The celebration was given a more organised form in 1974, including a Miss Culture Show and a Calypso Competition, as well as drama performances, old fashion Troupes ( including Johnny Walkers, Giant and Spear, Bulls, Red Cross and Blue Ribbon ), arts and crafts exhibitions and recipe competitions.

This celebration of the community's European ethnic heritage features games, entertainment, a parade, competitions, and arts and crafts.

An annual celebration called " Black Gold Days " is a 3-day family-friendly event with food, music, arts & crafts, a carnival, and a parade.

Also incorporated into the celebration are a parade, wagon train, 5K run, rodeos, arts festivals, dances under the stars and a traditional Lakota Powwow.

Heritage Jubilee, held the third weekend in April at Ben Gill Park, is a family celebration with a BBQ cook-off, museum tours, arts and crafts exhibition, carnival, live music, a quilt show, an auto show, and other attractions.

While the venue has changed, the core event has remained the same: a celebration of faith, justice and arts with a particular Christian perspective.

In 2012, the RSC is producing the World Shakespeare Festival, a celebration of ' Shakespeare as the world ’ s playwright ' working with UK and international arts organisations, and including the Globe to Globe Festival by Shakespeare ’ s Globe.

Galway Arts Festival is an international celebration of the performing and visual arts and an important showcase for Irish arts and international arts.

As a patron of science and the arts, King Carlos took an active part in the celebration of the 500th anniversary ( in 1894 ) of the birth of Prince Henry the Navigator.

He supported Zen Shaolin, a music, dance and martial arts show intended to increase tourism that opened in 2007 in Henan, despite the producers concerns that a celebration of religion and sacred music would be opposed by the government.

The celebration is an array of both cultural and sports activities, talent and beauty contests participated by community organizations and individuals and headed by the local government ’ s culture and arts council ( LUPTAKSA ) and Atimonan Tourism Council.

In recent years, arts, business and education have collaborated annually to produce Digital Scarborough – a celebration of the town's digital activities including a wide range of events from business networking to film showings and gigs with DJs and VJs.

First held in 1957, it is Britain's most well-known competition aimed solely at painters and is now part of the Liverpool Biennial, a city-wide celebration of the arts that encompasses the Tate Liverpool, Bluecoats Gallery and other venues in Liverpool.

Piccolo Spoleto is " the perfect complement to the international scope of its parent festival and its 700 events in 17 days transform Charleston into an exhilarating celebration of performing, literary and visual arts.

It is a celebration of African-Caribbean culture, arts, food and entertainment.

The Ottawa Fringe Festival, founded in 1997, is a celebration of the non-mainstream (" fringe ") performing arts.

Bands play in the square, local vendors sell arts and crafts, and the highlight of the celebration is the Little Five Points Halloween Parade.

Seasonal festivals include ArtsFest, a yearly arts exposition ; and Winterfest, the school's celebration of the sciences.

His visual celebration of Milton reveals his remarkable affinity for the radical English poet, and his ability to create a fitting tribute to Milton ’ s enduring influence in the arts.

As part of the celebration, the Chiddingstone Team promoted Japanese arts, culture and crafts, which culminated in a very popular Japanese Culture and Arts festival held at the Castle in 2009.

On 5 and 6 May 2007, a reunion was organised for the alumni and students of Bretton Hall between 1947 and 2007 as a celebration of the school's contribution to the arts industry and also the academic excellence it produced over sixty years.

:* Budapest's two-day celebration is sponsored by the Institut de France.

As a celebration, in partnership with the CLIC Sargent charity, 2 August 2008 was Gnashional Menace Day, where children were sponsored to behave like Dennis.

Riverfest is a celebration sponsored by the Decatur Jaycees.

In an effort to purchase the Old Administration Building in Dyess to make a memorial of Dyess History and Johnny Cash, the town sponsored the First Annual Dyess Days celebration.

* The Miss Saint Patricks Scholarship pageant, sponsored by the Pilot Club, is held every year in March in conjunction with the Saint Patrick's Day celebration.

Until recently the city has sponsored an annual Filbert Festival in early August as a general summer celebration, featuring music, food, and family fun ; this was canceled in 2007 due to withdrawal of a key sponsor, and the future for the festival is presently uncertain.

Osceola Mills is well known for its annual 4 July Carnival, a week-long celebration sponsored by the Columbia Volunteer Fire Company.

* Fall Color Festival / Taste & Tour – Another annual event sponsored by the Concrete Chamber of Commerce, the festival is a celebration of the incredible colors of the area's fall leaves as well as a tasting tour of the local wineries and micro-breweries found along the " Magic 30-Miles " between Sedro-Woolley and Marblemount.

Since 1937, an annual celebration known as " Hands Across the Border " has been held at the Park, sponsored by the International Peace Arch Association.

Part of the city's celebration of its Norwegian heritage is the Stoughton Norwegian Dancers dance group, sponsored by Stoughton High School.

: In the week before graduation, seniors are invited to climb the Lupton Hall belltower to ring a carillon bell in celebration of their academic achievements in an event sponsored by the alumni office.

It was named after San Sebastian Hall, a residence hall on campus, which sponsored an Ibis entry in the college's homecoming celebration.

In 1989, the Gallery hosted its first series of events, a two-month long celebration of Persian art and culture sponsored in collaboration with the Foundation for Iranian Studies.

Melanchton had written the speech for Jonas which laid the foundation of a Protestant doctorate, and Frederick III " the Wise " sponsored a subsequent celebration to introduce the new Protestant doctorate to the theological world.

Orkin also sponsored the Houston Zoo ’ s Earth Day celebration in April 2012.

The Chilean Pisco industry retaliated by announcing its creation of the non-government sponsored " Día de la piscola " ( Piscola Day ), and also set it for celebration on February 8.

El Centro has sponsored a continuing cultural exchange with Cuba, including, during June, 2003, " Una Rosa Blanca ,” a celebration of the cultural and educational exchanges occurring between the Seattle community and Cuba, with live music, a short documentary presentation and panel discussion.

It was initiated and sponsored by the newspaper Le Figaro, as part of the 1988 celebration of the tenth anniversary of its magazine section.

In 1934, the District of Columbia Commissioners sponsored a three-day celebration of the flowering cherry trees.

by a Delian named Carystios in celebration of a victorious theatrical performance he sponsored.

The Revel began in 1976 as a bicentennial celebration, sponsored by The Junior League of Shreveport.

On July 4, 1853 in San Antonio, the San Antonio Männergesang-Verein sponsored an Independence Day celebration that was also attended by the New Braunfels Gesangverein and the Austin Männerchor.

In 2006 he sponsored and attended actively the solemn and sumptuous celebration of the 2550th birthday of the Buddha Shakyamuni, which took place in the office of the UNESCO in Paris, organized by the Venerable Tampalawela Dhammaratana, ex-president of the Buddhist Union of France, it was an event of international scale, that left a big influence in the Buddhist and not Buddhist world, by the distribution of its message of world peace and peace of mind in the heart of each.

The AJR has also hosted or sponsored picnics and sports contests, and participates representing Japan in the celebration devoted to the local immigrant communities ( Encuentro y Fiesta Nacional de Colectividades ), held in Rosario usually in November each year.