building. Thank you!

Click below to view the albums below from our past Heritage Festivals. Your parent or student Vidigami login will be required in order to view.

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Would you like to share your heritage and culture with the rest of the Wellington community? We need YOU to make this happen. Learn more about volunteer options listed below by clicking this sign up link. Students may work with a faculty advisor or a parent volunteer to host a table, if desired.

• Dance Flash Mob (sign up for a recording and rehearsal information)

• Cultural Fashion Showcase

• General Volunteer

• Lead a Committee

• Table Host

For planning purposes, the table host sign-up closes on Friday, October 23. But there are many other ways to help. Thank you for supporting this event!

Table hosts are asked to submit their final table details using this form by October 26. 

We will offer a virtual meeting for Table Hosts on Monday, October 5 from 5-5:45 p.m. If you sign up to host a table, you will receive the link by email. 

Dance Flash Mob rehearsal information and video will be shared with those who sign up using the form below.